1567-4223/$ see front matter 2011 Elsevier B.V. A doi:10.1016/j.elerap.2011.06.003 ⇑ Corresponding author. Tel.: +82 10 8976 4410. E-mail addresses: [email protected] (H.-W. K (Y. Xu), [email protected] (S. Gupta). 1 Tel.: +86 21 2501 1198. 2 Tel.: +91 788 2291621. 3 There are two types of products: search product experience product (i.e., high touch product) (Klein 19 those where there ...

The main purpose of this paper is to explore consumers’ perceptions of organic food and examine whether organic food products are perceived in the North-West Region of Romania as offering health and environmental benefits or as simply another sine qua non condition to be integrated into the luxurious yuppie lifestyle. The inspiration for our study came from witnessing the stereotypical image of...

BACKGROUND/PURPOSE Intestinal parasitic and bacterial infections constitute a major health issue in developing countries. The present study investigates and assesses infection rates among food handlers with intestinal parasites and microbial agents in luxurious hotels in the Dead Sea area of Jordan. METHODS A total of 901 stool samples were collected from food handlers (35 females and 866 mal...

Present energy situation of the world is unsustainable due to unequal geographical distribution of natural wealth as well as environmental, geopolitical and economical concerns. Ever increasing drift of energy consumption due to growth of population, transportation and luxurious lifestyle has motivated researchers to carry out research on biofuel as a sustainable alternative fuel for diesel eng...

BACKGROUND: The role of appearance automotive seats on perceived comfort and expectancy has been acknowledged in previous research but it not investigated depth. OBJECTIVE: To identify the effects production seats, based hypothesis that visual design differentiations are affective creating expectations. significance descriptors Sporty, Luxurious Comfortable associated attributes was interest. M...

Purpose This study aims at investigating how the level of brand–consumer interaction between luxury brands and consumers on social media may affect perception brands’ luxuriousness. In particular, this is focused moderating role consumers’ materialism. Design/methodology/approach adopted a quantitative approach. Data were collected with two online experiments. Study 1 was run to test whether br...

Through the utilization of Marxist feminist literary theory, current article analyzes Catherine Mansfield's "The Garden Party" to examine interconnected themes class consciousness, gender, and social injustice. With a specific focus on protagonist, Laura Sheridan, her gradually evolving awareness class, examines narrative's suburban New Zealand setting hierarchy between affluent Sheridans their...

The number of TikTok users has increased significantly. phenomenon influencers and stars competing to present content go viral appear on the For Your Page (FYP). One them is luxury life, hedonism, showing off branded goods. become an arena for spectacle construction "sultan" identity hedonism. Indra Kesuma Indonesian star influencer who among teenagers by presenting luxurious hedonistic life go...

Abstract In the nineteenth century, acoustic hearing aids (such as ear trumpets or conversation tubes) became ubiquitous attributes of deaf people from polite society. These prostheses were a visible sign otherwise invisible deafness. Although some used openly and proudly, constantly attempted to convince others that using them was nothing be ashamed of, wanted hide these stigmatizing devices. ...

The article discusses the problem of digital poverty, arising when communication through platforms reduces cost process obtaining and exchanging information replaces traditional economic processes. Using example consumption online services, author shows how communications can act as a marker for differentiating behavior poor rich. cluster analysis assessment multicollinearity, interprets data s...