Micro blog has become an important platform of consumer-company interaction to enhance brand loyalty. A relational model is proposed to study the influence of company micro blog interaction on customer micro blog stickiness and brand loyally, based on use and gratification theory, organization support theory and union participation theory. Results show that company interaction tactics include t...

The process of gradually finding an economic equilibrium, the so called tâtonnement process, is investigated in this paper. In constrast to classical general equilibrium modelling, where a central institution with perfect information about consumer preferences and production technologies (“Walrasian auctioneer”) organizes the economy, we simulate this process with learning consumer and producer...

One of the issues that the Basel Accord highlighted was that though techniques for estimating the probability of default and hence the credit risk of loans to individual consumers are well established, there were no models for the credit risk of portfolios of such loans. Motivated by the reduced form models for credit risk in corporate lending, we will seek to exploit the obvious parallels betw...

Diary industry in China has been in deep crisis since a series of quality scandals were exposed to public in 2008. Thanks to the traceability system in dairy supply chain and the growth of the internet, providing traceable dairy product information to the public is viewed as one of the best ways, mostly in terms of feasibility, to overcome the trust crisis and to promote the development of the ...

OBJECTIVE This article describes the results of a qualitative study on the training and employment of consumer provider employees in Dutch mental health care. METHODS The authors used semi-structured interviews with students, graduates/employees, teachers, team managers, colleagues and clients to assess their experiences with the college program. RESULTS The college program succeeds in prep...

This paper reports findings from a postal questionnaire survey and in-depth interviews with UK funders of health-related research that explored whether, why and how they promote consumer involvement in research projects. Many UK funders of health-related research are adopting a policy of promoting consumer involvement in research projects. Telephone interviews revealed they have several reasons...

Consumer involvement in healthcare is critical to support continuity of care for consumers to manage their health while transitioning from one care setting to another. Validation of evidence-based practice (EBP) guideline by consumers is essential to achieving consumer health goals over time that is consistent with their needs and preferences. The purpose of this study was to compare an Omaha S...

Sensory evaluation is the ideal tool for shelf-life determination. With the objective to develop an easy shelf-life indicator, color (L*, a*, b*, chroma and hue angle), total soluble solids (TSS), firmness (F), pH, acidity, and the sensory attributes of appearance, brightness, browning, odor, flavor, texture, color, acidity and sweetness were evaluated in fresh cut mangoes (FCM) stored at 5, 10...