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Miranda, León Mauricio José, Herrera Josué Gabriel Vásquez, Maravi Melissa del Carmen Pinedo, and Crespo Marcio Renato Aguilar. "Gift app." Bachelor's thesis, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC), 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/653279.
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emprendimiento, mujer, satisfacción, experiencia ; entrepreneurship, woman, satisfaction, experienceA medida que vamos avanzando en este mundo globalizado, donde cada vez el trabajo nos apremia y el tiempo nos queda corto, buscamos soluciones inmediatas a las actividades extra laborales (compromisos, cumpleaños, tiempo familiar, reuniones sociales) y así ganar un poco de tiempo para descansar. A raíz de esto, nace nuestra idea de negocio: GIFT APP, que busca simplificar la vida de nuestros clientes con una moderna plataforma online y amigable. Les contaremos un poco como nació y para que lo estamos creando. El modelo de negocio se basa en el estudio y factibilidad de la puesta en marcha de un aplicativo que permita pedir un regalo, envolverlo y llevarlo hasta el lugar elegido y/o compromiso tan importante que tendrán nuestros clientes. Esto se respalda en base a estudios de mercado y análisis financieros que nos permitirán verificar e implementar nuestro negocio de una manera adecuada y sobre todo sostenible en el tiempo. Sumado a esto, tener una estructura organizacional ordenada a fin de que nuestros colaboradores y nuestros clientes sean lo más importante para este proyecto. Este trabajo va dedicado para la mujer peruana, emprendedora, perseverante, dedicada y que busca salir adelante tanto en su entorno personal como el laboral. A ustedes va dedicado este proyecto.
As we move forward in this globalized world, where every time work is pressing and time is running short, we look for immediate solutions to extra-work activities (commitments, birthdays, family time, social gatherings) and thus save a little time. to rest As a result of this, our business idea was born: GIFT APP, which seeks to simplify the lives of our clients with a modern and friendly online platform. We will tell you a little about how he died and what we are creating for. The business model is based on the study and feasibility of launching an application that allows you to order a gift, wrap it and take it to the chosen place and / or the important commitment that we allow our clients. This is supported on the basis of market studies and financial analyzes that allow us to verify and implement our business in an adequate and above all sustainable way over time. In addition to this, having an organized organizational structure so that our collaborators and our clients are the most important thing for this project. This work is dedicated to the Peruvian woman, enterprising, persevering, dedicated and looking to get ahead both in her personal and work environment. This project is dedicated to you.
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DePoole, Frank Phillip. "Unexpected Gift." University of Akron / OhioLINK, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1270789368.
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Adamsen, Johannes. "Skorpionens gift /." Hovedland, 2002. http://ebog.dk/apc/direct.php?ISBN="9788770700306."
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Espejo, Vanessa, Stephanie Hoyle, Ariana Goicochea, Rosario Reynoso, and Fiorella Sangalli. "Express Gift." Master's thesis, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC), 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/620888.
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Express Gift es un asistente personal virtual que llega a los consumidores a través de una interactiva, dinámica y práctica página web y aplicación. Se encarga del trabajo difícil y tedioso que implica recordar una fecha especial, escoger un regalo, comprarlo y hacérselo llegar a alguien importante para usted. De esta manera, soluciona tres problemas comunes del público objetivo al que se dirige, hombres entre 25 y 44 años, i) la falta de tiempo, ii) el constante olvido de fechas especiales y iii) la falta de dedicación en la búsqueda del regalo perfecto. La experiencia de uso de Express Gift inicia con la creación del perfil del usuario, quien luego ingresará información valiosa de las personas importantes para él, como Nombre, Edad, Sexo, Teléfono, Dirección, Fecha de Cumpleaños y algunos datos respecto a sus gustos y afinidades. De esta forma, Express Gift garantizará su tranquilidad, encargándose de todo el proceso de recordación y compra. Las opciones de regalo serán sugeridas de acuerdo a las preferencias identificadas para cada persona. Express Gift es una empresa que requiere de una inversión inicial de S/. 308,715, siendo el 32% capital propio. El Valor presente del proyecto asciende a S/. 370,000. El periodo de recupero de la inversión es de 18 meses, sin embargo dado el creciente desarrollo del e-commerce en Lima, se espera que año tras año se acelere el crecimiento aumentando las ganancias anuales.Tesis
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Castillo, Gilabert Rodrigo Alejandro, Punchin Danielle Marie Chang, Guerrero Ximena Elizabeth Gallo, Rey Juan Antonio Roca, and Valdez Sebastian Eduardo Talledo. "Custom Gift Store." Bachelor's thesis, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC), 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/655150.
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El presente proyecto de investigación tiene como finalidad la implementación de un negocio sostenible enfocado en la venta de regalos personalizables, con el que se podrá recomendar el obsequio ideal, según el resultado de un test de personalidad por medio de una página web. Este proyecto se basa en la recopilación de información de un público que tiende a comprar por internet o usar dispositivos móviles para hacer una compra. Esta investigación se realizó en Lima Metropolitana a las personas que pertenecen a un Nivel Socioeconómico A y B, haciendo hincapié principalmente en aquellas personas que buscan una mayor practicidad y prefieren comprar a cualquier hora, en cualquier momento y en cualquier lugar sin la necesidad de desplazarse de un sitio a otro. La idea de negocio nace a partir de la poca competencia de personalización de regalos de manera virtual. Este modelo de negocio es viable, debido a que, en los más de 100 días de confinamiento, se registró un evidente crecimiento de las compras vía online, impulsando el sector E-commerce en un 400%.
