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Reeves, Jeffery G. "The United States sheep industry : producer behavior and supply response /." Thesis, This resource online, 1991. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-10102009-020159/.
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Dong, Xiao. "Consumer Preferences, Consumer Behavior and Producer Responses in the Retail Sector." The Ohio State University, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1572935866720799.
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Hegde, Srinivas V. "DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF INTERACTIVE ENERGY MODELS USING CYBER INFRASTRUCTURE FOR ANALYZING CONSUMER AND PRODUCER BEHAVIOR." The Ohio State University, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1313581394.
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Scherling, Theresa Eva. "Energy-saving behavior in industrial management ─A case study of an automobile producer in Central Europe." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för geovetenskaper, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-323794.
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Industry is one of the major energy consumers resulting in negative environmental impacts in the world. In this context, industrial energy management becomes critically important when improving industrial energy savings. Emphasized is the careful energy treatment in the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations. The dominance of a technical approach in current research of industrial energy management suppresses significant potentials of human behavior for energy efficiency. Societal problems such as the energy efficiency gap and the rebound effect may be tackled by involving energysaving behavior in interventions. This thesis aims to explain characteristics of energy-saving behavior in the industrial settings of an automobile producer in Central Europe. The manufacturer utilizes an energy management program, named QUEST, which is facilitated by the external advisor HE Consulting s.r.o. Questions of particular interest are therefore related to perceived organizational readiness to engage in energy-saving behavior. Data gathering include a structured-questionnaire of perceptions on energy savings at the plants with managers of the automobile producer. Additionally, a semi-structured interview with the CEO of HE Consulting s.r.o. offers a more in-depth view on practical implications of energysaving behavior. As a base for data collection serves a psychological perspective of perceptional theories. Strongly related is that approach to the change management discipline. Results of the study show that, indeed, managers in the QUEST program tend to perceive organizational readiness on energy savings re latively more positive than managers outside the program. Resistance to change can be marginally observed in lower management levels. However, the managers emphasize a lack of time to engage in energy savings. Indicators of perceived organizational readiness on energy savings alone do not show the actual energy-saving behavior. This means that this thesis does not directly observe energy-saving behavior. Nevertheless, the impact of such indicators on the actual performed energy-saving behavior may be seen in combination with quantified energy savings. All findings can only be interpreted in the frame of this study.
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Woolverton, Andrea Elizabeth. "Institutional effects on grain producer price-risk management behavior a comparative study across the United States and South Africa /." Diss., Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri-Columbia, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10355/4735.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2007.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 December 18, 2007) Vita. Includes bibliographical references.
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McRae-Spencer, Margaret Jillian Murray. "Product liability and producer's behaviour." Thesis, University of Exeter, 1991. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.385721.
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Kieta, Andrew. "Reinforcing Variability Produces Stereotypic Behavior." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2017. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc984163/.
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Behaving in novel ways is essential to the development of the types of complex performances described by the term creativity, problem solving, and perseverance. Some research suggests that response variability is an operant and a critical component of novel behavior. However, other account of novel behavior may be more parsimonious. Topographical variability has rarely been examined, nor has operant variability with organisms with baselines featuring stereotypic responding. This study examined the effects of a variability-specifying contingency on the cumulative novel responses of undergraduate students. Using the PORTL apparatus, participants interacted with a ball with a single hand. When the variability-specifying contingency was in effect, novel topographies were reinforced. When a reinforce every response condition was implemented, the participants did not emit any novel responses. When variability-specifying contingencies were in effect, novel responses were rarely followed by subsequent novel responses. They were mostly followed by repeated emission of the same topography, or by other previously emitted topographies. Novel responding did not persist long, although the variability-specifying contingency remained in effect and the potential for novel responding was great. The variability-specifying contingency often resulted in stereotypic response chains. Each of these findings call into the question the assertion that variability is an operant and suggests other possible explanations for the observed novelty.
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Zolfagharian, Mohammadali Paswan Audhesh. "An exploratory investigation of the effects of co-production and co-consumption on the characteristics and adoption of service innovations the customer's perspective /." [Denton, Tex.] : University of North Texas, 2007. http://digital.library.unt.edu/permalink/meta-dc-4016.
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Shamina, Yana. "Marketing of luxury products." Doctoral thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2009. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-114052.
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The world of luxury products for many years was reserved only for the selective and exclusive audience. It looked like it was impossible to experience it or to get in for someone from outside. Marketers of luxury brands have created such an environment where clients could feel exclusivity and enjoy timeless quality, values, history and heritage of the brand. It is very important to maintain the traditional values for luxury brands but in order to stay in touch with the target audience, luxury producers have to face and adapt to rapidly changing environment. There are a lot of debates about comparability of the Internet and luxury, as digital world is too impersonal comparing with core competence of luxury: exclusivity, outstanding experience and human touch in everything including craftsmanship, personal selling and customer relations. In current environment luxury companies cannot ignore the importance of the Internet as a communication and transaction tool and have to stay in touch with its target audience. The main contribution of this dissertation thesis is an analytical framework "features of importance for online luxury consumer satisfaction" that will help luxury marketers to understand online luxury consumers, their motivations, behavior and preferences. Additionally, framework presents the up-to-date data that can be executed while creating digital marketing communications strategy. The influence of content, social, process and technology gratifications on the online luxury consumer satisfaction was investigated. By incorporating the quantitative approach it was possible to make a deep analysis of the research problem. To obtain the necessary data the group structured questionnaire was used to analyze the proposed research model. A total of 133 respondents were accepted for the investigation. Analysis of correlation proved the positive relation between gratifications and luxury consumer satisfaction, even thought, proposed gratifications had different influence on the satisfaction. Content and technology gratifications had the most strong and positive influence on the satisfaction. However, from the obtained results it is visible that social gratification had the least important but still positive effect on the luxury consumer satisfaction. The obtained results are a valuable asset for the luxury companies as research revealed the main directions and themes on which luxury marketers should stress while creating online communication strategies.
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Herrera, Ana María. "Inventories, oil shocks, and aggregate economic behavior /." Diss., Connect to a 24 p. preview or request complete full text in PDF format. Access restricted to UC campuses, 2000. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ucsd/fullcit?p9975877.
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Assouto, Achille Barnabé. "Dynamique des prix agricoles et comportements des producteurs au Bénin." Thesis, Orléans, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018ORLE3147.
