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What Constitutes an Attractive Product‐as‐a‐Service Offer? Examining Consumer Preferences for (Circular) Business Patterns

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Little is known about consumer preferences for combinations of circular business model patterns, despite their potential to benefit the design of product services. This study examines consumer preferences for product‐as‐a‐service offers, combined with circular product attributes, across Sweden and the Netherlands.
Steven Sarasini   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Students’ orthodontic treatment needs and oral-health-related quality of life in Qazvin city, Iran

open access: yesJournal of Oral Health and Oral Epidemiology, 2016
BACKGROUND AND AIM: Clinical indices that determine the need for orthodontic treatment do not provide information about the impact of malocclusion on the quality of life.
Roya Naseh   +3 more
doaj  

Advancing Transformative Learning in Sustainability Management Education: A Systematic Review and Integrative Model

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Reversing dominant unsustainable business practices requires a fundamental shift in how business practitioners perceive and enact sustainability. Management education is crucial for preparing prospective business professionals to lead this change, yet traditional curricula often perpetuate unsustainable paradigms.
Justo Alberto Ramírez‐Franco   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Visual and Aesthetic Thinking as a Component of Hotel and Restaurant Management Culture [PDF]

open access: yes
The article explores the phenomenon of visual and aesthetic thinking as an emerging managerial competence and an integral component of management culture in the hospitality industry. Moving beyond traditional rational approaches, the study conceptualizes
Krupskyi, Oleksandr P.   +2 more
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Defining Remanufacturing: A Key Business Strategy Advancing Industrial Circularity

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Remanufacturing is a key strategy in the circular economy, enabling substantial product value retention. However, inconsistent definitions across standards and legislation hinder global trade, core recovery and market acceptance. This study examines how remanufacturing is defined in laws and standards, and how these definitions impact industry
Erik Sundin   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Personalized design aesthetic preference modeling: a variational autoencoder and meta-learning approach for multi-modal feature representation and transfer optimization

open access: yesScientific Reports
This research presents a comprehensive framework for personalized design aesthetic preference modeling that integrates variational autoencoders (VAE) with meta-learning approaches to address the limitations of traditional design evaluation methodologies.
Chengliang Chen, Zhiqun Gong
doaj   +1 more source

How Can Eco‐Friendly Products Be Marketed Effectively? Evidence From a Multinational Study on the Intention–Behaviour Gap for Smartphones Made With Eco‐Friendly Substitute Materials

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As global environmental concerns intensify, firms are increasingly expected to embed environmental responsibility into their core strategies. However, uncertainty remains over whether eco‐friendly initiatives are economically rewarded, reflecting ambiguity in consumers' true environmental preferences.
Kimitaka Nishitani   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Panorama of Prevalence of Malocclusion, Treatment Needs, Specific Occlusal Traits & Gender Distribution in Patients Seeking Orthodontic Treatment in Kolhapur Population - A Prospective Cross-sectional Study

open access: yesJournal of Indian Association of Public Health Dentistry, 2013
Aim: To assess the prevalence of malocclusion, treatment needs and specific occlusal traits among Kolhapur population. Materials & Method: The sample comprised 500 individuals: that is, 250 boys & 250 girls between the age group of 13 -20 years.
Shraddha Subhash Shetti   +1 more
doaj  

From Awareness to Action: Consumer Behaviour, Attitudes and Business Strategy in Sustainable and Circular Electronic Devices

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Technological change and the increasing use of electronic devices have made electronic waste one of the fastest‐growing waste streams worldwide, posing significant environmental and social challenges. Thus, understanding consumer behaviour regarding the purchase, use and disposal of electronic products is key to developing effective circular ...
Idiano D'Adamo   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Aesthetic component in the formation of lexical area "art" in English language classes [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
© the author(s). The relevance of the research problem is determined by the necessity to enhance cognitive and educational functions due to humanization of education by means of art.
Rakhimova M.   +2 more
core  

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