Para desarrollar este proyecto, se realizó un análisis profundo que abarcó lo siguiente: validación del modelo de negocio, análisis interno y externo, desarrollo del plan de negocio, plan de Operaciones, plan de Marketing, plan de Recursos Humanos, Plan de Responsabilidad Social Empresarial y Plan Financiero. Todo ello con la finalidad de validar la viabilidad del proyecto y poder llevarlo a la realidad.The purpose of this research project is to develop a sustainable business focused on selling customizable gifts, in which the ideal one can be recommended, according to the results of a personality test that will be provided through a online web. This project is based on the compilation of data from a public that tends to buy online. In addition, this research was accomplished in Lima Metropolitana by people who belongs to Socioeconomic Level A and B, with an emphasis mainly on those who seek greater practicality and are eager to buy at any time and anywhere without the need to travel from one place to another. Furthermore, the business idea was born from the little competition of personalization gifts in a virtual web. This business model is not only viable, but also scalable, due to the fact that, in the more than 100 days of quarantine, there was an evident growth in online purchases, boosting the e-commerce sector by 400% in the country. To develop this entrepreneurship, we needed to do the following assignments: validation of the business model, internal and external analysis, development of the business plan, Operations plan, Marketing plan, Human Resources plan, Corporate Social Responsibility plan and, last but not least, a Financial plan. In summary, the main purpose of this research project is to validate the viability of the project and being able to develop it successfully.
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Усенко, Наталія Миколаївна, Наталия Николаевна Усенко, Nataliia Mykolaivna Usenko, and T. V. Chaika. "Gadget gift ideas." Thesis, Вид-во СумДУ, 2011. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/22540.
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Peterman, Gerald W. "Paul's gift from Philippi : conventions of gift-exchange and Christian giving /." Cambridge : Cambridge university press, 1997. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb37650131z.
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Homick, Alexandra Victoria. "An exploration of gift giving re-gifting as a gift-giving behavior /." Greensboro, N.C. : University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2007. http://libres.uncg.edu/edocs/etd/1425/umi-uncg-1425.pdf.
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Thesis (M.S.)--University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2007.Title from PDF t.p. (viewed Oct. 22, 2007). Directed by Barbara Dyer; submitted to the School of Human Environmental Sciences. Includes bibliographical references (p. 60-70).
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Rånman, Cecilia, and Axel Bendes. "To Gift or not to Gift? : Reciprocity at a Durable Goods Retailer." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Företagsekonomi, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-158518.
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Due to intense competition, retail stores are today forced to come up with exciting new sales promotional ideas to remain a relevant choice for customers. Gift giving is a sales promotional tool which has previously demonstrated to increase customer satisfaction and spending - an ideal situation for any retailer. However, gift giving has only been researched and confirmed for retailers that offer consumable goods. It has yet to be measured in a context where it is of greater difficulty for the customer to spend more than planned. This research fills that void by conducting a field experiment at a retail store offering durable shopping products.The purpose of the study is to investigate the effect gift giving has on gratitude, obligation, satisfaction, impulsive buying, and spending at a retail store offering durable shopping products. Through a field experiment, the study tests the effect on these variables of both small and large gifts and explore whether customer spending increases alongside the gift’s monetary worth.To complete the purpose of the study, a case company representing a durable shopping products retailer was selected. A field experiment was setup with two experimental groups and one control group. The results from the manipulation were collected through questionnaires which included questions pertaining to the study’s five variables. The collected data was then analysed through the statistics program SPSS.The only emotion that is affected from providing gifts in this retail environment is obligation, a negative emotion, which in turn decreases customer satisfaction. Since giving a gift only evokes negative emotions, it is concluded that a durable goods retailer should not use gift giving as a sales promotional tool. Additionally, when given a large gift, customer spending decreases considerably. This could imply that gift giving does not work in this retail environment, or that an extraneous variable affected the experiment’s outcome.
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Fredrickson, Susan E. "The construction and preliminary validation of the Spiritual Gift Inventory research version /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1985. http://www.tren.com.
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Moore, Gerald Peter. "Politics of the gift." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2007. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.613338.
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Kopic, Kristina. "The gift of chains." Honors in the Major Thesis, University of Central Florida, 2008. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETH/id/1099.
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Hoof, Pomme van. "Triggering a gift economy." Thesis, Konstfack, Experience Design, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:konstfack:diva-4191.
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What would happen if, the systems we deal with everyday, and the situations we find ourselves in, could trigger us to give something to someone else? This work started by exploring the theme of money systems and social structures and the ambition to find alternatives for our current economic system, which has failed in several ways. People all over the world are already coming up with alternatives that can supplement and stabilize our money-monoculture and that give new meaning to currency.This research investigates a particular alternative economic system called the gift economy, which has great potential to build meaningful relations and re-establish a sense of community. Since the gift economy has been mainly researched by anthropologists and ethnographers in the last century, my focus is on implementing its principles in society today. Through literature review, case studies and a series of design projects, this thesis articulates possible ways of triggering a gift economy. With a special coin, a concept for a bar and by linking the local bakery to Konstfack, we may start to understand what giving really means, how it can benefit us, in what way it can build more meaningful relationships and how it can offer an alternative way of thinking than what currently drives our economic system
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Karpenko, S., A. Lomaka, Ірина Анатоліївна Морозова, Ирина Анатольевна Морозова, and Iryna Anatoliivna Morozova. "Business gift giving etiquette." Thesis, Сумський державний університет, 2013. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/31126.
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Try sending gifts at times other than major holidays. These occasions could include a promotion, a new baby, a birthday, a new business referral.
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O'Toole, Sean W. "A gift of stones." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13934.
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Includes bibliographical references (leaves 214-215).A collection of eleven short stories, grouped under the tit A Gift Stones. The key thematic concern is the portrayal of dysfunctional individuals contemplating loss. The author offers a definition of his understanding of dysfunctional in the introduction, and further elaborates on the concept of documentary realism. The author proposes the expression “Boer humour†as shorthand for a stylistic drift in recent South African fiction. The deficiencies of journalism apropos prose fiction are discussed, and the author also considers the influence of photography on his prose fiction.
