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A Conceptual Representation of Consumer’s Group Knowledge and the Possible Role of New Technologies
Franco, Massimo; Di Virgilio, Francesca; Di Pietro, Loredana - 2011
groups of consumers. For both researchers and practitioners, consumer knowledge is a critical factor in creating competitive … success over time. But there is a gap in the knowledge management literature, which has recognized the importance of the … customer as a source of knowledge, but has not recognized the importance of a group of consumers as well. Scholars, in fact …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014177604
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Effect of perceptions and behaviour on access to and use of financial service : evidence from South Africa
Annim, Samuel Kobina; Arun, Thankom; Kostov, Philip - 2012
This study investigates the effect of financial perception and behaviour on; (a) general accounts and services, (b) investment/savings and (c) insurance/assurance Using FinScope dataset from South Africa over the period 2003 to 2009,ordered probit, generalized ordered probit and pseudo panel...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009675520
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The Titling Role of Possession
Arruñada, Benito - 2018
possessory in rem right. In any case, public knowledge of possession, either in its delivery and/or its exercise, is essential …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012937797
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A Lifestyle Choice? Evaluating the Motives of Do-it-Yourself (DIY) Consumers
Williams, Colin - 2015
Reflecting the broader ‘cultural turn' in retail studies, recent surveys of do-it-yourself (DIY) consumers have emphasised human agency rather than economic constraints when explaining their motives for purchasing DIY products. The aim of this paper however, is to evaluate critically this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013009544
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The Heterogeneity of Cash-In Handwork
Williams, Colin - 2015
To evaluate critically whether under a market system, monetary exchange is always and everywhere based on profit-seeking behaviour, this article examines cash-in-hand work, a form of activity conventionally conceptualised as low paid employment heavily imbued with profit motivations on the part...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013009547
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Participation in Alternative Retail Channels : A Choice or Necessity?
Williams, Colin - 2015
The view that alternative retail channels (i.e., informal and/or second-hand modes of goods acquisition) are used out of economic necessity by disadvantaged consumers has been recently opposed by cultural theorists who instead read such channels in agency-orientated terms as places of fun,...
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Social Exclusion in a Consumer Society : A Study of Five Rural Communities
Williams, Colin - 2015
The starting point of this paper is that the shift from a producer to a consumer society necessitates that social exclusion is investigated not only in relation to production but also consumption. To do this, case study evidence from interviews with 350 households in rural England is reported....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013009568
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Consumers’ Motives for Buying Goods and Services on an Off-the-Books Basis
Williams, Colin - 2015
To evaluate critically the common assumption that consumers purchase goods and services on an off-the-books basis so as to save money, this paper reports a 27-nation European survey that interviewed 26,659 citizens in 2007 about their undeclared transactions. This reveals that saving money is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013010343
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Collaborative Tax Evasion in the Provision of Services to Consumers – a Field Experiment
Doerr, Annabelle; Necker, Sarah - 2021
We conduct a field experiment with sellers of home-improvement services on two German online markets. We take the role of consumers and vary whether we request an invoice for the delivery of the service. In a market which allows anyone to sell anonymously, a willingness to evade is prevalent....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013239587
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The ‘Excluded Consumer’ : A Neglected Aspect of Social Exclusion?
Williams, Colin; Windebank, Jan E. - 2013
Social exclusion is usually considered in relation to the world of work. Here, we consider it in relation to consumption. To do this, we introduce the notion of the ‘excluded consumer’. In order to understand who defines themselves as excluded from normal consumption practices and how, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014155916