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Les prix des produits agricoles connaissent une volatilité importante. La volatilité des prix est toujours d’actualité avec les crises alimentaires dont les dernières en date sont celles de 2007-2008 puis 2010-2011. Les trajectoires peuvent être complètement différentes selon que l’on s’intéresse au marché international ou aux marchés nationaux. La volatilité des prix se traduit par le risque de prix qui affecte la prise de décision des agriculteurs. Cette thèse se propose de déterminer comment les producteurs réagissent au risque de prix des produits agricoles. Spécifiquement, elle (i) fait le point de la littérature disponible se rapportant à la prise de décision dans un environnement déterministe ou incertain, (ii) analyse le fonctionnement du secteur agricole béninois en identifiant les contraintes qui pèsent sur le secteur et qui constituent des facteurs favorables à l’instabilité des prix sur les principaux marchés du pays (iii) teste l’existence de la volatilité des prix sur les marchés vivriers au Bénin et évalue l’ampleur dans laquelle les prix agricoles ont été volatils depuis 1995 et, (iv) analyse les réponses des agriculteurs à la volatilité des prix. Les résultats des travaux montrent qu’il existe une importante volatilité des prix sur les principaux marchés du pays. Cependant, il est établi que les évolutions de la volatilité des prix entre les périodes 1995-2005 et 2006-2015 varient suivant les marchés et les produits considérés. Les résultats montrent également que les agriculteurs béninois réagissent au risque de prix en augmentant aussi bien la production que la superficie emblavée du maïs. Les résultats de cette thèse suggèrent d’une part l’utilisation d’instruments transitoires de régulation des prix des produits vivriers et d’autre part, la mise en place d’une politique de régulation contracyclique des stocksPrices of agricultural products are experiencing significant volatility. Price volatility is still relevant today with food crises, the latest of which are those of 2007-2008 and 2010-2011. Trajectories may completely vary depending on whether we are targeting international market or national domestic markets. This price volatility represents price risk that affects farmers’ decision-making. This thesis is devoted to determine how producers react to the price risk of agricultural products. Specifically, it (i) reviews the available literature pertaining to decision-making in a deterministic or uncertain environment, (ii) analyzes the functioning of the Beninese agricultural sector by identifying the constraints on the sector and which constitute factors conducive to price volatility in the country’s main markets (iii) tests the existence of price volatility on food markets in Benin and assesses the extent to which agricultural prices have been volatile since 1995 and, ( iv) analyze farmers’ responses to price volatility. Results show that there is significant price volatility in the country’s main markets. However, it is established that changes in price volatility between the periods 1995-2005 and 2006-2015 vary according to the markets and products considered. The results also show that farmers in Benin react to price risk by increasing both production and corn acreage. The results of this thesis suggest, on the one hand, the use of transitional instruments for regulating the prices of food products and, on the other hand, the setting up of a counter-cyclical inventory control policy
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Grankvist, Gunne. "Determinants of choice of eco-labeled products /." Göteborg, 2002. http://www-mat21.slu.se/publikation/pdf/Gunne.pdf.
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Brunel, Frédéric F. "The psychology of product aesthetics : antecedents and individual differeces in product evaluations /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/8788.
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Bäckström, Nils, Hanna Egeman, and Hanna Mattsson. "Why do companies produce vegan and vegetarian products imitated with real meat products? : Exploring a virgin topic on the Swedish market." Thesis, Högskolan i Jönköping, Internationella Handelshögskolan, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-40016.
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With the support of four vegetarian and vegan companies established on the Swedish market, Astrid och Aporna, Ekko Gourmet, Tzay and Quorn, the objective of this study is to understand why companies produce vegan and vegetarian products imitated with real meat products as well as how these companies market these products. The data was collected through interviews with suitable representatives from respective company. The empirical data collected from the interviews have further been analysed together with theories from past researches. The research approaches of this study has been a mixture of inductive and deductive when handling our data. The results from this thesis enlightens that there are contrasting strategies behind the products’ visual appearance, chosen target group and marketing among the different vegetarian and vegan companies on the Swedish market. We have discovered patterns between the companies’ target audiences and how these companies have designed their products depending of target audience Due to time limitations and companies’ unwillingness to participate in interviews, a broader perspective on the topic could not be given. Also, this study only looks at vegan and vegetarian companies operating in Sweden. A suggestion for future research is to investigate the consumer’s perspective and perceptions of vegan and vegetarian products by conducting a quantitative research to distinguish if the companies’ strategies are consistent with the perceptions of consumers on the Swedish market.
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Kurniawan, Sri Hartati. "Consumer decision-making in product selection and product configuration processes /." View abstract or full-text, 2004. http://library.ust.hk/cgi/db/thesis.pl?IEEM%202004%20KURNIA.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2004.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 177-189). Also available in electronic version. Access restricted to campus users.
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Weaver, Michael. "Transformational leadership among producers in the entertainment industry." Thesis, Pepperdine University, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10142128.
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This qualitative study examined the use of transformational leadership among producers in one production company in the entertainment industry. A sample of 16 producers who led shows at the organization from 2012 to 2016 completed an interview about their self-described and ideal leadership styles, their current and desired use of transformational leadership, and attitudes and openness to executive coaching. Producers’ self-described current leadership style is empowering, and they want to become more results-oriented and highly respected in the future. Participants reported they are and want to continue to be transformational. Almost all participants expressed interest in coaching. Although additional research is needed to extend and confirm the present study findings, the study organization may wish to offer its leaders development opportunities and consider training team members to promote consistent values. Specifically, executive coaching and training in transformational leadership may be beneficial and of interest to the participants in this study.
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Rhee, Young-Ju. "Online Impulse Buying Behavior with Apparel Products: Relationships with Apparel Involvement, Website Attributes, and Product Category/Price." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/39628.
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The potential use of the Internet for apparel retail marketing is extremely viable (Murphy, 1998); however, most of the journal papers on apparel Internet shoppers are limited to the comparison of demographic, psychographic, and behavioral characteristics between shoppers and non-shoppers (McKinney, 2004). Little empirical research has addressed the role of impulsiveness in online apparel shopping behavior. In the past, impulse buying was considered as something bad and consumers felt guilty after impulse buying (Ainslie 1975; Levy 1976). However, most researchers now no longer view impulse buying as a negative phenomenon because studies showed that impulse buying satisfies a number of hedonic desires (Piron 1991; Rook & Fisher 1995; Thompson, Locander, & Pollio 1990). Impulse buyers exhibited greater feelings of amusement, delight, enthusiasm, and joy (Weinberg & Gottwald, 1982) and often felt uplifted or energized after a shopping experience that involves impulse buying (Rook, 1987; Gardner & Rook, 1988; 1993) because impulse buying can provide the enjoyment of novelty and surprise, and the ability of mood alteration (i.e., breaking out of negative mood state) (Gardner & Rook, 1988; Rook, 1987). Recognizing the positive feelings generated from impulse buying and considering the increasing frequency of college students'' Internet shopping (Seock, 2003), one strategy to create competitive advantages in the apparel market of college students is to understand the variables related to impulse buying and based on the understanding provide a website that generates pleasurable shopping.
