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Clarifying protected and utilitarian values of critical capital
Ecological Economics, 2012Abstract Sustainable development may be defined as a non-declining value of capital stocks (social, natural, built and human) over time. The ability for substitution between and within each stock over time has been widely debated, resulting in the identification, and then preservation of ‘critical capital stocks’.
Pearson, Leonie J. +2 more
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The effects of hedonic and utilitarian bidding values on e-auction behavior
Electronic Commerce Research, 2015This study focuses on how hedonic versus utilitarian bidding values affect bidding behavior in e-auctions. The bidding behavioral data was collected through a quasi-experimental design on an authentic e-auction website. The results, derived from 121 participants, showed that bidders with high utilitarian bidding values were more likely to win bids than
Lien-Ti Bei, Ming-Yi Chen
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The intersection of hedonic and utilitarian values on integrated-social media retailers
International Journal of Business Information Systems, 2020This study investigated the e-commerce success using a new model that integrates the hedonic and utilitarian values.
Gaffar Hafiz Sagala, Sumiyana
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The Value of a Utilitarian Curriculum: The Case of Technological Education
International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 1997The position taken in this paper is that narrow conceptions of human development and the purposes of schooling have tended to displace rather than situate subjects like technology in the curriculum. Arguments which support this position, however, are only possible when the paradigm through which schooling is operationalized, is inverted.
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Hedonic and social values supporting utilitarian technologies
International Journal of Innovation and Learning, 2012This article argues that products with multifunctionality/integrations have excited much more interest in this market, justifying as utilitarian even when these integrations are hedonic. The article analyses consumers’ preference for high technology products focusing on attributes integrated, hedonic and utilitarian behaviour, and decision interference
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The Moderating Effects of Utilitarian and Hedonic Values on Information Technology Continuance
ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction, 2012This study examines how the nature of technology affects users’ intention to continue using information technologies. It proposes an extended technology acceptance model, with perceived ease of use, perceived usefulness and pleasure affecting the intention to continue using a technology.
Xu, L., Lin, J., Chan, H.C.
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Mobile Device Adaptation Efforts: The Impact of Hedonic and Utilitarian Value
Journal of Computer Information Systems, 2014This research delves into the acceptance and use of mobile device (MD) technology and goes beyond what is provided in the technology acceptance literature. The hedonic and utilitarian value that an individual assigns to a mobile device can have a significant impact on the overall value of the device to that person.
Dwayne Whitten +2 more
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Creation of Utilitarian Value with Online and Offline Transaction Phases.
2012The Internet transformed a large number of industries, resulting in various e-commerce business models. An industry that has experienced a particularly large impact is tourism. Although numerous travel agencies offer their services online, the question about the design of online vis-à-vis offline distribution channels continues to persist.
Madlberger, Maria, Matook, Sabine
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Exploring the Balance Between Utilitarian and Hedonic Values of Wearable Products
2019It has been a matter of great interest for designers and researchers to investigate the potential balance between product’s aesthetics and functionality. This study will try to explore the concept of hedonics, utilitarian value and their balance by incorporating some case studies from design literature.
Hassan Iftikhar +2 more
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The Value of a Promise: A Utilitarian Approach to Contract Law Remedies
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2010This Article critically examines the applicability of law and economics, or wealth maximization theory, to contract law by examining this theory from within the consequentialist framework of utilitarianism. Roughly speaking, wealth maximization theory is a consequentialist theory of justice holding that those actions that increase wealth are just and ...
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