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Showing 1 to 20 of 45 for “"consumer preference"”.
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Consumer preference for alternative milk packaging
This research evaluates consumers’ willingness to pay for products that are perceived as having “environmentally friendly” attributes. With the current trend of local dairies producing glass bottled milk all across the nation, the study focuses on glass bottled milk. The particular interest of this …
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A typology of consumer preference parabolas
… dissertation investigates choice scenarios where consumer preference is a non-linear function of determinant product attributes. Chapter One reviews the extant literature, identifies a number of research questions, develops a conceptual framework, and creates a propositional inventory; a central …
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A model of consumer preference for interpersonal information search
… the effect of some potential influencers on consumers' preference for interpersonal information search. A model offering individual and situational predictors of consumer preference was tested using structural equation modeling. The individual variables included people's susceptibility to …
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Consumer preference within a wide range of fragrances by Lee Jay Alter.
Thesis (B.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, School of Industrial Management, 1960.
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Know Your User: Building a Predictive Model of Consumer Preference for Driverless Cars
… factors significantly predicting participants' preference for riding in an autonomous vehicle rather than flying on a commercial aircraft. A plethora of research has investigated these two transportation industries independently; however, scarcely any research has considered the impact these two …
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Validating the ability of REIMS to differentiate lamb flavor performance based on consumer preference
… meat flavor and carcass characteristics based on consumer response utilizing metabolomics data acquired from raw samples. A total of 200 boneless leg samples were collected from sheep representing two age classifications (n = 99 lamb, n =101 yearling), at three USDA harvest facilities located in …
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An investigation into aspects of consumer preference for some fish species using sensory evaluation techniques.
The attitudes of consumers towards white fish are discussed, and the sensory features of flesh products and their quality are considered. A review of the investigation of fish quality by sensory evaluation and instrumental techniques is presented and the use and analysis of relevant methods of …
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Household water treatment and safe storage options for Northern Region Ghana : consumer preference and relative cost
… adoption and sustained use. Therefore, this consumer preference study was conducted to give HWTS implementing organizations a method and tool to help stimulate product uptake by tailoring water quality interventions to local preferences and needs. Ultimately, this work highlights a discrete …
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The influence of depth and stutter on consumer preference for static three-dimensional lenticular-sheet images
… and background disparity to be altered. Preference evaluations were conducted using the method of free-modulus magnitude estimation. Generally, subjects preferred images which had smaller amounts of camera travel, and they tended to dislike excessive amounts of foreground disparity. …
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Investigating the Impact of Health and Environmental Framing on Consumer Preference for Sustainable Food Packaging: A Choice Experiment
… a great economic cost to Canada. Consequently, consumers, companies, and governments are seeking alternatives to typical PET plastic packaging, namely bioplastics. Bioplastics are seen as a more sustainable alternative to PET plastic as they are biodegradable and made from renewable sources all …
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Factors influencing the post-harvest quality and consumer preference of sweet potato and other products in sub-Saharan Africa
… sweetpotato in the marketing chain from farm to consumer. In East Africa, research explored ways of improving the handling and transport of sweetpotato, shelf life and storage of fresh roots on the farms to increase incomes and food security. Transport and handling were investigated using a novel …
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Effect of milk fat mix products on quality, consumer preference, and cost of ice cream and ice milk products
… milk fat mix products (MFM) on quality, relative consumer preference and cost for manufacture of ice cream and ice milk products, and b) to make recommendations for continued use of MFM products in ice cream and ice milk. The study consisted of 15 experimental ice cream and 15 experimental ice …
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Certified personal trainers and physicians: An evaluation of consumer preference, influence, and decision making on intent to use a weight-loss medication
… research was to identify the extent to which consumers would accept the recommendation of taking weight-loss medications, based on the source of the recommendation. Research shows that the source of knowledge for information plays a significant role in health-related decision-making of …
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A comparison of Probiotic and Standard yogurt based on branding (premium and basic brands), consumer preference, sensory evaluation, microbiological and nutritional analysis.
… microbiological analysis, nutritional analysis, consumer preference, and sensory evaluation. This research is a novel one and very important in the field of dairy science because although some research has been done in comparing probiotic and standard yogurts e.g. (Hussain, Attiq-ur-Rahman, et …
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The impact of the national bioengineered food disclosure standard and its methods of disclosure on consumer preferences for gene edited and genetically modified foods
… label and approved methods of disclosure have on consumer preference and how consumer preference changes when the Bioengineered label is stacked with labels indicating the presence of gene editing and genetic modification. Our results show that consumer choice, for both whole and processed foods, …
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Menhaden (Brevoortia tyrannus): utilization as a potential food resource
… and in fish salad recipes that were scored for preference by consumer panelists. Objective measurements for drained weight and total fluid were recorded. Descriptive analysis of the nine canned menhaden products indicated that the dressed and filleted menhaden products were similar in the …
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A Warmer, Green Golden Rule
… The green golden rule is the maximization of consumer utility based on consumer preference between consumption and environmental stock. The trade-off between environmental stock and consumption which is found to be negative. With temperature change being very prevalent in our era, we look at …
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The role of African leafy vegetables in food security
… hydroponic production, market barriers, consumer preference, and the impact of gender as related to ALVs. We found that ALVs play an important role in food security and that critical differences exist between formal and informal sectors. Women play a stronger role in informal sectors, but …
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