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between online apparel impulse buying behavior and apparel involvement, apparel website attributes, and product category/price. The data were collected using an online survey with a structured questionnaire. To recruit participants, 37,590 e-mails were sent to six universities located in different regions of the United States. A total of 687 college students responded to the survey including 284 online apparel buyers, 194 non-online apparel buyers, and 209 non-apparel website visitors.
When the impulsiveness of online apparel purchases in general was used to divide the participants into impulse buyer and non-impulse buyer groups, the Chi-square test results showed that there were significantly more female respondents in the impulse buyer group than in the non-impulse buyer group. However, when impulsiveness of last purchase was used to divide the participants into impulse purchase and non-impulse purchase groups, the results showed no significant difference between the genders. For other results, the findings were all consistent. Respondents in the impulse buyer and purchase groups than the non-impulse buyer and purchase groups had a greater amount of total monthly income and spent more money on apparel products. The impulse buyer and purchase groups visited websites that sold clothing/accessories more frequently and purchased more apparel products online over the past six months than the non-impulse buyer and purchase groups. These results suggest that impulse buyers are an important segment of the apparel online market.
Four hypotheses were put forward to test the relationships among the variables. Before the proposed hypotheses could be examined, the factor analysis was first conducted to determine the constructs of apparel involvement and website attributes. The results showed that apparel involvement consisted of three factors (i.e., sign value/perceived importance, pleasure value, risk importance/probability) and website attributes consisted of four factors (i.e., website design, product presentation, promotion, product search/policy information). The results of MANOVA showed that the impulse buyer group perceived the sign value/perceived importance and the pleasure value of apparel involvement significantly higher, and perceived the risk importance/probability of apparel involvement significantly lower than the non-impulse buyer group. Based on the results, H1 was supported. Impulsive and non-impulsive online apparel buyers differed significantly in their apparel involvement. For H2, the results indicated that the impulse purchase group evaluated the website where they bought the last apparel item significantly better in website design, product presentation, promotion, and product search/policy information than the non-impulse purchase group. Based on the results, H2 was supported. The evaluations of the attributes of websites where impulse purchases and non-impulse purchases of apparel products were made were significantly different. Test of H3 showed that some product categories purchased by the respondents in the impulse purchase group were significantly different from those bought by the non-impulse purchase group. Categories such as shirt/blouse and belt were bought more frequently by the respondents in the impulse purchase group whereas shoes were bought more frequently by those in the non-impulse purchase group. The respondents in the impulse purchase group bought more items that cost less than $25 than those in the non-impulse purchase group. Based on the results H3 was supported. The product categories purchased by the impulse purchase group and non-impulse purchase group were significantly different. The multiple regression results showed that the sign value/perceived importance of apparel involvement contributed the most in explaining impulsiveness of online apparel buying behavior, followed by product price, risk importance/probability of apparel involvement, and product presentation of website attributes. Other factors, such as the pleasure value of apparel involvement and website attributes in website design, promotion, and product search/policy information, had no significant linear relationships with the impulsiveness of online apparel buying behavior. Based on the results, H4 was partially supported.
From the results of the present study, it is concluded that apparel involvement, website attributes, and product price are closely related to the impulsiveness of consumers'' online apparel buying behavior. This study is beneficial to researchers and marketers by identifying possible psychological reasons for impulse buying as well as suggesting strategies to develop an apparel website that facilitate impulse buying behavior.Ph. D.
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Jodice, Patrick G. R. "Behavioral ecology of marbled murrelets (Brachyramphus marmoratus) in forest and marine ecosystems of Oregon." Connect to this title online, 1998. http://fresc.usgs.gov/products/thesis/jodice/thesis.html.
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Lee, Seungeun. "The influence of product involvement and fan identification on response to team sponsors' products." Connect to resource, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1124223738.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2005.Title from first page of PDF file. Document formatted into pages; contains xiv, 116 p.; also includes graphics (some col.). Includes bibliographical references (p. 109-116). Available online via OhioLINK's ETD Center
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Chen, Qianqian, and Yuren Wang. "Buying Imported Products Online : A quantitative study about Chinese Online consumer behavior towards imported products." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Företagsekonomiska institutionen, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-260259.
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With the fast growing Chinese online marketplace and the increasing popularity of shopping imported products online in China, more and more practitioners and researchers are interested in understanding the cues that Chinese consumers use to evaluate imported products consumption online. Our quantitative study aims to identify what factors affect the behavior of Chinese online consumers towards imported products and the relationships between the identified factors and purchase intention, and thereafter help companies to understand how to increase Chinese online consumers’ purchase intention of imported products. The research model is developed based on The Theory of Planned Behavior. Data were collected through web-based survey in China. Subsequently, the logistic regression in SPSS was used for testing the 12 hypotheses. Results reveal that the purchase intention of Chinese online consumers to imported products is closely associated with Perceived Behavioral Control, Subjective Norms, Perceived Risks, Service Quality, Country of Origin and Price. However, Product Variety and graphically well-designed websites are not relevant to purchase intention when Chinese consumers evaluate online imported products. The findings of our study serve as a link between consumers and online retailers or companies. The information from this study can add knowledge to limited studies on the behavior of Chinese online consumer.
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Malkewitz, Keven. "The effect of representational fidelity and product design quality on attitude toward the product and product recognition /." view abstract or download file of text, 2000. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/uoregon/fullcit?p9987237.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oregon, 2000.Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 167-178). Also available for download via the World Wide Web; free to University of Oregon users.
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Ziehensack, Jonas, and Tommila Stina. "Bug Appétit! : A qualitative research of purchase intentions towards insect-based products." Thesis, Internationella Handelshögskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, IHH, Företagsekonomi, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-39689.
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Background: A significant increase in the global food demand is expected to occur in the near future. Since the currently implied food system will not be able to meet this demand without impacting the environment negatively, it is crucial to consider alternative ways of producing food. Entomophagy thereby presents an approach that could be deployed to meet the future demand in an environmental and sustainable way. However, whereas multiple studies investigate consumers’ acceptance of insect-based products, little is known about their purchase intentions. Purpose: The purpose of this study is to explore the underlying factors affecting Swedish university-attending Generation Y consumers’ purchase intentions towards insect-based products. In order to fulfill the purpose of this study, two research questions have been developed. Thereby, the Theory of Planned Behavior was chosen as a theoretical framework. Method: The research philosophy of this study adopted elements of both constructionism and interpretivism. Further, this study applied an abductive approach and a qualitative research design with an exploratory purpose. A total of three focus groups were conducted in order to explore purchase intentions towards insect-based products. In addition, a taste test was incorporated in each focus group to explore the participants’ reactions when given the opportunity to try an insect-based product. To adequately reach the selected target population, a combination of a self-selection sampling technique and a convenience sampling technique was employed. Lastly, a content analysis following a directed approach was applied in order to properly analyze the collected data. Conclusion: The empirical findings of this study suggest that eleven factors are contributing to the target populations’ purchase intentions towards insect-based products. Thereby, ten of these factors are connected to the components of attitude, subjective norm, and perceived behavioral control of the theoretical framework whereas the remaining factor was not categorized within these components. Regarding the conducted taste test, it was found that the large majority of the participants were willing to try. Further, the taste test showed that all participants followed their initial intentions.
