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The dissertation has been written within the post graduate program of the German Research Foundation (DFG) on “Business Aspects of Loosely Coupled Systems and Electronic Business”. This program focuses on research related to the diffusion of innovations in the digital age. Accordingly, the...
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Purpose – This paper compares the experiential consumption values that motivate consumer choice to purchase online for both male and female purchasers and non-purchasers. Design/methodology/approach – Using the theory of consumption value the study examines gendered perceptions of the...
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advertising solely with persuasion, rather advertising must be seen as a representational system, with pedagogical as well as … of visual representation. Urges moving beyond an advertising = persuasion model to encompass representation and culture …
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(TOR). TOR can help researchers and marketing managers by explaining how consumers may interpret visuals in advertising …. TOR explains why some visuals thought to be unconnected with the product become relevant in advertising. This study makes … is used to provide greater explanatory power of consumers' interpretation and response to advertising visuals than what …
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The retail sector spends millions of dollars each year advertising to consumers. This is a considerable investment for …
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This research examines habitual entrepreneurship as undertaken by those currently creating a new firm and those who recently had. The suggestion is that habitual entrepreneurs have different motivations for firm creation, take different actions during the process, and have different expectations...
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A novel procedure is described for accelerating the convergence of Markov chain Monte Carlo computations. The algorithm uses an adaptive bootstrap technique to generate candidate steps in the Markov Chain. It is efficient for symmetric, convex probability distributions, similar to multivariate...
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ENGLISH ABSTRACT: A number of firms fail in their endeavours to run successful HIV/AIDS workplaceprogrammes and as a result they incur not only an unmitigated risk but also the costs andopportunity costs of the projects. The purpose of this study is to explore senior managers’knowledge of,...
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the products are farm-raised, having previous experience with purchasingseafood along with the perception that seafood is …
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