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Showing 1 to 20 of 74 for “"consumer acceptance"”.
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Consumer Acceptance of Beer: An Automated Sentiment Analysis Approach
… the correct methodology to better understand how consumers perceive food products is a challenging task for the food industry and sensory researchers alike. Free comment tasks (FC) utilize the advantages of open-ended questions to generate intuitive comments from untrained consumers to help …
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A SOCIAL MODEL FOR THE CONSUMER ACCEPTANCE OF TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION
… and to what degree social influence affects consumers' decisions across cultures. Recently, Kulviwat et al. (2007) proposed a new model - Consumer Acceptance of Technology (CAT) - that was shown to significantly improve the prediction of intentions to adopt high-tech products compared to the …
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Composition and Consumer Acceptance of Frozen Yogurts Utilizing Whey Protein Concentrates
… that has happened to American enterprise, consumer eating habits, and the dairy industry (Kimbrill et al., 1990). Frozen yogurt was introduced as a new product in the early 1970s and has come a long way since its appearance (Knupp, 1979; Lassus and Selitzer, 1977; Tieszen and Baer, 1989; …
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Consumer acceptance and use of online charity shops in the UK
This thesis explores the factors influencing consumer acceptance and use of online charity shops in the United Kingdom. The study extends the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology 2 (UTAUT2) by replacing the Price Value construct with Perceived Value and incorporating three additional …
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A study of consumer acceptance of the Midget Louver in metropolitan Boston
Thesis: B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Business and Engineering Administration, 1948
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Quality and Consumer Acceptance in Relation to Post-Harvest Browning of Cultivated Mushrooms
… in the decision to purchase fresh mushrooms. Consumer acceptance, preference and pricing of a colour range of mushrooms was established. White, as opposed to brown, mushrooms were preferred, the whiter the higher the price paid. The precropping environmental conditions have been related to …
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A study of low-income consumer acceptance of selected private branded food products
… This finding is true for the low-income consumer segment and its sub-categories, white and Negro. The low-income consumers do not purchase private brands heavily, but test data indicate that this market segment buys more private brands than does the C > $7000 consumer group. There is …
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Factors Affecting Consumer Acceptance of Mobile Banking: A Case Study ofAkiba commercial Bank Plc
… study thought to investigate factors that affect consumer acceptance of mobile banking with specific reference to Akiba commercial bank, Tanzania. The study was directed by the following specific objectives: To identify factors of Mobile banking, to examine how demographic characteristics affect …
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Mixed methods study investigating the consumer acceptance and implementation of spicy vegetables in school lunch
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2025-05-01
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The Effects of Processed Wheys and Sodium Caseinate on Composition and Consumer Acceptance of Ice Cream
… of these ice creams were also evaluated by a consumer group consisting of randomly selected families from Brookings.</p>
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Consumer Acceptance, Quality, and Functionality of Heat-Ozone-Pasteurized Whole Eggs Processed with Commercial Scale Equipment
… Enteritidis in shell eggs. Previously, consumer acceptance studies and functionality were reported for pilot scale heat-ozone-pasteurized eggs (OP). As the process nears commercialization, the scaled-up commercial process may result in different egg quality and functionality. This study …
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Evaluating the influence of individual traits, emotions and information on consumer acceptance of entomophagy : a choice modelling experiment
… and the food crisis, knowledge surrounding consumer acceptance is hampered by sporadic and contradictory findings. Firstly, previous studies have investigated the role of food neophobia and disgust sensitivity in modelling the acceptance of entomophagy, but the models lack explicit focus on …
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Analysis and calibration of social factors in a consumer acceptance and adoption model for diffusion of diesel vehicle in Europe
… diffusion dynamics are particularly sensitive to consumer consideration as influenced by social exposure to AFVs. While some empirical research in this area exists, uncertainty regarding these social exposure parameters remains high. Following principles of partial model testing, this research …
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Microbial Safety, Shelf Life Stability, Quality Preservation, and Consumer Acceptance of Vacuum-infused, Irradiated Chicken Breast Meat Treated with Natural Plant Extracts and Organic Acids
… likelihood of contaminated products reaching the consumer, but despite these safeguards, contamination events are still uncomfortably frequent. Irradiation is a safe and effective means of ensuring the safety of both ready-to-cook and ready-to-eat poultry but is not utilized in the United States. …
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Innovative food design to support a healthier diet – exploring the effects of dietary fibre enrichment on functional characteristics, physiological and microbiome effects, and consumer acceptance of staple foods
… composition, techno-functional properties, and consumer acceptability were evaluated. These products were subsequently incorporated into whole-diet meal plans with matched controlled diets. Chapters 5-6 detail the design and conduct of The Fibre Full Study, a strictly controlled human feeding …
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Hedonic rating using human bivariate conceptualization
… and emotions. However, many scales for the consumer acceptance test, such as the 9-point hedonic scale, the food action rating scale, the labeled affective magnitude scale, and the hybrid hedonic scale were developed using the traditional bipolar conceptualization. Sensory scientists have …
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Behavioral Determinants of Biofortified Food Acceptance: The Case of Orange-fleshed Sweet Potato in Ghana
… This paper investigates the determinants of consumer acceptance of biofortified orange-fleshed sweet potato (OFSP) using data from a choice experiment conducted in Ghana. I find that OFSP is preferred to traditional white-fleshed and yellow-fleshed sweet potatoes as indicated by consumers' …
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