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Hammes, Janine. "Behavior of Swedes towards Milk Substitute Products." Thesis, Högskolan Väst, Avd för företagsekonomi, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hv:diva-8144.
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These days, milk substitute products are getting more popular and exist together with milk on the market. These substitute products are appreciated by consumers due to animal welfare, environmental or health related reasons. The purpose of the investigation was to make assumptions about the future situation of farmers and which demographic, personal, sociological, cultural and psychological determinants have an impact on Swedish consumers purchasing substitute products. The proposed methodology to reveal the impact of those factors was a qualitative research. Ten semi-structured interviews with residents of Västra Götaland, aimed to gain a deeper and better understanding of the reasons for consumption of milk substitute products, were conducted in total. The existing theory and scientific articles about demographic, personal, sociological, cultural and psychological determinants of consumer behavior, in terms of food choice and consumption, were used to create an interview guide and also to compare the collected primary data in the end. Participants were asked questions regarding their demography, lifestyle, awareness and perception of milk substitute products and other reasons for their consumption of milk substitutes. The findings revealed that demographic factors such as age and gender seemed to have an impact on the consumer behavior. Moreover, personal and psychological factors were revealed to have a significant impact on the consumption behavior. In particular lifestyle, perception, attitudes and motivations, knowledge and learning had a significant influence on Swedish consumers and their food consumption behavior. Regarding sociological factors it was discovered that friends had a significant influence on food consumption. Cultural determinants were also important to consider. However, they did not have a significant influence on the participants. The findings also revealed that health and animal welfare were the main reasons for changing the consumption. Interestingly, no participant started to consume these products due to environmental reasons in the beginning. The strong competition of milk and milk substitute products on the market is most likely to continue. The future situation for farmers will look different and might get more critical as milk consumption in Sweden could change. This small scale research does not make it possible to generalize the revealed findings. Nevertheless, this qualitative investigation provided the basis for future research in the field of consumer behavior towards substitute products.
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Liu, Zhangyahui Liu. "Predicting the Chinese Consumer’s Consumption Value of Using Mobile Apps to Shop Fashion Products." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1469884479.
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Key, Colin W. "Identifying Factors That Produce Blame for Sexually Harassing Behavior." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2008. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/1695.
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This research investigated how individual differences impact ratings of blame for sexual harassers and their victims and whether or not any relationships could be explained by defensive attribution theory. This theory claims that blame is a product of the relevance of the situation and the actors within that situation. Participants completed an online questionnaire in which they read hypothetical cases of sexual harassment. They rated the relevance of the situation and the individuals in the scenarios, attributed blame to hypothetical harassers and victims, as well as other information expected to predict ratings of blame. Results suggested that 1) defensive attribution theory explains the effects of sexual harassment proclivity and gender on blame for sexual harassers; 2) defensive attribution theory may require revision to include the impact of situational relevance on personal relevance, and 3) blame for harassers and victims is explained by two different processes. This research has legal and organizational implications.
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Zolfagharian, Mohammadali. "An exploratory investigation of the effects of co-production and co-consumption on the characteristics and adoption of service innovations: the customer's perspective." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2007. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc4016/.
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Customers play an active role throughout the marketing process. This dissertation concerns itself with customer's co-creation of value for self (co-production) and for other customers (co-consumption) during service production and delivery. With the servuction system as its overarching framework, this study explains how changes in the customer's perceived co-production and co-consumption, caused by a service innovation, influence her perceptions of service innovation characteristics and modify her adoption behavior. It draws on a multidisciplinary body of knowledge and develops a conceptual framework and a set of substantive propositions. The empirical research was contextualized in three services: self check-out at grocery stores, Build-A-Bear stores, and meal assembly centers. It focused on members of Generations X and Y who were familiar with these services. The qualitative investigations and pilot study helped adapt the extant scales and construct new scales. In line with prior works, the focal service encounters were simulated through a series of consumption scenarios. The exploratory factor analysis in the pilot study and the confirmatory factor analysis in the main study indicated that the instruments were culturally informed, internally reliable, and construct-wise valid. The results indicate that co-production and co-consumption play important roles in explaining innovation characteristics and adoption decisions. More specifically, the focal customer's co-production of the service for self (CPS), other customers' co-production of the service for the focal customer (OCP), the number and the nature of other customers (crowding and homophily) can help to explain the focal customer's evaluation of service innovation characteristics as well as her adoption decision. The focal customer's disposition to participate (DTP) and its interaction with CPS are also useful explanatory constructs. Focal customer's co-production of the service for other customers (CPO) and its interaction with DTP emerged as non-significant. In comparing the high- and low-DTP groups, it was found that the former was more convenience-prone in two service contexts, and the latter in the third context.
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Macht, Betsy Jean. "Strategies to Influence a Quality and Compliance Culture." ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/2668.
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In drug, medical, and consumer products businesses, leaders should establish strategies that ensure production of quality products and drive profitability. Sales of defective or substandard products carry a potential risk of unintended effects on the consumer. The purpose of this single case study was to explore the strategies used by leaders to influence a culture of quality and compliance, leading to production of saleable products, and business profitability. The conceptual framework of the theory of constraints served to guide the scope and data analysis for this study. Participants included ten individuals with a minimum of 5 years of experience at the study company, based in the northeast region of the U.S., in director, manager, and technical leader roles who participated in individual, telephone-based interviews. Additional data sources for methodological triangulation included observations during a tour of the headquarters site, and analysis of policies, procedures, annual reports, and publicly available information. Data analysis included coding of the data and analysis to identify themes and patterns that identify the strategies leaders use to embed a culture of quality. The emergent themes in this study included: leadership, culture and habits, communications, and management systems and data analysis. The findings of this study may contribute to positive social change and improved business practice by providing tools and skills needed by business leaders to ensure product quality and business success. By consistently delivering quality products to the market, the organization builds a sustainable business where the community can benefit from a stable supply of jobs and the consumer from a reliable supply of products that safely meet customer needs.
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Welford, Richard. "Aspects of the organisation and behaviour of U.K. producer cooperatives." Thesis, University of Warwick, 1990. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/35528/.
