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The Meanings of Consumption -- An Aspiration for All the World: Championing Individual Freedom of Choice -- The System: Capitalist Consumerism -- Private Choices, Public Problems -- The Shopocalypse -- Consumption, Power, and Liberation -- Shopping Police.

This e-book of Society and Business Review, composed of five papers, combines empirically grounded studies as well as more theoretically-oriented discussions, with the specific intent of addressing ethical stakes, managerial problems and profound contradictions involved with promoting child and teen consumption in Western societies. Each article sheds light on the complexities of marketing to children by successively exploring the contradictions within the individual, managerial, professional, corporate, and institutional levels. Together, they offer a comprehensive picture of the operational

This book presents an analysis of consumption patterns in the OECD (rich) and LDC (poor) countries using recent data (1950-1998) and econometric methodology for a number of broadly aggregated consumer goods. The income elasticity estimates for the 46 countries and 9 commodity groups are tabulated. The reliability of these elasticity estimates, and also the demand theory hypotheses, are investigated using simulation techniques. Contents: An Overview of International Consumption Patterns (E A Selvanathan & S Selvanathan); Consumer Demand Models (E A Selvanathan & S Selvanathan); Data Analysis: OECD Countries (E A Selvanathan & S Selvanathan); Data Analysis: Less Developed Countries (E A Selvanathan & S Selvanathan); A Comparison of Consumption Patterns in the OECD and LD Countries (E A Selvanathan & S Selvanathan); Stochastic Price and Quantity Index Numbers (E A Selvanathan & S Selvanathan); Testing Demand Theory Hypotheses: OECD and LD Countries (E A Selvanathan & S Selvanathan); A Comparison of Alternative Demand Systems (E A Selvanathan & S Selvanathan); The Structure of Preferences: OECD and LD Countries (E A Selvanathan & S Selvanathan). Readership: Economists.

Consumption studies has grown tremendously in the past decade. Researchers in sociology, geography, anthropology, history, marketing, management, organization and even art history have embraced consumption as a key institution of our era, and are eager for ideas and insights. Conversations on Consumption makes an important contribution to the growing field of consumption studies by offering readers a lively introduction to debates and dialogues that have shaped the field, in the form of engaging interviews and personal reflections from leading theorists and researchers. The interviews in this collection were first published in the interdisciplinary journal Consumption Markets and Culture and together form an accessible summary of the leading ideas and key developments in consumption studies and social theory over the past two decades. With innovative contributions from marketing academics, historians, consumer researchers, sociologists, anthropologists and artists, the pieces highlight the interdisciplinary nature of consumption, as well as the wide-ranging interest in consumption studies. They are united in their approach to understand consumption, far removed from economic or managerial analysis, by focusing more on the role it plays in culture

"With the threat of climate change looming over the present, many consumers and companies have prioritized minimizing their environmental impact through making more sustainable choices. This volume examines the role individual consumption plays in climate change, how companies have attempted to become more sustainable and the effectiveness of these practices, whether countries and local municipalities should regulate consumption, and if it is even possible to change consumption practices enough to meaningfully impact climate change. Through reading opposing perspectives on these questions, readers will become better equipped to form their own opinions on these important issues"--

This book sheds light on the consumption of spiritual products, services, experiences, and places through state-of-the-art studies by leading and emerging scholars in interpretive consumer research, marketing, sociology, anthropology, cultural, and religious studies. The collection brings together fresh views and scholarship on a cultural tension that is at the centre of the lives of countless individuals living in postmodern societies: the relationship between the material and the spiritual, the sacred and the profane. The book examines how a variety of agents - religious ins.

Intro -- CONSUMER ISSUES IN GLOBAL ECONOMICS, FINANCE AND BUSINESS -- CONSUMER ISSUES IN GLOBAL ECONOMICS, FINANCE AND BUSINESS -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 CLASSIFYING THE TENGE-DOLLAR REGIME 2001-2008: AN APPLICATION OF THE REINHART-ROGOFF TAXONOMY -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- THE REINHART-ROGOFF TAXONOMY OF EXCHANGE RATE REGIMES -- CLASSIFICATION RESULTS -- REGIME CHANGES AND CHANGES IN INTERNATIONAL RESERVES -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 2 MARTINGALES AND WIDE BAND EXCHANGE RATE REGIMES: THE TENGE-DOLLAR CASE SINCE THE FEBRUARY 2009 DEVALUATION -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- MARTINGALES -- LOG INCREMENTS VERSUS LOG RETURNS -- ANALYSIS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3 THE AFFECT OF AUDIT RISK ON CREDIT RISK -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- MODEL -- RESULT OF DATA ANALYSIS -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 4 RECIPROCITY AND RESPONSIBILITY IN A NEW AGE OF HEALTH CARE -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- CONCERNING THE NOTION OF RIGHTS -- TECHNOLOGY, ECONOMICS AND ETHICS -- UTILITARIANISM AND MAXIMIZING RIGHTS -- RIGHTS AND THE INDIVIDUAL -- MORALITY AND THE NOTION OF RIGHTS -- SOCIAL CONTRACT: RECIPROCITY AND RESPONSIBILITY -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 5 ASSESSING NEEDS AND OPPORTUNITIES OF A RISK MANAGEMENT APPROACH TO ERP PROJECTS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- ERP Systems -- Reason for Adopting -- ERP Project -- Importance, Complexity and Risk -- Relevance of ERP Project Risk Management -- Final Remarks -- RESEARCH RELEVANCE -- RISK MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK -- BACKGROUND AND METHODOLOGY -- LITERATURE REVIEW -- Context Analysis -- Risk Assessment -- Risk Identification -- Risk Quantification -- Risk Treatment -- Risk Control -- Practitioner Initiatives (From Vendor or Business Integrators) -- EVIDENCES AND SUGGESTIONS -- Define Success Dimensions (Context Analysis)

The Oxford Handbook of Consumption examines the most pressing questions addressed by consumption studies scholars today. The volume counteracts the tendency towards disciplinary myopia as it engages scholars from around the world drawing on sociology, anthropology, psychology, history, and consumption studies. The volume's thirty-one chapters are organized around six themes, facilitating cross-disciplinary exploration.

Research on consumption can shed light on many fundamental questions, such as the character of society, including social and cultural dimensions; the relations between the generations; dependency on technology and the risks involved; the rise of Asia and its potential consumption preferences; the question of whether we must continuously increase our consumption to avoid a recession and whether this is ecologically sustainable. In the field of consumption research there is need for analytical rigor based on theory and empirical evidence as well as discussions that will inspire readers to ask.