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Media Usage and Consumption Practice in Shopping Malls Among Female Youth in Modern Thai Society

open access: yesMimbar, 2017
This paper presents the data derived from the longitudinal ethnographic study on media useage and consumption practice in shopping malls as everyday life practices among female youth in a modern society of Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand, which contributed
Kangwan Fongkaew
doaj   +1 more source

Inter-Center Retail Externalities [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
This paper empirically examines inter-center externalities in regional shopping centers. Specifically, we use a non-linear retail share model to measure the impact that department store size and image in subject and competitive centers have on subject ...
Eppli, Mark, Mejia, Luis C
core   +1 more source

Gentrification, Urban Informality, and Displacement in Bangkok

open access: yesThe Developing Economies, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study analyzes the recent complex dynamics of urban transformation and spatial exclusion affecting the urban lower class. Emerging cities such as Bangkok experience rapid and compressed development in which the characteristics and challenges of both developed and developing cities co‐occur.
Tamaki Endo
wiley   +1 more source

Harnessing Human Mobility Data for Applied Economic Research: Current Knowledge, Challenges, and Emerging Opportunities

open access: yesJournal of Economic Surveys, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper reviews how large‐scale mobility data can enhance economic analyses, highlighting its contributions to understanding travel behavior, labor markets, social interactions, and health outcomes. We discuss its advantages over traditional mobility data sources, which include real‐time location information and fine spatial resolution ...
Cristina Connolly   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Things at Work: How Things Contribute to Performing Work

open access: yesJournal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract A crucial question for organizations is what constitutes work performance. While the importance of human competence and motivation to work performance has been established, less well understood is how ‘things’ – such as algorithms, tools, instruments, and raw materials – contribute to work performance.
Jörgen Sandberg   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Breaking Barriers: Scaffolding Social‐Symbolic Work for Women’s Economic Empowerment

open access: yesJournal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract This study advances the understanding of Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE) in non‐Western contexts by theorizing how social‐symbolic work facilitates empowerment despite entrenched institutional and cultural constraints. Drawing on a qualitative study into the establishment of Kuwait’s first women’s business incubator, we explore how female ...
Mohsen Abumuamar, Juliane Reinecke
wiley   +1 more source

Emotional Outlet Malls: Exploring Retail Therapy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
People turn to shopping as an emotional outlet. This article focuses on the concept of retail therapy highlighting the personal benefits, possible issues, and research development surrounding the topic.
Irwin, Courtney
core   +1 more source

Material Semiotic Narratives of Finnishness Through a Mundane Object: The Case of the Plastic Bucket

open access: yesNations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article explores how Finnishness is constructed in media texts with and through plastic buckets. By so doing, the article contributes to research on materiality and nationalism through examining the role of a mundane object instead of official national symbols.
Alma Onali
wiley   +1 more source

Creative Destruction and Cultural Lag in the Digital Age [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Recently, there has been renewed interest in the two ideas of \u201ccreative destruction\u201d and \u201ccultural lag\u201d both brought together in this article to analyze cutting-edge changes in the digital world, especially as they relate to ...
Degli Esposti, Piergiorgio   +1 more
core   +1 more source

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