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Reflecting the fact that the cooperative sector in the U.K. has experienced record growth over the past fifteen years, this thesis forms an investigation of the organisation and behaviour of producer cooperatives. The theoretical literature surrounding the labour — managed firm is examined and subjected to testing and empirical observation. In this way a fuller understanding of the cooperative sector and of participatory arrangements in general is achieved. The theory and issues underlying this approach are based on Williamson's (1980) notion of hierarchy, the neoclassical literature surrounding perverse supply effects and extensions of that, examining the nature of the cooperative objective function, growth, managerialism and degeneration, and the nature of self— exploitation in an economy dominated by large capital. The empirical contributions are derived from a data set of 78 producer cooperatives collected by the author. In the analysis contained in this thesis it has been possible to question accepted theory, to offer some alternative modelling approaches, largely based on the use of probit analysis and to seek to describe and explain more fully certain aspects of the organisation and behaviour of U.K. cooperatives. In doing so some attempt has been made to extend the analysis beyond the boundaries of pure economics and to consider facets of participation provided in other disciplines. Many different measures have been used in the thesis which indicate that whilst cooperatives, like many small businesses, will face problems surviving in the market place, they nevertheless seem largely successful in pursuing their stated objectives. Many of the 'accepted' negative aspects of the cooperative form of organisation, such as perverse supply — side responses, have been shown to be based on restrictive assumptions about the labour — managed enterprise. Assertions about the existence and survival of cooperatives based on ideas of degeneration and self— exploitation have been shown to be questionable. Perhaps surprising to some, it is shown that management does play an important role in the organisation and behaviour of many cooperatives. For example, the existence of some sort of management structure seems important in those firms with high growth aspirations. Much of the discussion in this thesis suggests that worker involvement can bring about productivity increases. In effect, it is argued that participation can lead to augmentation of the production function. Traditional businesses in general might therefore be advised to consider adopting participation in the workplace. On the other hand cooperatives should also realise that success in conventional terms can often enable them to better pursue their political motivations.
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Etheredge, George. "A procedure to test human behaviour under producer scrounger conditions." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11975.
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This paper examines the applicability of the ‘producer scrounger’ model, used in the biological literature to model social foraging, to human beings. It is argued that humans do find themselves in economically important situations that can be described by the producer scrounger dynamic.
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Pei, Zhi. "Internal and External Drivers of Consumers’ Product Return Behaviors." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2015. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc804862/.
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Product return is a necessary part of the exchange process between companies and customers. It accounts for approximately 16% of total sales and a reduction in retailer / manufacturer profits by 3.8% on average. However, industry data also indicates that a significant portion of products are returned for reasons other than product failure – e.g., change of mind, found a lower price elsewhere, or fraudulent and unethical reasons. Consequently, many firms (e.g., REI) have altered their generous return policies to protect their profits. However, it’s been found that the restricted return policy could also reduce customer satisfaction, increase the perceived risk, and thus negatively affect customers’ loyalty towards a particular store or firm. Thus having a restrictive return policy does not help either. Extant literature mainly focuses on return policies. Little attention has been devoted to the product return behavior itself, thus missing the consumer’s perspective. This study, therefore, focuses on understanding consumers’ return behaviors, including different types of return behaviors, and the drivers and consequences of these different return behaviors. Towards this goal, this study first categorizes all possible types of consumers’ return behaviors into two broad categories - legitimate return behaviors and opportunistic return behaviors. Second, both internal (i.e., variety seeking, impulsiveness, perceived uniqueness, materialism, level of morality, and self-monitoring) and external drivers (i.e., product compatibility, returning cost, perceived risk, complexity of procedure, and social group influence) of consumers’ product return behaviors are identified. Third, the relationship between these drivers of return behavior and the type of return behavior are examined. Finally, the influence of these two different types of return behaviors on consumer’s re-patronage intention is examined. This study uses a survey method to collect data in two phases - pilot phase and main study. In the pilot phase, data were collected from students and used to assess the factor structure, reliability and validity. In the main study, data were collected from both students (N=367) and non-students using M-Turk (N=395). The psychometric properties of the scale items were once again assessed using covariance based Confirmatory Factor Analysis procedure. Finally, multivariate regression was used to test the hypothesized relationships between the drivers of return behavior, types of return behavior, and the re-patronage intention. The findings indicate that product compatibility and desire for uniqueness negatively influence legitimate return behavior; whereas impulsiveness, perceived risk and social group have a positive influence. For opportunistic return behavior, social group and immorality positively influence both legitimate and opportunistic return behavior. However, other drivers have no influence on consumers’ return behavior. Finally, legitimate return behavior positively influences consumer’s re-patronage intention, while opportunistic return behavior has a negative influence. This study makes two major contributions. First, it contributes to the theoretical understanding of complex return behavior, including legitimate return and opportunistic return behavior, and thus adds depth to the literature of product returns. Second, by identifying the drivers of product return behaviors such as product compatibility, perceived risk of keeping the product, social group influence, and immorality, this study offers managers knowledge that will help reduce product returns, thus increasing their profits.
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Zhao, Liang. "Strategic Firm Behavior in New Product Preannouncement." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/294021.
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Prior to new product launch, firms often engage in marketing activities to maximize the chance of new product success. New product preannouncement is a specific premarket behavior that this dissertation focuses on. While serving a common purpose of providing information about the new product, firms make preannouncements in different ways. For example, the timing of preannouncement and the specific information provided can vary significantly across firms and products. This dissertation examines how different preannouncement strategies influence sales of the new product when it is eventually introduced. I focus on the digital camera market from January 2004 to May 2007. The analysis of preannouncement strategies is made possible by employing a dataset that includes the specific details of the preannouncements made by digital camera producers. Using the control function approach, I find that different preannouncement strategies do matter for new product sales. However, their effects depend on targeted market segments. Specifically, making early new product preannouncements increases sales of premium market products, but making late preannouncements helps mass market products. Furthermore, providing pricing information in preannouncements enhances the sales of premium market products. However, providing specific new product release date has a negative impact on the sales of premium market products. Furthermore, these results contribute to research on new product strategies and provide useful managerial implications.
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Karlsson, Alexander, and Martin Hedengren. "Hur tillverkande företag med distributörer kan förbättra sin marknadsföring av standardiserade produkter : En fallstudie inom ABB Low Voltage Products." Thesis, KTH, Industriell marknadsföring, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-169406.
