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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Miljömärkning på tvättmedel : En studie om kunskap kring miljömärkningar / Environmental labeling on detergents : A study on knowledge about environmental labels

Monica, Albert January 2023 (has links)
Problembeskrivning: Eftersom det finns så många olika miljömärkningar blir det svårt för konsumenter att skilja de mest pålitliga märkningarna åt. Utan tillräcklig kunskap kan konsumenter inte göra välgrundade miljöval när de handlar, vilket kan ha negativa konsekvenser för framtiden. Syfte: Syftet med denna uppsats var att undersöka graden av miljövetenhet bland konsumenter vid val av tvättmedel. Studien genomfördes bland Eskilstunas konsumenter. Dessutom var syftet med uppsatsen att undersöka den yngre generationens framtidsutsikter när det gäller deras kunskap om miljömärkningar och hur det påverkar deras val av tvättmedel. Metod: Studien har utgått från en kvalitativ undersökning i form av tidigare forskningar och fortsatte med en kvalitativ undersökning i form av intervjuenkätundersökning följd med jämförelse och deduktiv analys.  Slutsats. Resultaten av studien indikerar att de flesta av respondenter har bristfälliga kunskaper om miljömärkningar. Trots en medvetenhet om miljöfrågor, saknar de kunskap för att kunna fatta informerade beslut. Priset verkar inte ha en betydande roll i deras köpbeslut. Samtidigt visar det sig att kvinnorna inom äldre generation är mer engagerade i miljöfrågor. Slutligen är det min förståelse att Konsumentverket bör göra en konkret lösning, till exempel en tryckt guide med miljömärkningar för produkterna som är grundläggande för vår dagliga försörjning, som mat, tvättmedel och rengöringsmedel. Detta tycker jag kommer höja kunskapen om hållbar konsumtion bland alla generationer. / Problem description: Because there are so many different eco-labels, it becomes difficult for consumers to distinguish the most reliable labels. Without sufficient knowledge, consumers cannot make informed environmental choices when shopping, which can have negative consequences for the future. Purpose: The purpose of this essay was to investigate the environmental awareness among consumers when they are choosing detergents. The study was made among Eskilstuna's consumers. In addition, the purpose of the essay was to investigate the future prospects of the younger generation in terms of their knowledge of environmental labels and how it affects their choice of detergents. Method: The study was based on a qualitative investigation in the form of previous research and continued with a qualitative investigation in the form of an interview questionnaire followed by comparison and deductive analysis. Conclusion. The results of the study indicate that majority respondents have insufficient knowledge about environmental labels. Despite an awareness of environmental issues, they lack the knowledge to make informed decisions. Price does not seem to play a significant role in their purchase decisions. At the same time, it turns out that women in the older generation are more engaged in environmental issues. Finally, it is my understanding that the Swedish Consumer Agency should make a concrete solution, for example a printed guide with environmental labels for the products that are fundamental to our daily livelihood, such as food, detergents and cleaning agents. I think this will raise awareness of sustainable consumption among all generations.
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Kupní rozhodování na trhu kolových nápojů v ČR / The purchase decision on cole beverage market in Czech republic

Nováčková, Aneta January 2011 (has links)
The aim of my thesis was to analyze consumer behavior on cole beverage market in Czech republic. I focused my research mainly on students of University of Economics in Prague. To implement it I used a questionnaire survey and data analysis Market & Media & Lifestyle of MEDIAN agency. The thesis is divided into two parts - theoretical and methodological and analytical. The content of theoretical and methodological part is the definition of basic concepts such as consumer behavior, decision-making process, its types, factors and models, market research, data analysis. Characteristics of companies, the establishment of hypotheses, the research itself, its evaluation and recommendations are included in the analytical part.