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Kertz, Marjorie I. "A gift of music." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1990. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/766.
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Ross, Frances Pamella. "The gift : a novel." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2000.
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The gift is a research-based novel set in Cambodia in 1993,
during the United Nations - sponsored elections. The central
character is a Brisbane woman who travels to Cambodia to
help run the elections.
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Vasavada, Megan. "Novel Gifts: The Form and Function of Gift Exchange in Nineteenth-century England." Thesis, University of Oregon, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/13240.
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This dissertation draws on studies of gift exchange by cultural anthropologists and social theorists to examine representations of gifts and gift giving in nineteenth-century British novels. While most studies of the economic imagination of nineteenth-century literature rely on and respond to a framework formulated by classical political economy and consequently overlook nonmarket forms of social exchange, I draw on gift theory in order to make visible the alternate, everyday exchanges shaping social relations and identity within the English novel. By analyzing formal and thematic representations of gifting over the course of the nineteenth century, in novels by Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, and George Eliot, I consider the way that gift exchange relates and responds to the emergence of capitalism and consumer culture. I trace two distinct developments in nineteenth-century gift culture: the first, the emergence of an idealized view of the gift as purely disinterested, spontaneous, and free, and the second, the emergence of a view of charity as demoralizing to the poor. These developments, I contend, were distinct ideological formations of liberal economic society and reveal a desire to make the gift conform to individualism. However, I suggest further that these transformations of the gift proceeded unevenly, for in their attention to the logic and practice of giving, nineteenth-century writers both give voice to and subvert these cultural formations. Alongside the figure of the benevolent philanthropist, the demoralized pauper, and the quintessential image of altruism, the selflessly giving domestic woman, nineteenth-century novels present another view of gift exchange, one that sees the gift as a mix of interest and disinterest, freedom and obligation, and persons and things. Ultimately, by reading the gift relations animating nineteenth-century novels, I draw attention to the competing conceptions of selfhood underlying gift and market forms of exchange in order to offer a broader history of exchange and personhood. In its recognition of expansive conceptions of the self and obligatory gifts, this dissertation recovers a history of the gift that calls into question the ascendency of the autonomous individual and the view of exchange as an anonymous, self-interested transaction.
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Mahon-Daly, Patricia Mary. "Blood, society and the gift : an ethnography of change in the gift relationship." Thesis, Brunel University, 2012. http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/7028.
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Commentary about solid or whole body part transplantation, transfusion and donation is well documented and has added to discourse about who gives and receives and how. Commentary about another body part – blood – is, it is argued here, less well developed (Sanner, 2001; Lock, 2004; Scheper-Hughes and Wacquant, 2006; Shaw, 2009). Blood and its modern-day sociology and anthropology is understood and limited by its links with both Titmuss’ altruism and gift exchange theories. This thesis, using a qualitative ethnographic approach, re-examines and introduces new discourse about blood, challenging the orthodoxy of altruism and seeking new understanding and justification for blood donation. It uses testimony from 80 blood donors to elicit real-time ideas about blood as a source of risk rather than a gift from strangers. It also argues that donors “give to get back” their donations rather than give as a form of altruistic behaviour, thus introducing the concept that blood donating is a form of covenant between society and the individual or a form of deposit. Issues of trust are examined via the lens of deferment as increasingly it is not good enough to just donate blood without stringent societal, as well as techno-medical, surveillance. Donating blood is shown to be a form of active citizenship, and to be deferred from doing so has a direct impact on individuals’ freedom to donate and thus community membership. The emotional labour of giving is revealed by the testimonies of “able” donors, which evidence that not only do donors perceive their blood to be special, but also the act of giving is a labour carried out by the few who can do it for the majority, in contrast to those donors who regard giving blood to be a mundane, functional practice. Lastly, an emerging hierarchy of self in relation to the body is uncovered here revealing hints at its’ inalienable status. The thesis charts the journey of blood from being a mystical part of the body, linked to goodness, to blood being the new “master tool” of modern society, imbued with risk and therefore entrusted to society via scrutinising blood management systems. The methodological framework is centred on an interpretative approach, using data gathered from interviews and questionnaires from active blood donors in sessions at the National Blood Service (NHSBT) as well as testimony gathered from individual one-to-one interviews. It refers to theories by Foucault, Mauss and Douglas to interpret the qualitative data revealing blood as a target of bio-power, risk management and social exchange and a shifting dislocated new body part, and it sets out to challenge the orthodoxy of altruism as the rationale and justification for blood donation in modern Britain.
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Saenger, Christina R. "Attachment Style, Identity Congruence, and Gift Preference: A Dyadic Model of Gift Exchange." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1334439937.
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Ortúzar, Madrid Pablo. "Regulando lo sutil." Tesis, Universidad de Chile, 2011. http://www.repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/115208.
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Magíster en Análisis Sistémico Aplicado a la SociedadSe investigará el contexto jurídico, la forma y expectativas de las regulaciones normativas públicas (gift policy) que han generado organizaciones empresariales chilenas para abordar el problema del tráfico de regalos en el contexto corporativo y se analizarán desde la perspectiva de la moderna teoría de sistemas desarrollada por Niklas Luhmann y las teorías del don elaboradas principalmente por la antropología social
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Hodson, Sheila Marlatt. "The relationship of spiritual gifts and a counseling ministry preference." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1990. http://www.tren.com.
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Tikka, A. (Annariina). "ICT support for gift giving." Bachelor's thesis, University of Oulu, 2017. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-201704251581.
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Gift giving has far deeper societal, sociological, and psychological implications than people are generally aware of. It can work in both positive and negative ways — building and strengthening or weakening and breaking social ties, imposing identity images on both the givers and the recipients. Gifts are also important from a consumer and marketing perspective, and tend to cause their seekers anxiety in many ways.
