Author: Grant David McCracken
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Keywords: goods, activities, midland, book, consumer, character, consumption, new, approaches, symbolic, culture
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 1990-11-01
List price: $17.95
ISBN-10: 0253206286
ISBN-13: 9780253206282

"This book compiles and integrates highly innovative work aimed at bridging the fields of anthropology and consumer behavior." -- Journal of Consumer Affairs"... fascinating... ambitious and interesting... " -- Canadian Advertising Foundation Newsletter"... an anthropological dig into consumerism brimming with original thought... " -- The Globe and Mail"Grant McCracken has written a provocative book that puts consumerism in its place in Western society -- at the centre." -- Report on Business Magazine"... a stimulating addition to knowledge and theory about the interrelationship of culture and

Authors:Timothy F. Bresnahan, Robert J. Gordon,
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Keywords: research, studies, income, wealth, economic, bureau, new, goods, national, economics
Number of Pages: 504
Published: 1997-03-15
List price: $102.00
ISBN-10: 0226074153
ISBN-13: 9780226074153

New goods are at the heart of economic progress. The eleven essays in this volume include historical treatments of new goods and their diffusion; practical exercises in measurement addressed to recent and ongoing innovations; and real-world methods of devising quantitative adjustments for quality change. The lead article in Part I contains a striking analysis of the history of light over two millenia. Other essays in Part I develop new price indexes for automobiles back to 1906; trace the role of the air conditioner in the development of the American south; and treat the germ theory of dise

Authors:Chris T. Hendrickson, Dr. Lester B. Lave PhD, H. Sco
Publisher: RFF Press
Keywords: input, output, approach, services, goods, life, cycle, assessment, environmental
Number of Pages: 260
Published: 2006-04-12
List price: $35.00
ISBN-10: 1933115246
ISBN-13: 9781933115245

This is the first comprehensive guide to green design using economic input-output life cycle assessment (EIO-LCA) models. It is a must-have for companies trying to improve the environmental profile of their products and processes, for regulators attempting to quantify life cycle implications of products and services, and for students and scholars of green design.Environmental life cycle assessment is often thought of as "cradle to grave" and therefore as the most complete accounting of the environmental costs and benefits of a product or service. However, as anyone who has done an environmenta

Authors:David Alan Collier, James R. Evans,
Publisher: South-Western College Pub
Keywords: rom, crystal, ball, pro, chains, value, management, goods, service, operations
Number of Pages: 864
Published: 2006-07-05
List price: $236.95
ISBN-10: 0324179391
ISBN-13: 9780324179392

This exciting new textbook provides exceptional coverage of the essential topics taught in a modern operations management course. Its highly current coverage includes contemporary and relevant service theory and applications. Appropriate manufacturing applications and theory are included where relevant. The book’s modern/strategic approach addresses OM from a cross-functional perspective, which views operations as linked to all other functional areas of an organization, such as marketing and finance. The strategic approach takes into consideration the integration of technology and how i

Author: Holger Brauer
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: studien, kieler, kiel, studies, vol, countries, oecd, rate, exchange, prices, traded, goods, real
Number of Pages: 217
Published: 2003-09-10
List price: $104.00
ISBN-10: 3540004300
ISBN-13: 9783540004301

The book deals with real exchange rate changes resulting either from shifts in nominal exchange rates or increases in costs that are asymmetric across countries. It is shown how exchange rates and local production costs are passed through into import prices. It is found both analytically and empirically for OECD countries that pass-through is incomplete and the degree of pass-through depends on country and industry characteristics such as production share, market structure, product attributes and demand features. The book also investigates the implications of exchange rate changes for profits,

Authors:Helen Lewis, John Gertsakis, Tim Grant, Nicola Morell
Publisher: Greenleaf Pubns
Keywords: greener, goods, designing, guide, environment, global, design
Number of Pages: 200
Published: 2001-07
List price: $40.00
ISBN-10: 1874719438
ISBN-13: 9781874719434

There is a huge scarcity of good, practical resources for designers and students interested in minimising the environmental impacts of products. Design + Environment has been specifically written to address this paucity. The book first provides background information to help the reader understand how and why design for environment (DfE) has become so critical to design, with reference to some of the most influential writers, designers and companies in the field. Next, Design + Environment provides a step-by-step approach on how to approach DfE: to design a product that meets requirements fo

Author: Tim Phillips
Publisher: Kogan Page
Keywords: fastest, world, growing, crime, wave, story, true, deadly, trade, counterfeit, goods, knockoff
Number of Pages: 246
Published: 2007-05-28
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0749449411
ISBN-13: 9780749449414

Knockoff exposes the truth behind the fakes and uncovers the shocking consequences of dealing in counterfeit goods. Traveling across the globe, Tim Phillips shows that counterfeiting isn’t a victimless crime; it is an illegal global industry undermining the world’s economies. Based on interviews with victims, investigators, and the people who sell counterfeits, Knockoff reveals the link between what we see as "innocent" fakes and organized crime. Phillips describes in detail how the counterfeiters’ criminal network costs jobs, cripples developing countries, breeds corruption