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Desempenho de crianças em testes sensoriais discriminativos e afetivos com escalas hibridas ilustradas / The performance of children in discriminative and affective sensory tests with illustrated hybrid scales

Re, Rosamaria da 13 February 2006 (has links)
Orientador: Maria Aparecida Azevedo Pereira da Silva / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia de Alimentos / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-05T17:07:26Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Re_Rosamariada_D.pdf: 1627038 bytes, checksum: 24e02b28ee538db92eba3d5391c3f724 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006 / Resumo: Tanto em países desenvolvidos, como nos emergentes, crianças representam um significativo segmento do mercado consumidor, mercado este que se tornou, a partir da globalização, extremamente competitivo e ávido por novidades. À medida que cresce o número de produtos destinados ao mercado alimentício infantil e aumenta o papel das crianças nas decisões de compra, a avaliação sensorial realizada com crianças torna-se mais importante para as indústrias de alimentos. Infelizmente, pouca investigação sistemática sobre a validade e efetividade das técnicas sensoriais aplicadas a crianças tem sido feita. Métodos sensoriais utilizados junto ao público infantil, usualmente limitam-se a testes de comparação pareada, de ordenação e escalas de categoria. Escalas lineares são raramente utilizadas com crianças, a despeito de mostrarem as seguintes vantagens sobre as escalas de categoria: i) oferecem mais liberdade aos consumidores para expressarem suas percepções sensoriais; ii) reduzem efeitos numéricos e contextuais e, iii) fornecem dados contínuos, os quais, por natureza são mais adequados e aumentam o poder discriminativo de testes estatísticos paramétricos e não paramétricos. Em testes com consumidores, alguns pesquisadores têm utilizado escalas hedônicas híbridas, reportando que as mesmas são de fácil uso e favorecem a segmentação das amostras comparativamente à escala hedônica de categoria. Entretanto, o uso de escalas híbridas junto à população infantil tem sido pouco explorado. Assim, o presente estudo teve como objetivo geral propor e avaliar o desempenho, junto a crianças entre 8 e 11 anos, de escalas híbridas ilustradas, tanto para a avaliação da intensidade de estímulos, como do grau de aceitação de alimentos. Para isso, dois experimentos foram realizados conforme mencionado a seguir. No primeiro experimento, foram propostas e avaliadas duas escalas de intensidade híbridas ilustradas. Assim, uma equipe formada por noventa e seis crianças avaliou em duplicada, utilizando escalas de intensidade híbridas ilustradas e de ordenação, as intensidades de doçura e acidez de oito formulações de refresco de laranja, contendo diferentes teores de sacarose (8,17g/100ml; 9,67g/100ml; 11,17g/100ml e 13,17g/100ml) e de ácido cítrico (0,10g/100ml; 0,15g/100ml; 0,20g/100ml e 0,25g/100ml). Uma segunda equipe, composta por noventa e seis jovens adultos, avaliou, também em duplicata, a doçura e acidez das amostras, utilizando a escala de intensidade híbrida. Para comparar o poder discriminativo das crianças ao utilizarem as escalas de ordenação e híbridas ilustradas, uma análise de variância de Friedman foi aplicada aos dados, computando-se os valores de Fr e pFr gerados para cada escala e cada estímulo, em ambas as repetições. Adicionalmente, os mesmos dados foram transformados em valores de ordenação, e analisados através do teste não paramétrico de Kramer, associado às tabelas de Basker. Para cada equipe, os resultados das escalas híbridas foram avaliados através de ANOVA com as seguintes fontes de variação: amostra, provador, ordem de apresentação das amostras e repetição. Os valores de Famostra e pFamostra foram utilizados para comparar o poder discriminativo dos indivíduos em cada escala e, os valores de pFprovador, para a avaliação da expansividade dos mesmos. Testes de Tukey (p=5%) foram empregados para avaliar diferenças entre médias. A variabilidade aleatória dos provadores em cada escala foi acessada através dos valores de QMerro e desvio padrão. Finalmente, para avaliar se os dados obtidos atendiam aos pressupostos estatísticos de normalidade exigidos pela ANOVA, índices de assimetria e curtose foram calculados. Os resultados sugeriram que as crianças apresentaram poder discriminativo igualmente alto ao utilizarem tanto a escala de ordenação (Framostradoçura= 163,59, pFramostradoçura <0,0001; Framostraacidez= 143,67, pFramostraacidez <0,0001), quanto as escalas de intensidade híbridas ilustradas (Framostradoçura= 110,42, pFramostradoçura <0,0001; Framostraacidez= 