To counter the difficulties in the gift giving process it is important to record information about important dates, recipients, given and received gifts, as well as new plans. Many tools are already being used to help keep track of gift giving, and these range from simple pen-and-paper solutions to productivity applications like note-taking tools and spreadsheets.
The purpose of this thesis is to explore gift giving behaviour and make use of the Technology Acceptance Model to triangulate requirements for a gift giving support application, as well as offer a list of possible design contributions to meet each requirement. These results can then be utilised in future research to design and produce an actual gift giving support application, that will meet the needs of both gift givers and recipients.
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Warren, Suzanne E. "Bad Gift: Stories and Essays." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1312295068.
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Jackson, Norman V. "Motivation and the gift relationship." Thesis, Aston University, 1986. http://publications.aston.ac.uk/12185/.
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This thesis proposes a theory of Motivation to Work, as a particular condition of general motivation, using the Maussian concept of the Gift to explain the operation of Lacanian Desire. Specifically, it argues that de-motivation stems from Gift rejection. However, as the arguments are not paradigmatically commensurable with managerialist theories, it has been necessary to establish the epistemological tradition of which this work is representative, namely, Critical Theory and Post-Structuralism/Post- Modernism. In distinction to the managerialist explanations of motivation, management and work, behaviourist theories of motivation are characterised as more properly a concern with psychological incentives, management in its current socio-historic institutionalised form as a process of social domination and work as a social experience of domination, but also as a forum for social life generally. However, as such a view receives little theoretical or empirical confirmation from managerialist literature, it is argued that it is necessary to broaden the catchment area of relevant writing, and that the literary arts have more insight than orthodox science. This is supported by reference to modern literary theory in terms of the Form/Content distinction. Central to this argument is the ontological concept of Difference and its `political' use in maintaining social domination by privileging certain forms over others. Having established the basis on which to articulate this theory of motivation, the Lacanian concept of Desire is explored, together with its relevance to motivation and management/organisation theory. The theory of the Gift Relationship is then explicated and developed, together with some of its popular sociological conceptualisations, and an argument made for an understanding in terms of its psychological signficance in explaining the operationalisation of Lacanian Desire. This is related to the work situation and to its relevance for organisational management. In conclusion, its utility is considered, as are some potential criticisms of the arguments put forward.
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Eder, Sarali, and Silje Sundblom. "The Power of the Gift Bag : En studie om användandet av gift bags som marknadsföringskanal." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Institutionen för samhällsvetenskaper, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-24369.
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In a time of fierce global competition, where an immense amount of commercial messages reaches consumers around the clock and in every conceivable context, companies constantly seek to find new ways to reach out with their product. One way to do so, that has increased in popularity in recent years, is the use of gift bags. A gift bag may contain samples, miniature products and even products in full size, as a rule from several different brands, which the recipient receives free of charge. The gift bag is typically distributed at some form of event, such as store openings, fashion shows, theme parties and the like, and the receiver of the gift bag can then evaluate the content without any obligation to purchase. The ambition of the companies that choose to participate with their products in a gift bag is, of course, that the recipient will find their products satisfactory, and ideally, that he or she will continue to consume the brand in the future. There are numerous scientific research contributions related to the use of free samples, but very few that concern the gift bag, where a collection of samples from different sources and brands appear. The ambition of this study is to investigate how the conditions change when a free sample is exposed to competition from samples from other companies. The study has a qualitative approach, and consists of interviews with companies that use, or have used, gift bags as a marketing channel, along with an interview with a focus group consisting of people with experience of participating in various events where gift bags occur. The study concludes that marketing through the use of gift bags can have several positive effects for the participating brands. These are, for example, increased brand awareness and an increase in sales. However, it is of importance to evaluate the competing brands participating in the gift bag, as well as the context in which it will be distributed. The study shows that the size of the sample is of importance, since the receiver tends to notice more voluminous samples over smaller ones. Also, the presence of more established brands can have a positive effect on less well-known brands, as their credit will enhance the other participating products. It is important to note that this is only true for samples that are not of the same product category. If this is the case, they will instead be in direct competition with each other.
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SKATTMAN, AGNES. "Predicting Redemption Probability of Gift Cards." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för datavetenskap och kommunikation (CSC), 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-138296.
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Recommender systems try to facilitate the decision making process of users, by recommending products such as movies, music and news articles. This work uses a user based recommender system to predict redemption probabilities of different gift cards. That is, the probability that a user redeems a gift card in a store, given that he or she receives it. This work is a base for ranking gift cards in the future. Two collaborative filtering algorithms are evaluated, both based on neighbour recommender methods. The data are provided by the digital gift giving company Wrapp. The nearest neighbours are chosen by similarity, based on the rating of gift cards and the demographic data of the users. The result shows that it is possible to predict redemption probabilities of gift cards with this data. It also shows that it is important to include certain user behaviors when predicting the redemption probabilities. One such example is if a user tends to redeem more or less gift cards than other users. This work does not explicitly show that demographic data are improving the result, compared to a rating data approach, even though the results with demographic data seem promising.
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au, kelli fuery@arts monash edu, and Kelli Louise Fuery. "Theorising the Gift through Visual Culture." Murdoch University, 2005. http://wwwlib.murdoch.edu.au/adt/browse/view/adt-MU20050810.131444.
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This thesis discusses the gift in terms of presence and interpretation using varied examples of image that form a visual culture. It contextualises the term "giftness" by analysing its use and our socio-cultural understanding of its function as it relates to the gift process. The hermeneutic processes attached to both the gift, and gifting, are multifarious and require examination of moments of instability present in the act of interpretation and meaning. The gift relationship is juxtaposed against the relationship between image and reader/observer to highlight the abstract quality of the gift and its inherent instability that exists within gift interpretation in general.
