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Recent social spending inflation in China has led to its growth rate far exceeding that of income and other consumption … resulted consumption. However, our findings do not suggest that they are vehicles through which they could facilitate smoother … consumption against shocks. The result does not depend on how heterogeneous the shocks are. …
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households’ income, savings, borrowing and financial wealth evolved in 2018. The improvement in the labour market and the more …
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organisations gain true value from the adoption and consumption of M-Business into their personal and working lives. Marketing to …
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Purpose: Deshopping is the return of products, after they have fulfilled the purposefor which they were borrowed. Previous research indicates that deshopping is aprevalent and growing consumer behaviour. This paper examines deshopping from aretail perspective. It is a case study of interviews...
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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 functional, social and conditional value of using a virtual consumption setting …
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Learning processes are widely held to be the mechanism by which boundedly rational agents adapt to environmental changes. We argue that this same outcome might also be achieved by a different mechanism, namely specialisation and the division of knowledge, which we here extend to the consumer...
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subjective and descriptive norms. The study further determines whether consumption characteristics ? product enjoyment and … study (n = 244) first augmented TPB with descriptive norm. A Singapore study (n = 415) followed up with how consumption … with consumption characteristics as moderators. The findings highlight the importance of considering different norms with …
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This article analyses purchase of trucks in transport companies oriented both on specialized transport firms and transport units of firms, engaged in different manufacturing and services. The analysis is focused on factors determining rate of replacement and the article is a continuation of the...
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Poverty is currently wide spread in Georgia. This paper is dedicated to an analysis of the causes, the extent and the intensity of poverty in Georgia. With a strong focus on the period after Shevardnadze’s presidency, the paper shows how poverty has grown in the past 15 years. In spite of a...
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