85,08, pFramostraacidez <0,0001) para avaliarem a intensidade dos estímulos doce e azedo nos refrescos. O poder discriminativo das crianças (Famostradoçura= 84,30, pFamostradoçura <0,0001; Famostraacidez= 76,88, pFamostraacidez <0,0001) foi comparável ao dos adultos (Famostradoçura= 368,45, pFamostradoçura <0,0001; Famostraacidez= 278,25, pFamostraacidez <0,0001) para ambos os estímulos. Para o estímulo ácido, os dados gerados pela equipe de crianças apresentam menor restrição aos pressupostos de normalidade que aqueles gerados pela equipe de adultos. Para o estímulo doce, o contrário foi observado. O problema da expansividade entre as crianças foi pequeno, sendo não significativo para o estímulo ácido (pFprovador= 0,2972) e, para o estímulo doce, só foi significativo (pFprovador <0,0001) para crianças na faixa etária de 10 anos. Os resultados gerados pelas crianças através das escalas híbridas ilustradas, foram de alta confiabilidade, uma vez que elas apresentaram boa reprodutibilidade nos julgamentos (pFrepetiçãodoçura= 0,6514, pFrepetiçãoacidez= 0,1229), superior à da equipe de adultos (pFrepetiçãodoçura= 0,0323, pFrepetiçãoacidez= 0,2566). No entanto, as crianças mais jovens, entre 8 e 9 anos, apresentaram maiores variabilidades aleatórias das respostas, para ambos os estímulos, (QMerrodoçura@ 6,70; QMerroacidez@ 7,26) comparativamente às das crianças mais velhas, entre 10 e 11 anos, (QMerrodoçura@ 5,36; QMerroacidez@ 5,51) e às dos adultos (QMerrodoçura= 2,19; QMerroacidez= 2,59). Essas diferenças possivelmente refletem variações do grau de desenvolvimento cognitivo das crianças. De um modo geral, pode-se concluir que as escalas de intensidade híbridas ilustradas propostas no presente estudo revelaram-se um método eficiente e confiável para a avaliação da segmentação de bebidas em função da intensidade de doçura e acidez por crianças. O segundo experimento teve por objetivo propor uma escala hedônica híbrida ilustrada facial para uso em testes afetivos com crianças, e avaliar o seu desempenho comparativamente à escala hedônica facial mista de 9 pontos. Desta forma, duas equipes de consumidores, uma formada por noventa e seis crianças entre 8 e 11 anos, e outra, por noventa e seis jovens adultos, avaliaram seis formulações de refresco de laranja, contendo diferentes concentrações de sacarose e de ácido cítrico. As crianças avaliaram as amostras utilizando tanto a escala hedônica híbrida ilustrada facial, como a escala hedônica facial mista de 9 pontos, enquanto que os adultos utilizaram apenas uma escala hedônica híbrida de 10 cm. Para as crianças, os efeitos da ordem de apresentação das escalas, das amostras, idade e sexo foram balanceados. Para os adultos, apenas a ordem de apresentação das amostras foi balanceada. Finalmente, provas de conservação de quantidades discretas e contínuas, de inclusão de classes e de seriação foram aplicadas às crianças e, com base nas respostas obtidas, estas foram classificadas em um dos três estágios de desenvolvimento cognitivo: i) Operatório Concreto; ii) Transição e, iii) Pré Operatório. Os dados foram avaliados através de ANOVA, testes de médias de Tukey e Mapa Interno de Preferência (MDPREF). Os valores de Famostra e pFamostra foram utilizados para avaliar o poder discriminativo dos indivíduos no uso de cada escala, enquanto pFprovador e QMerro indicaram, respectivamente, diferenças de expansividade das crianças no uso das escalas e a variabilidade aleatória dos dados. Crianças apresentaram boa capacidade de segmentação das amostras tanto utilizando a escala hedônica híbrida ilustrada facial (Famostra= 61,58, pFamostra <0,0001), como a escala hedônica estruturada (Famostra= 48,40, pFamostra <0,0001), mostrando desempenhos similares aos adultos (Famostra= 61,51, pFamostra <0,0001). Na geração dos MDPREFs, a escala hedônica híbrida gerou uma segmentação ligeiramente maior tanto das amostras, como das crianças. A expansividade das crianças foi significativa tanto para a escala hedônica híbrida ilustrada facial (pFprovador= 0,0075), como para a escala hedônica estruturada (pFprovador= 0,0368) e, similar à observada para a equipe de adultos (pFprovador<0,0001). Sexo mostrou-se um efeito significativo [F(1, 445)= 11,53, p=0,0007] entre as crianças somente quando elas utilizaram a escala hedônica facial mista de 9 pontos. O estágio de desenvolvimento cognitivo das crianças nesse estudo não indicou ser um efeito significativo (p£0,05) no uso de nenhuma das duas escalas. Crianças e adultos divergiram grandemente com relação à aceitação e preferência das seis amostras de refresco: enquanto as crianças preferiram as amostras de maior doçura e menor acidez, os adultos desgostaram grandemente dessas