The fundamental structure and unity of the gift, as is based upon relations between subjects, helps to identify and analyse systems of power and subjectivity developed in terms of investment in order to emphasise the complexities that arise through inter-subjective relations, particularly gift exchange, and those between subject and image. Certain theoretical models help to exemplify and illuminate this thesis, predominantly post-structuralist and psychoanalytic theories. The gifts condition of instability is further examined in terms of discursive formation and function, looking at how the gift is enunciated so that one can recognise a gift and giving, and acknowledge its problematic status. The relationship between subject and image is investigated to see if we are able to read this investment as a gift relationship within the context of giftness, that is when giftness operates as an instable and challenging element to discursive exchange in visual mediums such as film, painting, television, art and photography. An examination of the gift aporia in this thesis is directed towards a subjects investment in the image. What transpires between subject and image is akin to what circulates between giver and receiver, on the basis of investment. On this basis, the present configuration of giftness is utilised in terms of the image.
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Clift, Sarah. "Heritage and its gift of transmission." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp04/mq21683.pdf.
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Tikka, A. (Annariina). "Designing a gift giving support application." Master's thesis, University of Oulu, 2017. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-201706022407.
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Gift giving has far deeper societal, sociological, and psychological implications than people are generally aware of. It can work in both positive and negative ways — building and strengthening or weakening and breaking social ties, imposing identity images on both the givers and the recipients. Gifts are also important from a consumer and marketing perspective and tend to cause their seekers anxiety in many ways.
To counter the difficulties in the gift giving process it is important to record information about important dates, recipients, given and received gifts, as well as new plans and ideas. Many tools are already being used to help keep track of gift giving, and these range from simple pen-and-paper solutions to productivity applications like note-taking tools and spreadsheets. Unfortunately, there are only a few tools that specialise in gift management, and even these have shortcomings in one way or another.
The purpose of this thesis was to design a new and better solution to meet gift giving management needs. Gift giving behaviour was explored through literature and interviews, and the Technology Acceptance Model and Design Science Research approach were utilised to triangulate a complete list of requirements for a gift giving support application, which was then designed. A prototype was constructed according to the design. The prototype was evaluated with heuristic evaluation and small-scale user testing using a paper prototype. The findings were used to correct flaws in the initial design, resulting in an improved design of the proposed application. While nowhere near ready for production, the prototype could stand up to evaluation against requirements on an acceptable level, thus validating the design approach.
These results can be utilised in future research and/or development to continue the design and production of an actual gift giving support application that will meet the needs of both gift givers and recipients.
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Кобякова, Ірина Карпівна, Ирина Карповна Кобякова, Iryna Karpivna Kobiakova, and A. G. Korotun. ""The gift" for ages: irregular verbs." Thesis, Sumy State University, 2017. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/64869.
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Gray, Rodney A. "Developing gift consciousness in a congregation." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1996. http://www.tren.com.
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Proud, Michael A. "The spiritual gift based deacon ministry." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2001. http://www.tren.com.
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Fuery, Kelli Louise. "Theorising the gift through visual culture." Thesis, Fuery, Kelli Louise (2005) Theorising the gift through visual culture. PhD thesis, Murdoch University, 2005. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/56/.
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This thesis discusses the gift in terms of presence and interpretation using varied examples of image that form a visual culture. It contextualises the term giftness by analysing its use and our socio-cultural understanding of its function as it relates to the gift process. The hermeneutic processes attached to both the gift, and gifting, are multifarious and require examination of moments of instability present in the act of interpretation and meaning. The gift relationship is juxtaposed against the relationship between image and reader/observer to highlight the abstract quality of the gift and its inherent instability that exists within gift interpretation in general.
The fundamental structure and unity of the gift, as is based upon relations between subjects, helps to identify and analyse systems of power and subjectivity developed in terms of investment in order to emphasise the complexities that arise through inter-subjective relations, particularly gift exchange, and those between subject and image. Certain theoretical models help to exemplify and illuminate this thesis, predominantly post-structuralist and psychoanalytic theories. The gift's condition of instability is further examined in terms of discursive formation and function, looking at how the gift is enunciated so that one can recognise a gift and giving, and acknowledge its problematic status. The relationship between subject and image is investigated to see if we are able to read this investment as a gift relationship within the context of giftness, that is when giftness operates as an instable and challenging element to discursive exchange in visual mediums such as film, painting, television, art and photography. An examination of the gift aporia in this thesis is directed towards a subject's investment in the image. What transpires between subject and image is akin to what circulates between giver and receiver, on the basis of investment. On this basis, the present configuration of giftness is utilised in terms of the image.
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Fuery, Kelli Louise. "Theorising the gift through visual culture." Fuery, Kelli Louise (2005) Theorising the gift through visual culture. PhD thesis, Murdoch University, 2005. http://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/56/.
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This thesis discusses the gift in terms of presence and interpretation using varied examples of image that form a visual culture. It contextualises the term giftness by analysing its use and our socio-cultural understanding of its function as it relates to the gift process. The hermeneutic processes attached to both the gift, and gifting, are multifarious and require examination of moments of instability present in the act of interpretation and meaning. The gift relationship is juxtaposed against the relationship between image and reader/observer to highlight the abstract quality of the gift and its inherent instability that exists within gift interpretation in general.
The fundamental structure and unity of the gift, as is based upon relations between subjects, helps to identify and analyse systems of power and subjectivity developed in terms of investment in order to emphasise the complexities that arise through inter-subjective relations, particularly gift exchange, and those between subject and image. Certain theoretical models help to exemplify and illuminate this thesis, predominantly post-structuralist and psychoanalytic theories. The gift's condition of instability is further examined in terms of discursive formation and function, looking at how the gift is enunciated so that one can recognise a gift and giving, and acknowledge its problematic status. The relationship between subject and image is investigated to see if we are able to read this investment as a gift relationship within the context of giftness, that is when giftness operates as an instable and challenging element to discursive exchange in visual mediums such as film, painting, television, art and photography. An examination of the gift aporia in this thesis is directed towards a subject's investment in the image. What transpires between subject and image is akin to what circulates between giver and receiver, on the basis of investment. On this basis, the present configuration of giftness is utilised in terms of the image.
