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... by the number of months between the plant going into operation and the signing of the power purcha...
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This paper addresses the intergenerational transmission of consumption practices within the family. We explore such transmission across time. In particular, we study the transmission of practices between mother and adult daughter, concentrating solely on the reception of these practices on the part of the daughter. Results from qualitative methodology based on interviews with 44 women, and further supported by 42 personal narratives, reveal that a number of consumption practices are in fact transmitted by the mother and appropriated by the daughter. This transmission and appropriation together constitute what we call "trans-generational equity", equity which is subsequently integrated by the "owner" over her entire lifetime. From a theoretical viewpoint, this "trans-generational equity"...
...-discount store for basic shopping, then going on to the supermarket for fresh products and meat)...
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Virtual hyperrealities, also referred to as virtual social worlds, have experienced increasing managerial interest in recent years. Although they have also received some attention in the academic literature, the extent to which corporate presences within such environments can influence attitude toward the brand and purchase intent in real life remains unclear. Based on a survey conducted among 580 Second Life residents, we show that exposure to flagship brand stores within virtual worlds positively influences attitude toward the associated brand and real life purchase intent. We furthermore show that a user's purchase experience (shopping frequency, purchase frequency, spending per purchase) and the gratification derived from the use of their purchases have a significant moderating effe...
..., the majority of respondents report going shopping once or several times a week (50%) and ma...
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In the wake of Enron, transparency has been highlighted in the media like, it seems, never before. In this article, we try to understand what it means for the audit world. At first, queries on databases allow us to review the notion's diffusion and to point out its ambiguity. We then scrutinize a sample of 80 articles extracted from press reviews made for an audit firm, which leads us to distinguish a procedural transparency from a substantial one. An interpretation of these notions makes us argue audit's transparency ideology is about favouring and strengthening the control of firms by financial markets, and making it more exclusive. Transparency is thus understood as an ideology of control.
... Markets and investors will punish companies going forward that are not transparent » (36) ; une dis...
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... at the same time verify whether things were going well for "Le Tour" on the Internet. The route. Pro...
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... to jeopardize the company's existence as a going concern. Expert appraisal regarding the company's ...