amostras, preferindo a amostra de maior acidez e de doçura intermediária. Os resultados do presente estudo evidenciaram que a escala hedônica híbrida ilustrada facial pode ser utilizada de forma tão eficiente quanto a escala hedônica facial de categoria por crianças entre 8 e 11 anos, quer em estágio de desenvolvimento cognitivo Operatório Concreto, quer em Transição, na segmentação de refrescos em termos de aceitação / Abstract: In both developed and emerging countries, children represent a significant part of the consumer market, a market which, due to globalization, has become extremely competitive and avid for novelties. As the number of products destined for the child food market increases and the role of the child in the decision to buy also increases, sensory evaluations carried out with children become more important for the food industries. Unfortunately, little systematic investigation into the validity and effectiveness of the application of sensory techniques to children has been carried out. Sensory methods applied to the infantile public are usually limited to paired comparison, ranking and category scale tests. Linear scales are rarely used with children, despite showing the following advantages over the category scales: i) they offer more liberty to the consumers to express their sensory perceptions; ii) they reduce the numerical and contextual effects; iii) they provide continuous data, which, by their very nature, are more adequate and increase the discriminative power of the parametric and non-parametric statistical tests. Some researchers have used hybrid hedonic scales in consumer tests, reporting that they are easy to use and favour sample segmentation in comparison to the category hedonic scale. However, the use of hybrid scales with the infantile population has been little explored. Thus the general objective of the present study was to propose and evaluate the performance of illustrated hybrid scales with 8 to 11 year old children for both the evaluation of stimulus intensity and the degree of acceptance of the food. With this objective, two experiments were carried out as follows. In the first experiment, two illustrated hybrid intensity scales were proposed and evaluated. A panel of ninety-six children evaluated the intensities of sweetness and sourness in eight orange drink formulations in duplicate, using illustrated and ranking hybrid intensity scales. The drinks contained different levels of sucrose (8.17g/100ml; 9.67g/100ml; 11.17g/100ml and 13.17g/100ml) and citric acid (0.10g/100ml; 0.15g/100ml; 0.20g/100ml and 0.25g/100ml). A second panel consisting of ninety-six young adults also evaluated the sweetness and sourness of the samples in duplicate, using the hybrid intensity scale. The Friedman variance analysis was applied to the data to compare the discriminative power of the children when using the ranking and illustrated hybrid scales, computing the values for Fr and pFr generated by each scale for each stimulus in both replications. In addition, the same data were transformed into ranking values and analysed by the Kramer non-parametric test, associated with the Basker tables. For each panel, the results of the hybrid scales were evaluated using ANOVA with the following source variations: sample, panellist, sample presentation order and replication. The values for Fsample and pFsample were used to compare the discriminative power of the individuals with each scale and the values for pFpanellist, to evaluate their expansiveness. Differences between the means were evaluated using the Tukey test (p=5%). Random variability of the panellists with each scale was assessed from the values for QMerror and standard deviation. Finally, in order to evaluate if the data obtained attended the statistical presuppositions of normality required by ANOVA, the asymmetry and kurtosis indexes were calculated. The results suggested that the children presented equally high discriminative power for both the ranking scale (Frsamplesweetness = 163.59, pFrsamplesweetness <0.0001; Frsamplesourness = 143.67, pFrsamplesourness <0.0001), and the illustrated hybrid intensity scales (Frsamplesweetness = 110.42, pFrsamplesweetness <0.0001; Frsamplesourness = 85.08, pFrsamplesourness <0.0001) in the evaluation of the intensity of the sweet and sour stimuli in the drinks. The discriminative power of the children (Fsamplesweetness = 84.30, pFsamplesweetness <0.0001; Fsamplesourness = 76.88, pFsamplesourness <0.0001) was comparable to that of the adults (Fsamplesweetness = 368.45, pFsamplesweetness <0.0001; Fsamplesourness = 278.25, pFsamplesourness <0.0001) for both the stimuli. For the sour stimulus, the data generated by the child