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van, Deijck Andrea. "'By gift of my chaste body' : women as gifts in early modern England and its drama." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/7590.
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This thesis explores various facets of women’s participation in the gift system of early
modern England, such as giving, refusing, withholding, and rejecting. Using historical and
dramatic examples, I argue that women were able to transform themselves into sexual gifts, thus
becoming subject and object in the exchange and resisting their objectification by men. The
agency this afforded them was paradoxical and disquieting in the male-dominated society; gifts
were considered acceptable and yet the agency was transgressive because women were supposed
to be obedient and retiring. Women’s gifts allowed them to make and reject marriage proposals,
thus circumventing male authority and their own objectification in an age when women were
often passed between men in marriage. The drama was one medium for working out the cultural
conflicts associated with woman as gift, and in the process, genre was interrogated and
sometimes transformed as plays which raised the issues and conflicts could not always fully
contain them. Genre was, in turn, used to comment on the issue of woman as gift by the
playwrights who sought to work through the issues of women’s gift-giving.
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Jaap, Angela Sarah. "Recognising and developing musical gift and talent." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2011. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/2994/.
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The focus of this thesis is an exploration of how musical talent is developed. It also considers the usefulness of the terms gift and talent. The research examines contemporary issues relating to the recognition and musical development of gifted and talented young musicians in Scotland. While the terms gift and talent are applied regularly to describe the abilities of learners, they are societal constructs (Borland 2005) used to categorise children’s learning behaviours. These constructs can therefore influence an individual’s self-concept and approach to tasks (Dweck 2000) leaving the individual to believe that he/she possesses ability or not. Although this thesis does not attempt to re-conceptualise the construct of musical gift or talent, it aims to provide a greater understanding of how musical talent is developed in young people. It does this through literature analysis and empirical data collection. The thesis begins by analysing research literature to explore constructs of gift and talent, before relating this analysis to music-specific literature and to the empirical data collected during the course of the doctoral research. The empirical data was collected from four sources: professional musicians, current music students, teaching staff (music instructors/teachers and project co-ordinators/course leaders) and from pupils at a National Centre of Excellence (NCE). Through analysing literature on high ability from both general high ability studies and music-specific studies, it became apparent that there has been a development in thinking over the course of the 20th century, with a move away from ability being associated with IQ scores towards a more broadly-based consideration of the needs of the individual learner. However, the research literature indicates that teachers and society seem to focus more on the negative aspects of labelling children as gifted and talented and on the implications for the learner as well as those around them. In terms of the original data gathered from professional musicians, teachers, programme leaders/coordinators, students and school pupils, a more contemporary concept of musicianship has emerged. While the terms ‘gifted’ and ‘talented’ were used by the participant groups, the terms were not solely associated with music. Technical ability and proficiency were identified as desirable for music talent development by some participants. Equally important were more general skills such as interest, communication, people- and self-management and team work. Therefore the gifted, talented or highly able musician, to these participants, not only possess a high level of musical skill but a ratio of musical, general and transferable skills. The findings from this thesis suggest that the development of musical ability is not purely reliant on musical technique, but consists of a variety of different ‘general’ transferable skills. In addition to this, the doctoral research argues for the importance of the role of self-efficacy and resilience in attaining learning goals and achieving learning aims for pupils and students. The participants in this research were able to identify particular events which they consider either enhanced or delimited their experiences, noting how they managed each situation in order to manage their development. From this it would appear that if a learner can achieve a high level of self-efficacy they might be more likely to successfully develop their ability, regardless of the subject area in which the ability is shown.
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POULY, ELISABETH. "Hypofertilite masculine : comparaison entre fivete et gift." Clermont-Ferrand 1, 1989. http://www.theses.fr/1989CLF13045.
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Griffiths, John Mark Ainsley. "The trinitarian gift unfolded : sacrifice, resurrection, communion." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2015. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/29014/.
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Contentious unresolved philosophical and anthropological questions beset contemporary gift theories. What is the gift? Does it expect, or even preclude, some counter-gift? Should the gift ever be anticipated, celebrated or remembered? Can giver, gift and recipient appear concurrently? Must the gift involve some tangible ‘thing’, or is the best gift objectless? Is actual gift-giving so tainted that the pure gift vaporises into nothing more than a remote ontology, causing unbridgeable separation between the gift-as-practised and the gift-as-it-ought-to-be? In short, is the gift even possible? Such issues pervade scholarly treatments across a wide intellectual landscape, often generating fertile inter-disciplinary crossovers whilst remaining philosophically aporetic. Arguing largely against philosophers Jacques Derrida and Jean-Luc Marion and partially against the empirical gift observations of anthropologist Marcel Mauss, I contend in this thesis that only a theological – specifically trinitarian – reading liberates the gift from the stubborn impasses which non-theological approaches impose. That much has been argued eloquently by theologians already, most eminently John Milbank, yet largely with a philosophical slant. I develop the field by demonstrating that the Scriptures, in dialogue with the wider Christian dogmatic tradition, enrich discussions of the gift, showing how creation, which emerges ex nihilo in Christ, finds its completion in him as creatures observe and receive his own perfect, communicable gift alignment. In the ‘gift-object’ of human flesh, believers rejoicingly discern Christ receiving-in-order-to-give and giving-in-order-to-receive, the very reciprocal giftedness that Adamic humanity spurned. Moreover, the depths of Christ’s crucified self-giving and the heights of resurrectional glory, culminating in the Spirit’s eternal communion, convey sin-bound creatures into the new creation, towards their deified end, through liturgical mediation which reveals true giftedness. The gift is thus no aporetic embarrassment but the means of entry into and – more significantly – the very texture of the new, eucharistic creation.
