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Showing 1 to 20 of 23 for “"Consumer survey"”.
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A consumer survey of the men's pajama market
Thesis (B.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Business & Engineering Administration, 1947.
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A model of cross-cultural consumer behavior and application of individualism and collectivism
A model of cross-cultural consumer behavior is proposed, adding to the commonly accepted attitude-consumer behavior models (e.g. Fishbein and Ajzen 1975; Ajzen and Fishbein 1980), by incorporating Triandis's (1994) Model of Subjective Culture and Social Behavior Relationships. This model is related …
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Empirical study of the aesthetic functionality on color trademarks
… if it identifies the source of the product to consumers. The doctrine applies especially relevantly to color trademarks, a sub-category of trade dress. I explore the historical case law and point out three problems in determining a color’s aesthetic functionality: (1) Judges lack tools to …
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Prepaid electricity model in Zimbabwe: a cost-benefit analysis
… capital, many power utility companies have moved consumers from conventional post-payment for electricity to prepayment. Despite the growing use of this prepayment system, the welfare implications of this strategy are unclear and contested. The Zimbabwean utility company, Zimbabwe Electricity …
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Eating-out: A Study of the Nutritional Quality of Canadian Chain Restaurant Foods and Interventions to Promote Healthy Eating
… chain restaurant food supply; 2) explore consumersâ use of menu-labelling; and 3) test the potential of alternative forms of labelling in non-chain restaurant settings. Objective 1 was investigated by developing and analyzing a national database of over 9000 menu-items from Canadian …
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Marketing Effects on Consumer Retention and Expenditures in Central Kentucky and North Central Tennessee Floral Industry
… offer little or no design or other services. Consumers find it convenient to order flowers online through wire services, paying large fees to order flowers. Order gatherers pose as local floral shops taking consumers orders online or by phone then call the local florist to fill orders. …
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Opportunities for the development of marine ingredients for functional food markets
… a functional marine ingredients strategy and 401 consumer surveys that aimed to uncover consumers' perspectives of marine-based functional foods. Results from in-depth interviews indicate that the Irish seafood sector is disjointed and underdeveloped; however, the raw material to produce …
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Consumer opinions regarding a flammability standard for upholstered furniture
In an effort to determine consumer opinions concerning a proposed standard for upholstered furniture, a consumer survey was conducted in June, 1977. One-hundred-three women completed a self-administered questionnaire. Information collected by the questionnaire included background information, …
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A Product Development Decision Model for Cockpit Weather Information Systems
… characteristics and implementation issues. A consumer survey was designed and valuable insight into the requirements and opinions of pilots was gained. The method of Quality Function Deployment (QFD) was employed to find the most important technical characteristics of the data links to satisfy …
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Consumer emancipation : technology effects on consumer packaged-goods marketing
The Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) industry has existed for decades with a high household penetration. Individual firms started out as small family owned businesses and then gradually became more "industrialized" via acquisitions. Historically, a low capital cost of entry, as well as high geographic …
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Stakeholder Model Representing Consumer Preferences for Housing in Saudi Arabia
… to know what in the market is suitable for consumers, to categorise and analyse consumer preferences, and understand their changes in behaviour, looking at the differences in the demographics and the population segment in order to create a better home environment. However, solutions that are …
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Challenges and opportunities for consumers and producers in Central Iowa local food systems
… which often travel long distances to reach consumers. Increasing evidence indicates that this approach, although it provides large quantities of food and is cost-efficient, may be associated with a number of unintended consequences for human health and environmental quality. In contrast, …
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Consumer attitudes toward and preferences for local foods in Northern Ireland: Experimental and survey evidence
This thesis investigates the consumer attitudes toward and preferences for local foods in Northern Ireland. The thesis innovates by exploring the consistency of choices in stated and revealed preferences and the possibility to nudge behaviour through persuasive communication in the context of local …
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An in-depth analysis of beer flavor and its impact on consumer refreshing perception
… refreshment post-beer consumption using a survey, consumer study, and volatile analysis. A preliminary beer survey (n = 1,050) indicated that consumers believed beer was highly refreshing (≥8 out of 10). Flavor and temperature were major impactful factors for refreshment, along with a …
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An in-depth analysis of beer flavor and its impact on consumer refreshing perception
… refreshment post-beer consumption using a survey, consumer study, and volatile analysis. A preliminary beer survey (n = 1,050) indicated that consumers believed beer was highly refreshing (≥8 out of 10). Flavor and temperature were major impactful factors for refreshment, along with a …
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Algorithms and Simulation Framework for Residential Demand Response
… of a large number of power generators and consumers interconnected by transmission and distribution lines. One remarkable thing about the electric grid is that there has to be a continuous balance between the amount of electricity generated and consumed at all times. Maintaining this …
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The impact of heterogenous consumer preferences on welfare outcomes of government interventions
… different effects on different groups of consumers, and in particular that the rich have benefited more than the poor. Heterogeneous consumer preferences are especially interesting to study in highly unequal developing countries like South Africa, where the discriminatory policies …
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Customer Tolerance In Community Pharmacy
… evaluation to edit the list of items, a national consumer survey to analyze data and finalize the list of items before applying the items within a final survey where data could be analyzed to validate the 4-item scale. Using the final survey data, analytical models were evaluated to test the study …
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Trading in Soweto
… trading in Soweto. To this end both traders and consumers are scrutinized and traders are ranked along a continuum from petty traders, small-scale and of ten illegal and mobile; to large-scale, formal, sanctioned traders. To carry out this analysis four areas were selected from the townships of …
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Public awareness and risk perceptions of endocrine disrupting chemicals
… (EDCs) are exogenous chemicals found in food, consumer products, and the environment. EDCs are ubiquitous in modern life and human exposure is associated with many negative health effects such as reproductive disorders, metabolic disorders, and hormone related cancers. EDCs are a serious public …
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