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Marknaden för industriella distributörer har upplevt stora förändringar under de senaste decennierna. Trots att industribolag nu har större möjligheter att sälja direkt via internet har distributörerna generellt sett stärkt sin position av flera anledningar. Forskningen har emellertid förespråkat att det är starka samarbeten som skapar värde i distributionskanalen. I huvudsak har detta påvisats med kvantitativa studier och forskare har därför efterfrågat kvalitativa ansatser. Delvis med målet att fylla detta forskningsgap utfördes en fallstudie om ABB Low Voltage Products distributörsförsäljning av produktkategori Pilot Devices, som bland annat innefattar tryckknappar. Pilot Devices valdes eftersom de är typiska distributörsprodukter i flera avseenden. Vad som också är uppenbart för produktkategorin är att den är högst standardiserad, utan tydlig differentiering mot konkurrenterna. Med bakgrund av detta intogs ett speciellt perspektiv i studien: hur kan marknadsföringen genom distributörer förbättras för en standardiserad produktkategori? Elva semistrukturerade intervjuer utfördes med distributörer i Sverige och Storbritannien samt därtill 25 observationsstudier i butiker. För att bättre förstå kundernas behov skedde fem intervjuer med panelbyggare, den typiske kunden för produkterna. Det empiriska materialet visade att distributörers behov skiljer sig åt markant, vilket tidigare modeller inte beaktat. Leverantörer måste förstå de olika distributörstypernas behov för att styra kanalen effektivt. För stora distributörskedjor är monetära incitament, ett åtagande att jobba på slutmarknaden och produktdata för internetförsäljning i fokus. För mindre distributörer, som ofta måste konkurrera med teknisk expertis, är bland annat produktträning och en nära relation av yttersta vikt. Studien bekräftade tidigare forskning som påpekat att en tydlig ansvarsfördelning och effektiv kommunikation är väsentligt för samarbetena. Detta visade sig vara viktigt oavsett typ av distributör. Studien av panelbyggarna visade att dessa generellt hade ett högst repetitivt köpbeteende som ofta styrs av tidigare ritningar eller krav från kunder. Distributörssegmentens värdeskapande aktiviteter och behov samt slutkundernas inverkan summerades i ett ramverk vilket uppfyllde studiens syfte: en vägledning för hur tillverkande industriföretag kan förbättra marknadsföringen via distributörer för standardiserade produkter.The industrial distributor market has experienced great changes during the recent decades. Manufacturers today have better possibilities reaching their customers directly by selling through the Internet, but the distributors have in general strengthened their positions, due to several reasons. Most research concerning the manufacturer-distributor relationship has, however, indicated that collaboration is the key to creating value in the marketing channel. The majority of these studies have been quantitative, and researchers have requested more qualitative studies. Partly with the aim to fill this gap, a case study was conducted to investigate the distributor sales of ABB Low Voltage Products product category Pilot Devices, consisting of for example push buttons. Pilot Devices was chosen as it is a typical distributor product for many reasons. What also is evident is that it is a commoditized product, where it is hard to find differences between brands. With this background, the study was conducted through a certain lens: how can the marketing through distributors be improved for commoditized products? Eleven semi-structured interviews were conducted with distributors in Sweden and the United Kingdom together with 25 observational studies in distributor stores. In order to obtain a deep understanding of the end customer’s need, five interviews with panel builders, a typical customer type, was conducted. The empirical data showed that the distributors’ needs differ significantly, which has been neglect by previous studies. Manufacturers must develop an understanding for these needs in order to manage the channel effectively. For large distributors, monetary incentives, an end-market commitment and product data were priorities. For smaller, technical oriented, distributors, product training and marketing material were distinct needs. The study confirmed previous studies stating that clear allocation of responsibilities and effective communication are important. The study of the panel builders showed that they have a highly repetitive buying behavior, often affected by previous blueprints or by their customer’s requirements. The distributor segments’ value adding activities, their needs and the impact of the end customer were incorporated into a framework that fulfilled the study’s purpose: a guideline how manufacturing companies can improve their marketing through distributors for commoditized products.
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Su, Ye, and Yuhui Shen. "An anaysis of customer behavior toward coexisting products." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Företagsekonomiska institutionen, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-260422.
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Saraiva, Francisco Guilherme Sousa Pereira. "Free Products and their impact on consumer behavior." Dissertação, Faculdade de Economia da Universidade do Porto, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10216/61112.
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Stita, Ayham, and Abdulmoaz Alkhayyat. "Consumer behavior towards green cosmetic products in Sweden." Thesis, Mälardalens högskola, Akademin för ekonomi, samhälle och teknik, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-54370.
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Date: 2021-06-02 Level: Bachelor Thesis in Business Administration, 15 hp Institution: School of Business, Society and Engineering, Mälardalen University Authors: Alkhayyat Abdulmoaz (97/01/01), Stita Ayham (93/06/18) Title: Consumer Behavior towards green cosmetic products Tutor: Michela Cozza Keywords: Green products, purchase intention, eco-awareness, green cosmetic products, consumer behavior Research question: What are the factors influencing consumer purchasing choices when choosing green cosmetic products over synthetic cosmetic products? Purpose: To study the consumer behavior towards green products by analyzing the attitudes of customers choosing to purchase organic cosmetics and to further investigate the factors that affect their purchasing behavior. Method: This research followed a quantitative approach with a deductive reasoning, done by conducting a survey to collect primary data and interpret the results in order to reach a reasonable conclusion. Conclusion: It was found that green cosmetic products are important in reaching the various needs of customers as consent remaining environmentally friendly and sustainable is concerned. There are possible factors that impact consumer behavior, such as the social influences and eco-awareness, causing a change in buying behavior and attitudes.
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Saraiva, Francisco Guilherme Sousa Pereira. "Free Products and their impact on consumer behavior." Master's thesis, Faculdade de Economia da Universidade do Porto, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10216/61112.
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Radhakrishnan, Harish. "Mechanical behavior of a carbon nanotube turf." Online access for everyone, 2006. http://www.dissertations.wsu.edu/Thesis/Fall2006/h_radhakrishnan_092206.pdf.
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Wang, Dan, and Liuzi Yang. "Customer Buying Behavior : - Online shopping towards electronic product." Thesis, Umeå University, Umeå School of Business, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-35154.
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Online shopping in EU has been shown to a good potential market. The electronic equipment takes a high percent of the individuals shopping. Compared with other goods, online shopping of electronic goods adds great convenience to the life of the people. Buying electronic gadgets online gives customers an opportunity to find a great variety of product online, and customers can review a wide selection of products and find special offers and discount with the best deals online. In the coming years, the development of online retailers is improving and promises a bright future. However, the tangible and intangible problems of electronic product online shopping still exist and the online store retailers lack the customer knowledge in some extent. Therefore, our intention is to explore customer behavior when purchasing electronic products through investigating the factors that can affect online shoppers‟ attitudes, intention and actual buying behavior. Furthermore, through the findings of our research, we offered the online retailers some suggestions to improve their sales and attract more customers.
Our research was conducted at Umeå University, the participants are students who come from four different departments. We categorized the important influencing factors into customer-oriented and technology-oriented factors. We utilized quantitative method in the term of questionnaire to exam how the respondents think about these factors, and we figured out the relationship between the factors and the consumers‟ attitudes and online buying intention for electronic product.