panel presented less restriction with respect to the presuppositions of normality than those generated by the adult panel. The contrary was observed for the sweet stimulus. The problem of expansiveness between the children was small, being non-significant for the sour stimulus (pFpanellist = 0.2972) and only significant for the sweet stimulus for the 10 year olds (pFpanellist <0.0001). The results generated by the children using the illustrated hybrid scales were highly reliable, presenting good reproducibility in the judgements (pFreplicationsweetness = 0.6514, pFreplicationsourness = 0.1229), better than that of the adult panel (pFreplicationsweetness = 0.0323, pFreplicationsourness = 0.2566). However, the younger children, between 8 and 9 years old, presented greater random variability in their responses for both stimuli, (QMerrorsweetness @ 6.70; QMerrorsourness @ 7.26) as compared to the older children between 10 and 11 years old, (QMerrorsweetness @ 5.36; QMerrorsourness @ 5.51) and the adults (QMerrorsweetness = 2.19; QMerrorsourness = 2.59). These differences possibly reflect variations in the cognitive development of the children. In general one can conclude that the illustrated hybrid intensity scales proposed in the present study represented an efficient and reliable method to evaluate segmentation of drinks by children as a function of the intensity of sweetness and sourness. The objective of the second experiment was to propose an illustrated facial hybrid hedonic scale for use in affective tests with children, and evaluate its performance as compared to the 9-point mixed facial hedonic scale. Two consumer panels, one composed of ninety-six 8 to 11 year old children, and the other of ninety-six young adults, evaluated six orange drink formulations containing different concentrations of sucrose and citric acid. The children evaluated the samples using both the illustrated facial hybrid hedonic scale and the 9-point mixed facial hedonic scale, whilst the adults only used a 10 cm hybrid hedonic scale. For the children, the effects of scale and sample presentation orders, age and sex were balanced. Finally, tests for the conservation of discreet and continuous amounts, for class inclusion and for seriation were applied to the children and, based on the responses obtained, they were classified into one of the three cognitive development stages: i) Concrete Operational; ii) Transition and, iii) Pre-operational. The data were evaluated by ANOVA, Tukey¿s means test and Internal Preference Mapping (MDPREF). The values for Fsample and pFsample were used to evaluate the discriminative power of the individuals, whilst pFpanellist and QMerror indicated, respectively, differences in expansiveness of the children when using the scales and random data variability. The children presented good sample segmentation capacity using both the illustrated facial hybrid hedonic scale (Fsample = 61.58, pFsample <0.0001) and the structured hedonic scale (Fsample = 48.40, pFsample <0.0001), showing performance similar to that of the adults (Fsample = 61.51, pFsample <0.0001). In generating the MDPREFs, the hybrid hedonic scale generated slightly greater segmentation both for the samples and for the children. Expansiveness was significant for the children, both for the illustrated facial hybrid hedonic scale (pFpanellist = 0.0075) and for the structured hedonic scale (pFpanellist = 0.0368), similar to that observed for the adults (pFpanellist <0.0001). Sex only showed a significant effect [F(1.445) = 11.53, p = 0.0007] amongst the children when using the 9-point mixed facial hedonic scale. The stage of cognitive development of the children used in this study showed no significant effect (p=0.05) with any of the scales. Children and adults diverged greatly with respect to the acceptance and preference of the six drink samples: whilst the children preferred the sweeter, less sour samples, the adults greatly disliked these samples, preferring the more sour samples with intermediate sweetness. The results of the present study show that the illustrated facial hybrid hedonic scale can be used as efficiently as the category facial hedonic scale in the segmentation of drinks according to acceptance by 8 to 11 year old children, whether they be in a Concrete Operational or Transition stage of cognitive development / Doutorado / Doutor em Tecnologia de Alimentos
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The meat science perspective of spirulina (Arthrospira platensis) and black soldier fly larvae (Hermetia illucens) as alternative protein feeds in broiler and swine production

Altmann, Brianne Andrea 05 July 2019 (has links)
No description available.
