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COVID-19 Involvement, Shopping Motives and Buying Behaviour: A German/ South African Comparison
This study aimed to investigate whether consumers’ personal involvement with the COVID-19 pandemic led to hedonic or utilitarian buying motives, and how these buying motives might encourage impulse or planned buying behaviour.
Karen CORBISHLEY +2 more
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Does a Specialized Niche Market Vegetable Processor Enjoy Bargaining Power?
ABSTRACT Agribusiness companies may achieve competitive advantage through specialization within niche markets. One such niche is the fresh‐cut fruit and vegetable market, which has been steadily growing in Germany. This study examines whether the specialization of a German fresh‐cut producer grants it with market power within this niche market.
Nikolas Bublik +3 more
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The Geography of Success: A Spatial Analysis of Export Intensity in the Italian Wine Industry
ABSTRACT This paper investigates the paradox of how Italy's fragmented, SME‐dominated wine industry achieves global export success. Moving beyond purely firm‐centric explanations, we test whether export intensity is spatially dependent, clustering geographically in regional ecosystems.
Nicolas Depetris Chauvin, Jonas Di Vita
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Self-Control and Hedonism: How Generation Z Paylater Users in Bandar Lampung Manage Their Finances
Generation Z is known as the group most familiar with technology, making them more susceptible to using paylater services. Self-control and hedonistic tendencies are assumed to play a role in influencing their financial management behavior.
Velicia Anindita Defanko +2 more
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Postfeminist Fiction in Chick Lit Novels
The intersection of postfeminist arguments with popular culture and popular cultural forms is of great significance for investigating representational politics and issues of identity.
Ilief-Martinescu Alina
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Rituals of Coexistence: Bodies and Technology during Pandemics
Pandemics not only challenge health systems and the economy, they also deeply transform our everyday lives and the ways in which we coexist. People have to find new definitions of what it means to be close to one another, to show empathy and to comfort ...
Yvonne Förster
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ABSTRACT Strategic positioning becomes increasingly important as markets mature, particularly in consumer‐facing industries that offer similar products, experiential cues, and values‐based messages. This study offers a conceptual model to examine the strategic positioning factors that motivate consumers to visit one local business over another before ...
Aaron J. Staples +2 more
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Remediated Encounters in Carlos Morton’s Johnny Tenorio and Pancho Diablo [PDF]
This paper aims to identify those protagonists who occupy the position of dramatic remediators in the process of mending broken relationships in Carlos Morton’s Johnny Tenorio (1983) and Pancho Diablo (1987). The research sets out from Jacques Derrida’
Edit-Mária Dánél
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Background: Individuals who have completed cancer treatment may have psychological and physical challenges. Participating in regular physical activity is considered as one of the most important factors for improving postcancer experience.
Arezou Kiani +2 more
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Consumer society, hedonism and healthy selfishness on DINK -double income no kids–couples in the city of Medellin, Colombia [PDF]
Objective. To inquire about the characteristics, dynamics and perspectives of the phenomenon of the DINK (Double Income, No Kids) couples in the city of Medellin (Colombia). Methodology. It was qualitative research. Results and conclusions.
Isabel Cristina Bernal Vélez +3 more
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