Our final findings show that only the experienced shoppers‟ attitudes highly affect their buying intention. Transaction security and product quality as the most important elements of electronic product online shopping in the customer-oriented factors are voted by the respondents; while in the technology- oriented factors, easy to navigate and useful web content are the most important issues which drawn more customers‟ attention. In addition, we suggested that the online retailers should guarantee a safe and accurate transaction process, moreover, make more efforts to web design and enhance the return and refund after-sales service. Our study is expected to contribute the e-commerce, especially focused on the electronic product field, the further research can take our research as a basic and go deeper to investigate.
Key words: online shopping, electronic product, customer buying behavior, factors
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Santos, Priscila Martins dos. "É possível produzir variabilidade em metacontingências?" Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, 2011. https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/16624.
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This study aimed to investigate if it was possible to produce variability in metacontingencies or better, in the aggregate products produced by interlocking contingencies. Two experiments were conducted in which undergraduate students distributed in generations or three participants worked simultaneously. In each generation change the oldest participant in experimental setting was replaced by a naïve participant. The task to each participant, in a computer screen, was to insert 4 numbers from 0 to 9 below 4 numbers presented by the software (also from 0 to 9). Credits (exchanged by money at the end of experiment) could be obtained through points and/or bonuses. Points were individual consequences produced when the sum of numbers presented by the software and those inserted by the participant, in each column, resulted in an odd number in the 4 columns. Bonuses were cultural consequences, obtained when the sum of the 4 numbers inserted by the participant on the left lineage (LE) were smaller than the sum of the numbers inserted by the participant on the central lineage (LC), which was smaller than the sum of the numbers of the participant on the right lineage (LD) producing the aggregate product SLE < SLC < SLD. Experiment 1 had 14 participants (12 generations) and investigated if the removal of a correction procedure used in other researches could promote more variability than that produced in those studies. It was found that this manipulation was not enough to produce variability, and the results were quite similar to the ones from the earlier studies. It was, then, conducted the Experiment 2, also having 14 participants (12 generations) which investigated if a participants reallocation procedure, in each generation change, could produce more variability than it was produced before. It was found to occur more variability in comparison to the other studies, but some variability reduction was also observed (still less drastic than that from Experiment 1), which seems to be typical of selection of / by metacontingencies. The first verbal interactions every generation change were also analyzed in both experiments. The results of this analysis sustained the other results obtained and denoted again to having had differences between the conducted experiments. Other studies are suggested, in order to investigate other aspects involved in the correlation between variability and metacontingencies. Finally, this study corroborate the findings from previous studies and once again and shows that this research protocol enables to investigate different aspects involved in selection of / by metacontingencies
O presente estudo buscou investigar se era possível produzir variabilidade em metacontingências ou melhor, nos produtos agregados produzidos por contingências comportamentais entrelaçadas. Foram realizados dois experimentos em que estudantes universitários distribuídos em gerações de três participantes trabalhavam simultaneamente. A cada mudança de geração, o participante mais antigo na situação experimental era substituído por um participante ingênuo. A tarefa de cada participante era, em uma tela de um programa, no computador, inserir 4 números de 0 a 9 logo abaixo de 4 números apresentados pelo programa, cada um deles de 0 a 9. Créditos (trocados por dinheiro ao final do experimento) poderiam ser obtidos através de pontos e/ou bônus. Pontos eram consequências individuais produzidas quando os números apresentado pelo computador e os inseridos pelo participante de cada coluna, somados, resultassem em um número ímpar nas 4 colunas. Bônus eram consequência culturais, obtidas quando as somas dos 4 números inseridos pelo participante da linhagem esquerda (LE) era menor do que a soma dos 4 números inseridos pelo participante da linhagem central (LC), que por sua vez era menor do que a soma dos números do participante da linhagem da direita (LD) produzindo-se, assim o produto agregado SLE < SLC < SLD. O Experimento 1 contou com 14 participantes (12 gerações) e investigou se a remoção de um procedimento de correção utilizado em outras pesquisas poderia promover maior variabilidade do que foi produzida em tais estudos. Verificou-se que tal manipulação não foi suficiente para produzir variabilidade, tendo sido obtidos resultados semelhantes aos resultados das pesquisas anteriores. Foi, então, realizado o Experimento 2, que contou também com 14 participantes (12 gerações) e investigou se um procedimento de realocação dos participantes, a cada mudança de geração, poderia produzir maior variabilidade do que a encontrada nos experimentos anteriores e no primeiro experimento deste estudo. Verificou-se maior variabilidade em comparação aos outros estudos, porém se observou também alguma redução de variabilidade (ainda que menos drástica do que a obtida no Experimento 1), que parece típica da seleção de / por metacontingências. Foram também analisadas as primeiras interações verbais a cada mudança de geração, em ambos os experimentos. Os resultados desta análise confirmaram os resultados obtidos e indicaram novamente ter havido diferenças entre os dois experimentos realizados. Sugerem-se outros estudos, a fim de se investigarem outros aspectos envolvidos na correlação entre variabilidade e metacontingências. Por fim, o presente estudo corrobora os achados dos estudos anteriores e mais uma vez demonstra que este protocolo de pesquisa possibilita investigar diferentes aspectos envolvidos em seleção de/por metacontingências
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Cromwell, Jeff B. "Chaotic price dynamics of agricultural commodities." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2004. https://etd.wvu.edu/etd/controller.jsp?moduleName=documentdata&jsp%5FetdId=3625.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--West Virginia University, 2004.Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains vi, 166 p. : ill. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 142-160).
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Said, Aminu. "Modeling producer behavior by using the third-order translog cost function." Thesis, 1992. http://spectrum.library.concordia.ca/3689/1/NN73649.pdf.
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Tsai, Jian-Son, and 蔡建昇. "Behavior of Quality Costs: A Case Study of Local Motor Producer." Thesis, 1998. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/89772274475280622170.
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碩士國立臺灣大學
會計學系研究所
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Abstract This thesis is a case study to help the case plant realize the influence patterns and spans of their prevention and appraisal activities. The relation between prevention costs and appraisal costs is also tested. Finally, we try to assist the management of the case plant to find out the opportunity to enhance the quality costs system in the mean time. After we study the 4-year (48-months) quality cost reports, the conclusions are shown as follows: 1、 The trade-off relations between prevention and internal failure costs and between appraisal and internal failure costs are significant. 2、 The trade-off relations between prevention and external failure costs and between appraisal and external failure costs are still suspended. 3、 The case plant''s prevention and appraisal activities seem to have more effect on the internal failure costs than on the external failure costs. 4、 There is a statistical positive relation between the prevention costs and appraisal costs. 5、 The effect of some quality activities on reducing failure costs may be statistical significant. 6、 The variable parts of prevention and appraisal costs seem to have statistical significant cost-benefit relations. 7、 The product engineering expense is not properly computed.