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Smart, William J. "A process for realizing spiritual gift potential." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 1998. http://www.tren.com.
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Clarke, Peter, and n/a. "Parental Gift Giving Behaviour at Christmas: An Exploratory Study." Griffith University. School of Marketing and Management, 2004. http://www4.gu.edu.au:8080/adt-root/public/adt-QGU20040520.103119.
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Christmas is generally described as cultural, ritual and sociological phenomena of devotion, community and consumption. The topic of this dissertation concerns a specific stream of research within the general domain of consumer behaviour. The focal objective of this study is to develop a model and generate theory about parental gift giving behaviour at Christmas. My study is unique because it attempts to model parental gift giving at Christmas in a consumer behaviour context. Consumer behaviour theory suggests that parents seek information about possible gifts, set selection criteria for gift purchase, evaluate alternatives and buy the gifts for their children. Following this broad view of theory, parents respond to children's request behaviour, evaluate the suitability of any requests and purchase the approved or appropriate items as Christmas gifts. Children are encouraged to request any gifts that they desire, and these gift requests are often for specific brands. In general Christmas gifts are selected from children's products and brands and there is extensive debate and research relating to television advertising and children's request behaviour at Christmas. However, parents are not exposed to the same sources of advertising as their children and there is little evidence of research into the very important topics concerning motives, strategies, evaluations and the giving of brands that characterize parents' Christmas gift giving to their children. The significance of this dissertation resides in the development and presentation of a comprehensive model for the conceptualisation of parental gift giving at Christmas, based on antecedents to parents' social roles of gift giving and direct and indirect behavioural outcomes of those gift giving roles. Measures for each of these outcomes are developed and gender effects are also explored. The sample frame was described as a parent with at least one child between the ages of 3-8 years and a survey package was delivered to parents of children from participating schools and kindergartens. There were 2560 surveys distributed, with 450 individual responses representing a return rate of 17.6%. The 450 cases available for analysis were factor analysed and formed into composite and latent variables to facilitate statistical analysis via Partial Least Squares (PLS) regression, which is an appropriate procedure when the relationships are unknown or theoretical. The results of the research have two distinct streams. The first stream relates to the creation and validation of measurement constructs for the concept of Christmas spirit, parental gift giving, request communication, brand benefits and use of information sources, as well as involvement in giving gifts and involvement in giving brands as gifts. The second stream relates to the relationships between variables; the results support the relationships antecedent to the parents' social roles of gift giving. There is a significant relationship of Christmas spirit with involvement in giving gifts and with parental gift giving roles. A significant relationship also exists between involvement in giving gifts and parental gift giving roles. However, there is limited support for propositions related to outcomes of parental gift giving roles where there are significant relations between these roles and Christmas request communication, brand benefits and information sources. There is also a significant, indirect relationship between brand benefits and involvement in giving brands as gifts. As part of the second stream, gender differences were examined; the results show that mothers' Christmas spirit has no effect on their gift giving roles and gift giving roles have no significant effect on request communication and information source usage. On the other hand, the results show that the fathers' gift giving activities reflect the relationships outlined in the parental model. The study has academic implications for sociology and consumer behaviour disciplines and commercial implications for manufacturers, advertisers, brand owners and retailers. Further investigations will be necessary to incorporate other elements into the parental gift-giving model and to extend the theory toward a fuller understanding of the parental Christmas gift giving phenomena.
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Clarke, Peter. "Parental Gift Giving Behaviour at Christmas: An Exploratory Study." Thesis, Griffith University, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/367633.
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Christmas is generally described as cultural, ritual and sociological phenomena of devotion, community and consumption. The topic of this dissertation concerns a specific stream of research within the general domain of consumer behaviour. The focal objective of this study is to develop a model and generate theory about parental gift giving behaviour at Christmas. My study is unique because it attempts to model parental gift giving at Christmas in a consumer behaviour context. Consumer behaviour theory suggests that parents seek information about possible gifts, set selection criteria for gift purchase, evaluate alternatives and buy the gifts for their children. Following this broad view of theory, parents respond to children's request behaviour, evaluate the suitability of any requests and purchase the approved or appropriate items as Christmas gifts. Children are encouraged to request any gifts that they desire, and these gift requests are often for specific brands.
In general Christmas gifts are selected from children's products and brands and there is extensive debate and research relating to television advertising and children's request behaviour at Christmas. However, parents are not exposed to the same sources of advertising as their children and there is little evidence of research into the very important topics concerning motives, strategies, evaluations and the giving of brands that characterize parents' Christmas gift giving to their children.
The significance of this dissertation resides in the development and presentation of a comprehensive model for the conceptualisation of parental gift giving at Christmas, based on antecedents to parents' social roles of gift giving and direct and indirect behavioural outcomes of those gift giving roles. Measures for each of these outcomes are developed and gender effects are also explored.