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Breaking the Time Preference : A study of home delivery

Alvinsson, Gustav January 2022 (has links)
Bakgrund. E-handel ökar ständigt, och med det även frakt av ehandelsvaror. Frakten som skrivs om i den här studien syftar till den frakt som sker mellan en återförsäljare och en slutkonsument. Denna är i texten kallad last-mile delivery. Denna är identifierad som mycket kostnadsbärande för återförsäljare och därför har ansträngningar gjorts för att ta reda på vad som driver konsumentpreferenser vid frakt av ehandelsvaror. För att bredda det här fältet och den nuvarande kunskapen inom område har den här studien introducerat tidspreferensteori som underlag och adderat betalningsfördröjning som attribut vid last-mile delivery för att se vilken effekt detta har på preferenser vid fraktval. Syfte. Syftet med den här studien är att ta reda på hur en fördröjd betalning kan påverka preferenserna för olika last-mile delivery-alternativ. Överlag syftar också studien till att bredda kunskapen inom området. Detta görs alltså med introduktionen av tidspreferensteori till området. Metod. Studien är en experimentstudie med en ansluten enkät. Enkäten gjordes i tre utföranden och skickades ut i tre distinkta experimentgrupper. Därefter testades datan med ett icke-parametriskt proportionstest för att se om det fanns någon signifikant mängd svar som stödjer att en fördröjd betalning påverkar konsumentens val av last-mile delivery-alternativ. Resultat. Resultaten av studien visar att det inte finns någon koppling mellan en fördröjd betalning och ändrade konsumentbeteenden i fraktpreferenser. Överlag så valdes fraktalternativet med lägst frakt. Detta är något som går igen i flera tidigare studier där man kommit fram till att fraktkostnad och leveranshastighet är de två mest betydelsefulla aspekterna av frakten. Det enda scenariot som visade någon förändring i preferens var då produkten vid köpet var en dyr sådan. Huruvida preferensskiftet går att tillskriva den fördröjda betalningen förblir oklart, men inte osannolikt. Slutsatser. Slutsatsen till studien blir att trots tidspreferens och fördröjd betalning användes i studien så gav de inget mervärde. Resultatet blev i linje med tidigare resultat. Att tidspreferensteorin inte höll för fraktpreferenserna kan haft att göra med studiedesignen. En framtida studie hade kunnat göra ett mer ingående arbete och fokusera ännu mer på tidspreferensen för att hitta nya resultat / Background. E-commerce is ever expanding, and with it, so is last-mile delivery. Last-mile delivery is the last part of any delivery from a retailer or etailer (online retailer) to a consumer. Last-mile delivery is one of the most costly parts of the supply chain for many etailers and as such efforts have been made to understand what drives preferences for last-mile delivery. To broaden this field, this study will introduce time preference theory to the last-mile delivery and examine if delayed payment of an online purchase has any effect on the last-mile deliver preferences.  Objectives. The objectives of this study are to examine if delayed payment of online purchases has any effect on the last-mile delivery preference for consumers, as well as broaden the knowledge on last-mile delivery preferences in general. This is done with the inclusion of time preference theory as an underlying theory.  Methods. The study is carried out through the use of an experiment study with an experiment survey. The survey was made into three different versions, distributed to three different experiment groups. The data was then tested with a non-parametric proportion test with varying values of proportion to see whether there was any significant proportion of the replies that were in favor of delay of payment having any effect on the consumer preference.   Results. The results of the study showed that consumers generally choose the last-mile delivery option with the lowest delivery fee. This is in line with previous findings which concluded that delivery fee and delivery speed are the two most important factors for consumers. The only case in which consumers indicated that there was any effect of the payment delay was in the case of an expensive product. Even then it is hard to rule out that it was not something else that brought this result.   Conclusions. The concluding findings of the study is that while time preference was added as an attribute for last-mile delivery, it had little to no effect. This may have been because of the study design of this study. For future research on the topic, examining time preference in a greater depth may give different findings from this study.
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Data augmentation for latent variables in marketing

Kao, Ling-Jing 13 September 2006 (has links)
No description available.