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Wear, Linda Marie. "Producer behavior and the distribution of potential long run consequences in the agricultural market." Thesis, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/1957/26753.
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This study is directed toward an investigation of
the longer term aggregate consequences that arise from
producer behavior in a production environment
characterized by risk and uncertainty. In particular,
the papers included herein examine circumstances under
which individual actions may result in adverse long term
consequences in the aggregate market, even though they
are based on rational decision-making from the producer's
point of view. The research is conducted in two
distinct components, resulting in the presentation of two
separate manuscripts.
In the first paper a single product market model is
developed with producer actions characterized by risk averse behavior. Individuals are assumed to maximize the expected utility of profits according to a mean-variance
specification. Using an analytical framework, it is
determined that risk averse actions can increase
aggregate risk levels once market adjustment is
completed. Aggregate market risk is measured by the
change in the expected value and variance of consumers'
and producers' surplus. Market effects are found to
depend on the relative elasticity of demand and the price
expectation formulated by the producer.
The second paper explores the issue of declining
soil productivity from a social perspective. Using a
simulation model developed for a generalized agricultural
market, the potential long term impacts of erosion on
crop prices and on resulting measures of social welfare
are examined. It is found that in the aggregate
producers with erosive land are generally better of
without erosion control than with erosion control, at
least for the first few generations. In the long run
however, these producers are significantly worse off as
the effects of erosion outweigh any technology
improvements.Graduation date: 1987
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Blume, Patrick Tarek. "The enchained potential of the local food market: discovering reasons of the consumers intention- behavior gap for local food." Master's thesis, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/17514.
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There is a rising demand for local food which traveled only short distances and is marketed directly by the producer. With growing importance of local food also the amount of literature in this field increased. Yet, literature is lacking to examine the challenges and burdens consumers face while trying to purchase local food. Evidence is shown that a gap exists between the intention of consumers who would like to purchase local food and their actual behavior. However, reasons for this gap are only discovered as byproducts of other research objectives. Consequently, this study investigates the specific reasons for the intention-behavior gap of consumers in the local food market. The study makes use of semi-structured face-to-face interviews with rural and urban respondents. The interviews are analyzed by qualitative content analysis based on Elo and Kyngäs (2008). Revealed key drivers for the intention-behavior gap are (1) the lack of awareness where to purchase local food products, (2) the limited reachability of local food producers, (3) the assortment of the local producer in regard to size and composition and (4) the lack in transparency of the prices of local food. Consequently, it is the producers turn to eliminate the revealed barriers by proactively bringing their products closer to the consumer.
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Hseu, Jiing-Shyang. "Producer behavior, technology, productivity, and netput supply in the pulp and paper industries of the United States and Canada a nonparametric analysis /." 1994. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/32063110.html.
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Balardini, Fabian. "Producer behavior and price determination in the international oil market : an alternative model of oil prices based on Marx's theory of competition and market value /." 2006. http://www.lib.umi.com/dissertations/gateway.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--New School University, 2006.Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 175-182). Also available in electronic format on the World Wide Web. Access restricted to users affiliated with the licensed institutions.
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Vieira, Camilla Wanick. "Organic vs premium products: when pride is more important than product quality." Master's thesis, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/98832.
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Dissertation presented as the partial requirement for obtaining a Master's degree in Information Management, specialization in Marketing IntelligenceThe growing concern with the environment over the past years reflects into changes in consumer behavior and an increased willingness to buy products that are benign for the planet. This study investigates the behavior of consumers when choosing between a product that is perceived to be green and more sustainable and another product that is perceived to offer superior quality (e.g. premium), in order to better understand consumer behavior. For the development of this research, two separate experimental studies were conducted. The first was a pilot study based on respondents’ habits to choose which green product between organic, from fair trade and from local production would be used in the main study. After choosing the organic category, a second study was performed to explore the effects that environmental values, product quality, price and pride (as an emotion) have on consumer’s perception and what influence would they have in consumer purchase satisfaction when choosing between an organic and a premium olive oil. The findings of this study is aligned with previous literature as it reinforces consumers’ interests in the environment and their health. For instance, findings demonstrate that the ones who buy organic products show a considerably increased environmental concern than those who buy premium products, that purchase satisfaction is moderated by environmental values and that organic products are perceived to be healthier than premium ones. Furthermore, our results demonstrate that price and quality would not influence the perception of an organic product, whereas perception would be strongly affected by consumers’ feeling of pride. More specifically, this research evidences that pride mediates consumer satisfaction depending on the product chosen (organic or premium) and that consumers feel prouder when consuming an organic than a premium product regardless of its quality, which brings meaningful value to marketers as it helps them understand customer needs by studying their sustainable beliefs, values, attitudes and behaviors.
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Gámez, Miquel Gil, and 吉米格. "Consumer Behavior in Apple Products and Other Products." Thesis, 2012. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/50588692615694230506.
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The purpose of this work is to research, analyze and understand the behavior of consumers on Apple products and other brands. Apple has set a new way of selling its products range and is now the number one company in the consumer electronics industry. More precisely, we will only focus on their smartphone device, the iPhone. This mobile device has clearly changed the way people look at phones as well as consumer’s behavior since its appearance in the year 2007 and to date it has sold over 170 million units worldwide. Other companies are emerging to compete against the Californian giant: Google with its Android operating system has established relationships with different manufacturers like HTC, ASUS, LG, Sony or Samsung.
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陳怡婷. "The Influence of Product Attributes on On-Line Customers’ Loyalty and Purchase Behavior for Cleaning Products." Thesis, 2010. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/25444810711841520754.
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Yen-Wei-Yu and 顏維昱. "The Impact of Product Knowledge and Partitioned Pricing on Consumer Behavior－Taking Electronic Products for Example." Thesis, 2009. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/74180839528485165834.
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碩士國立臺灣大學
資訊管理學研究所
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Due to the rapid development of information technology and Internet, people can’t live without computers. For the products like computers composed of many items, the large number of partitioned pricing is good way of presenting price. The consumer product knowledge to computer has gradually become a general distribution. Many studies have shown that consumer product knowledge would influence consumers the way they collect information and their purchase decision. Hence, in the context of partitioned pricing, how consumer product knowledge affect their decision is an important issue. When a seller presents multiple prices for a single product or service instead of one all-inclusive price, this is referred to as partitioned pricing. According to the past research, a partitioned price containing small number of price component will make consumers underestimate total price and increase sales. However, a partitioned price containing large number of price component will have negative effect on sales. This research will show that the consumer product knowledge will affect consumer behavior in the context of partitioned pricing. Without providing total price, consumers with lower product knowledge will have lower perceived price fairness and they may not be able to accurately estimate total price. With providing total price, consumers with higher product knowledge will have higher perceived price fairness and they may be able to correctly estimate total price.