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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"Luxury consumption"”.
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Explaning variation in luxury consumption
… PhD study extends the existing knowledge on the consumption of luxuries, by bringing together the conspicuous consumption and luxury consumption literature with self-concept and trait theory, in order to develop a conceptual framework that explains the phenomenon of luxury consumption from a …
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An explorative study of luxury consumption in Korea
… attention to the growth and potential of the luxury market. In East Asian countries, the market’s annual growth rate for 2006 was nearly 18%, nearly doubling the global growth rate for 2005. Despite the increasing popularity of luxury brands in East Asian countries, there is a dearth of …
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The role of online social capital in luxury brand consumption in Saudi Arabia
… contribute to the exchange of information about luxury products through online interactions that can lead indirectly to luxury brand consumption. This idea of using Social Capital Theory and linking it to luxury consumption has not been examined in recent research. Moreover, this relationship has …
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Exploring hedonistic consumption from an identity perspective: an interpretative study
… luxuries. Numerous studies concerned with luxury consumption look at what luxury is and enables (Berry, 1994; Dubois and Laurent, 1996; Dubois et al., 2001; Lageat et al., 2003; Phau and Prendergast, 2001; Vigneron and Johnson, 1999). This document is aimed at filling a gap in knowledge by …
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Luxury value perceptions in an emerging economy: A comparative analysis of luxury products and services in Thailand
… to clarify what values constitute the meaning of luxury and set luxury products and services apart from non-luxury ones based on the perceptions of consumers in Thailand. Underpinned by the theory of psychological ownership, it proposes that consumers’ sense of possession and emotional bond with …
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Impact of self-construal, individualism-collectivism, and subjective social status on attitude towards luxury a cross-cultural study
… social status on consumer attitude towards luxury. Past studies have recognised the important role culture plays in the luxury consumption behaviour across cultures, especially via attitude toward luxury. Cross-cultural differences based on macro-level cultural dimensions of individualism …
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The logic of practice - understanding the Chinese newly rich consumers' status consumption in luxury fashion clothes.
… consumers have gained substantial power in the luxury sector through their conspicuous consumption. Chinese consumers lack of cultural capital and inexperience in the purchase and use of material commodities in the luxury consumption field has led many to associate their conspicuous consumption …
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Exploring Chinese consumers’ luxury value perceptions: development and assessment of a conceptual model.
With the dynamic growth of luxury consumption in China, understanding the Chinese consumers’ perceptions of luxury value is becoming important for luxury researchers and marketers. Although most studies conducted in developed countries have provided theoretical insight on luxury value perceptions, …
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The ecophysiological significance of insectivory as well as nitrogen and phosphorus availability to sundew nutrient cycling, growth, and success
… in a substrate by high absorption rates and luxury consumption.
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The influence of Chinese philosophical religious traditions on Chinese consumption behaviour: a multiple case study of Chinese festivals
… research has predominantly focused on Confucian luxury consumption behaviour and none have addressed the three principal philosophical religious traditions of China (namely Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism) in the context of consumers and their consumption behaviours. This study is exploratory …
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Diagnosis of Loblolly Pine (Pinus taeda L.) Nutrient Deficiencies by Foliar Methods
… Nutrient ratio interpretability was reduced by luxury uptake of N in comparison to other deficient nutrients. DRIS methodology was hampered by the inability to create effective comparative norms. Deficiency detection with vector analysis created problems when B and Mn displayed greater uptake …
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Recognition, Normative Reconstruction and Economic Justice: National and Transnational Perspectives
… I then look at two case studies of low wage and luxury consumption to put my model to work and compare it with alternatives. The second part of my thesis is dedicated to developing a recognition theoretical model of transnational economic justice. I argue that the conditions of Sittlichkeit that …
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The making of clothing and the making of London, 1560-1660
… this dissertation discusses not only elite luxury consumption, but also investigates the wardrobes of guildsmen, immigrant craftspeople, apprentices and maids – asking what they wore, what they thought about what they were wearing, and how they used clothing to navigate through the city …
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Phosphorus nutrition of Ilex crenata 'Helleri' grown in a pine bark medium
… with P treatments higher than 10 ppm, indicating luxury consumption of P. Total mg of P in root tissues increased to the 10 ppm P treatment. Total µg of Fe, Cu, and Zn in shoot tissues followed the dry weight response, increasing to the 5-10 ppm P treatment then tending to decrease as pine bark P …
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Effects of paper mill sludge on tree growth and competition in young red pine plantations
… of nutrient response, in general, indicated luxury consumption taking place among all nutrients with the exception of boron, which decreased in foliar concentration, to low or deficient levels, and content in sludge amended plots in both plantations. Analysis for nutrient concentrations and …
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Aufwuchs communities of lotic systems: nontaxonomic structure and function
… by mixed populations in microcosms, and no"luxury" consumption of sulfur was observed. The use of assimilatory sulfate reduction rates to estimate net microbial productivity in aerobic systems was supported by the results from investigations with the cultures and microcosms. A reduction in …