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Uma análise empírica sobre as preferências do consumidor brasileiro de cervejas artesanais

Santos, Vinicius Cassar Kfuri 20 May 2014 (has links)
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Music Consumption in China : A Qualitative Study on Chinese Consumer Behavior in Consuming Music and Its Merchandise

Wang, Yue, Li, Yang January 2018 (has links)
In the past few decades people’s attitude towards music consumption has tremendously changed in China. With the constantly rising market and huge potential space, it is necessary to study the consumer behavior and explore factors that decide people’s willingness to pay in music consumption. Therefore, the purpose of this thesis is to investigate: 1) What factors may influence the Chinese consumer behavior on music and its merchandise; 2) What factors may influence the “willingness to pay” of Chinese consumer in music consumption; 3) The similarities and differences between the consumption of music product and musical merchandise in China. The authors select the qualitative method and set up two focus groups, music product group and music merchandise group, in this study. Finally, they found five dimensions (musical preference &amp; identity, culture of music, musical loyalty &amp; satisfaction, Chinese music consumption, willingness to pay) will interaction with each other and influence Chinese consumer behavior on music product and its merchandise.
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Country of origin effect: evidences from European consumers' of a Brazilian fashion brand

Ronsini Neto, Mário José 20 December 2016 (has links)
Submitted by Mario Jose Ronsini Neto (mariojrneto@hotmail.com) on 2017-01-12T16:22:17Z No. of bitstreams: 1 MPGI Thesis - Mario Ronsini - Final Version.pdf: 2426949 bytes, checksum: 08cb868c82e05a1ed595d1159d1f46f0 (MD5) / Rejected by Josineide da Silva Santos Locatelli (josineide.locatelli@fgv.br), reason: Boa tarde Mário, Apenas uma correção deve ser feita no seu trabalho, você alterou o título, favor corrigir e postar novamente. O tema do seu trabalho foi registrado assim: COUNTRY OF ORIGIN EFFECT: EVIDENCES FROM EUROPEAN CONSUMERS' EVALUATION OF A BRAZILIAN FASHION BRAND Porém, está alterado para: COUNTRY OF ORIGIN EFFECT: EVIDENCES FROM EUROPEAN CONSUMERS OF A BRAZILIAN FASHION BRAND Não pode haver alteração no título sem autorização do seu orientador, portanto, deve estar exatamente igual ao tema registrado no sistema. on 2017-01-12T17:14:04Z (GMT) / Submitted by Mario Jose Ronsini Neto (mariojrneto@hotmail.com) on 2017-01-12T17:20:20Z No. of bitstreams: 1 MPGI Thesis - Mario Ronsini - Final Version.pdf: 2502909 bytes, checksum: 006cc2deebff44c4297cf544ad9f555f (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Josineide da Silva Santos Locatelli (josineide.locatelli@fgv.br) on 2017-01-12T17:34:57Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 MPGI Thesis - Mario Ronsini - Final Version.pdf: 2502909 bytes, checksum: 006cc2deebff44c4297cf544ad9f555f (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-01-12T17:43:52Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 MPGI Thesis - Mario Ronsini - Final Version.pdf: 2502909 bytes, checksum: 006cc2deebff44c4297cf544ad9f555f (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-12-20 / This study aimed to better understand the European consumers’ behavior towards a foreign unfamiliar brand from a developing country based on the real internationalization case study of a Brazilian fashion brand (Osklen). The utilized framework was one of the most studied concepts in International Marketing, the Country of Origin (COO) Effect. This study intended to find evidences of the COO effect on European consumers’ evaluation of a Brazilian brand, based on a sample of students. In order to measure the COO effect on the brand, three survey scenarios were built. In the first scenario the subjects are told that the brand is Brazilian, in the second they are told that the brand comes from the USA and in the third and final scenario there is no cue regarding the origin of the brand. Five hypotheses were proposed and tested based on the literature review. This empirical research has shown that there were statistically significant differences in the evaluation of the Osklen brand by the European consumer, depending on the country of origin informed of the brand, regarding quality, design, reputation and purchase intention. The research has found no connection between the country of origin of the brand and the willingness to pay a higher price for the products of the brand. We have proposed potential strategies that could be utilized by the company following the results of the research. / Este estudo teve como objetivo a melhor compreesão do comportamento dos consumidores europeus em relação a uma marca desconhecida estrangeira de um país em desenvolvimento, com base no estudo de caso de internacionalização real de uma marca de moda brasileira (Osklen). O framework ultilizado foi fornecido por um dos conceitos mais estudados em Marketing Internacional, o Efeito País de Origem. O objetivo deste estudo foi encontrar evidências desse efeito sobre a potencial avaliação dos consumidores europeus de uma marca brasileira, com base em uma amostra de alunos. Com o intuito de medir o Efeito de País de Origem sobre a marca, três cenários de pesquisa foram construídos. No primeiro cenário os indivíduo são informados de que a marca é brasileira, no segundo eles são informados que a marca vem dos EUA e no terceiro e último cenário não há nenhuma sugestão sobre a origem da marca. Cinco hipóteses foram propostas e testadas com base na revisão de literatura. A investigação empírica demonstrou que existiram diferenças estatisticamente significativas na avaliação da marca Osklen pelo consumidor europeu, dependendo do país de origem informado da marca, com relação à qualidade, design, reputação e intenção de compra. A pesquisa não encontrou nenhuma conexão entre país de origem da marca e disposição de pagar um maior valor pelos produtos da marca. Estratégias foram propostas para a empresa estudada com base nos resultados da presente pesquisa.