The sample frame was described as a parent with at least one child between the ages of 3-8 years and a survey package was delivered to parents of children from participating schools and kindergartens. There were 2560 surveys distributed, with 450 individual responses representing a return rate of 17.6%. The 450 cases available for analysis were factor analysed and formed into composite and latent variables to facilitate statistical analysis via Partial Least Squares (PLS) regression, which is an appropriate procedure when the relationships are unknown or theoretical. The results of the research have two distinct streams. The first stream relates to the creation and validation of measurement constructs for the concept of Christmas spirit, parental gift giving, request communication, brand benefits and use of information sources, as well as involvement in giving gifts and involvement in giving brands as gifts. The second stream relates to the relationships between variables; the results support the relationships antecedent to the parents' social roles of gift giving. There is a significant relationship of Christmas spirit with involvement in giving gifts and with parental gift giving roles. A significant relationship also exists between involvement in giving gifts and parental gift giving roles. However, there is limited support for propositions related to outcomes of parental gift giving roles where there are significant relations between these roles and Christmas request communication, brand benefits and information sources. There is also a significant, indirect relationship between brand benefits and involvement in giving brands as gifts. As part of the second stream, gender differences were examined; the results show that mothers' Christmas spirit has no effect on their gift giving roles and gift giving roles have no significant effect on request communication and information source usage. On the other hand, the results show that the fathers' gift giving activities reflect the relationships outlined in the parental model. The study has academic implications for sociology and consumer behaviour disciplines and commercial implications for manufacturers, advertisers, brand owners and retailers. Further investigations will be necessary to incorporate other elements into the parental gift-giving model and to extend the theory toward a fuller understanding of the parental Christmas gift giving phenomena.Thesis (PhD Doctorate)
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
School of Marketing and Management
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Huff, Kristina. "Souvenirs of America American gift books, 1825-1840 /." Diss., Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri-Columbia, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10355/4619.
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Thesis (M.A)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2006.The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file viewed on (February 7, 2007 Includes bibliographical references.
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Holmstead, Jamilee E. "Looking a Gift Horse in the Mouth: 2014 Farm Bill Insect and Disease Restoration Provision -- True Gift or False Hope?" DigitalCommons@USU, 2015. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/4502.
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Congress passed a revised Farm Bill in 2014 that amended the Healthy Forest Restoration Act (HFRA) to, hopefully, increase the speed with which natural resource issues could be addressed. Federal land management has often been condemned for being time-consuming and burdensome, chiefly in situations that require rapid response, such as insect disease and fire. The amendment in the 2014 Farm Bill is meant to address this concern. The amendment would allow for the insect and disease restoration projects on U.S.D.A. Forest Service land to fall under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) as categorical exclusions, provided that collaboration occurs while creating and implementing the projects. This new provision could allow for the U.S.D.A. Forest service to create and implement restoration projects at a faster rate than ever before. Each state's Governor was required to nominate restoration lands in their National Forests. These Nominations ranged from very comprehensive to extremely ambiguous and from just a few acres to entire national forests. This research documents why there was variation in designation nominations and what potential benefit this new amendment could bring to future natural resource management.
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Coles, Karin. "Dwelling with the gift, teaching and responsive reading." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape3/PQDD_0015/MQ49560.pdf.
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Aranda, Ligia Esther. "Protecting CHAAC's gift--groundwater protection in Yucatan, Mexico." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/63206.
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Pelaez, Valdez Maria Eloina. "A gift from Pandora's Box : the software crisis." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/19228.
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Brown, John. "Major Gift Creates Endowed Chair in Animal Sciences." College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ), 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/622081.
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Chang, Yuan-Hsiang, and 張遠翔. "How gift-giving motivation and metacognition of gift-giving planning influence gift-giving decision-making for general social gift-giving." Thesis, 2019. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/z5z8k8.
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The aim of this study is to investigate how gift-giving motivation and metacognition of gift-giving planning influence gift-giving decision-making of consumers for general social gift-giving. The research evaluates the effect of different gift-giving motivations and planning metacognitions on gift-giving decision based on questionnaire survey. We collected 257 effective questionnaire and analyzed the data by structural equation modeling. The result demonstrates that obligatory and voluntary gift-giving motivations have impact on metacognition of internal/external information collecting as well as in economic, social, cultural, and interactive aspects. Metacognition of internal information collecting has positive effect on the particularity of object selection for gift-giving while metacognition of external information collecting positively affects brand selection. Economic metacognition has positive effect on object selection regarding practicality. Social metacognition has positive effect on purpose- and practicality- oriented object selection for gift-giving whereas it imposes negative effect on the particularity. Cultural metacognition positively affects routine gift-giving. Interactive metacognition has positive impact on purpose-oriented planning of gift-giving. In conclusion, this study confirmed critical intermediate role of metacognition of gift-giving planning in gift-giving decision and provided references for the interpretation of our findings in this research. Keyword: general social gift-giving、gift-giving motivation、metacognition、gift-giving decision
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Chou, Meng-Han, and 周孟翰. "Online Gift-Giving Acceptance: Gift Giver''s Perspective." Thesis, 2011. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/11928269466570992192.
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Online gift-giving, which refers to the process of consumer selecting, purchasing gifts on the Internet and presenting the gifts to the receiver, is now an unstoppable trend. Past gifting research only focuses on the behavior taking place in brick-and-mortar stores. Online gifting literatures are also limited to partial aspects instead of comprehensive explanations of online gift-giving. Thus, we try to generalize traditional gifting factors and online gifting factors that are likely to have influence on online gift-giving acceptance through literature review and combine them into our research framework for the understanding of causal relationships and antecedents of determinants of online gift-giving acceptance in the perspective of gift giver. Internet-based and paper-based questionnaires were randomly distributed to 901 informants. There were 418 valid samples and the valid response rate was 46.39%. Structural Equation Modeling was used for data analysis and the results show that online gifting factors will significantly affect online gifting acceptance, including online gifting efficacy and perceived online gifting value. The former is positively affected by Internet self-efficacy and online gifting knowledge; while the latter is influenced by effectiveness of search and transaction convenience. On the other hand, traditional gifting factors were found not to be salient for predicting online gifting acceptance since the effect of perceived understanding and sincerity cognition were insignificant. However, gifting ritual rigidness, which mainly caused by occasion importance, is still a key traditional factor to be considered. As a result, online gifting service providers can try to target consumers with low gifting ritual rigidness but high online gifting efficacy, and position themselves based on significant predictors such as perceived online gifting value or online gifting efficacy in order to attract consumers to adopt online gift giving.