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CRAFTSMANSHIP OF EXCELLENCE: A THREE - STUDY EXAMINATION OF THE CONCEPT OF "ARTISANAL"

RICCI, ALESSANDRA 01 April 2019 (has links)
Questa tesi si propone di approfondire il significato del concetto di 'artigianato' dal punto di vista di tre differenti tipologie di stakeholder: 1) Associazioni e Camere di commercio; 2) Aziende, Fornitori ed Esperti e 3) Consumatori. L’obiettivo principale di questa tesi è riassumere i più recenti sviluppi in materia di artigianato evidenziandone lo stato dell'arte e proponendo osservazioni critiche in merito al concetto stesso di artigianalità. Verranno identificati eventuali limiti e lacune concettuali sul tema dell’artigianato nonché indicati suggerimenti per la ricerca futura. Questa tesi è articolata in tre ricerche: la prima, " Artisanship: A review of the conceptualization of the “craftmanship ", impiega la content analysis per esaminare le definizioni di 'artigianato' fornite da diverse fonti tra cui Fondazioni, Associazioni, Organizzazioni Internazionali e Intergovernative e Camere di Commercio. La seconda ricerca "Crafting the craft - evidence from Italian experts" utilizza la metodologia qualitativa delle interviste semistrutturate con manager, esperti e opinion leader che gravitano nel mondo dell’artigianato. L’ultima ricerca " Understanding of the concept of “craft” – from the perspective of Italian consumers " è un'indagine finalizzata a capire le percezioni del consumatore in merito all’artigianato e le sue preferenze per i diversi tipi di prodotti artigianali. Grazie all’intrinseca interdisciplinarietà di questa tesi, che collega diverse basi teoriche e discipline come sociologia, economia, arte, filosofia e storia sociale, si cercherà di colmare le attuali lacune presenti nella ricerca sull'artigianato offrendo, così, un nuovo contributo in materia. / This thesis aims to deepen the meaning of ‘craft’ by looking at the concept from the perspective of different stakeholders, including 1) Guilds and Chambers of Commerce; 2) businesses, providers and experts and 3) consumers. The overarching purpose of this dissertation is to summarize recent developments, to highlight the state of the art and to offer some critical observations of various understandings of the concept of artisanship, in order to identify conceptual gaps and limitations and directions for future research. This dissertation includes three studies: Study 1 - “Artisanship: A review of the conceptualization of the “craftmanship” – employs content analysis to examine definitions of ‘artisanship’ provided by different sources from Craft Foundations and Associations, international and intergovernmental organizations, and European Chambers of Commerce. Study 2 – “Crafting the craft – evidence from Italian experts” is based on a qualitative methodology and includes semistructured interviews with managers and experts of artisanal products. Study 3 – “Understanding of the concept of “craft” – from the perspective of Italian consumers” is a survey aimed at investigating consumer perceptions of artisanship and preference for different types of artisanal products. By bridging different theoretical bases and disciplines, such as sociology, economics, arts, philosophy and social history, this research will offer a novel contribution and fill gaps in the research on artisanship.

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