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Individual and Social Factors Predicting Religiosity Differences between European Countries

NaSTUta, Sebastian - In: Anuarul Universitatii „Petre Andrei” din Iasi / … (2012) 9, pp. 97-117

If we take into account the increasing number of immigrants of non-Christian religious background (Hindu, Muslims etc) who become more relevant as minority groups, contemporary Europe represents a religious melting-pot. The evident secularization trends within Western Europe, the interaction...

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Consumers’ online responses to the death of a celebrity

Radford, Scott; Bloch, Peter - In: Marketing Letters 24 (2013) 1, pp. 43-55

Humans have long been fascinated with celebrated persons. Because celebrities are usually protected, fans rely on celebrity-related products to connect to a beloved individual. As symbolic embodiments of celebrities, these related products often become cherished personal possessions. The death...

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Sacred and profane view of Christmas in advertising

MORARU, Mădălina - In: Revista Romana de Jurnalism si Comunicare - Romanian … (2013) 4, pp. 26-38

This article investigates the way seasonal advertising campaigns convey the paradoxical relationship between sacred and profane views of Christmas. The following research reveals the differences between commercialized and religious Christmas celebrations by analyzing the advertisements running...

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Emic understandings of Kumbh Mela pilgrimage experiences

Buzinde, Christine N.; Kalavar, Jyotsna M.; Kohli, Neena; … - In: Annals of Tourism Research 49 (2014) C, pp. 1-18

This study interrogates pilgrims’ motivations, activities and experiences of the 2013 Kumbh Mela pilgrimage, in Allahabad, India. It adopts an interpretive paradigm by so doing it responds to Eade’s (1992) call for in-depth analyses that unveil the multifaceted nature of the pilgrim. The...

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ADVANCE-PURCHASE DISCOUNTS AND MONOPOLY ALLOCATION OF CAPACITY.

GALE, I.L.; HOLMES, T.J. - Wisconsin Madison - Social Systems - 1990

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The Economics of Regulated Early Closing Hours: Some Evidence From Ontario.

Ferris, J. Stephen - Carleton University, Department of Economics - 1990

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Constructing a total cost of ownership supplier selection methodology based on activity based costing and mathematical programming capital

Degraeve, Z.; Labro, Eva; Roodhooft, Filip - Vlerick Business School - 2004

article. Analysing the value chain of the firm, data on the costs generated by the purchasing policy and on supplier … organisation. Possible savings of between 6 and 14% of the total cost of ownership of the current purchasing policy are obtained …

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Sources of Currency Crisis: An Empirical Analysis

Weber, Axel A. - University of Bonn, Germany - 1997

Two types of currency crisis models coexist in the literature: first generation models view speculative attacks as being caused by economic fundamentals which are inconsistent with a given parity. Second generation models claim self-fulfilling speculation as the main source of a currency crisis....

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Return handling options and order quantities for single period products

Vlachos, D.; Dekker, R. - Erasmus University Rotterdam, Econometric Institute - 2000

Products which are sold through E-commerce or mail sales catalogues tend to have a much higher return rate than traditional products. The returns are especially problematic for seasonal products. To support decision making in these situations we study various options, which may be considered as...

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Socially responsible purchasing in supply chains: drivers and barriers in Sweden

Mont, Oksana; Leire, Charlotte - In: Social Responsibility Journal 5 (2009) August, pp. 388-407

responsible purchasing. Design/methodology/approach – A literature analysis is complemented with empirical data from interviews … purchasing include stakeholder influence and organisational values, media and NGOs' attention and employees' concern. The main … could compare socially responsible purchasing (SRP) practices of focal organisations from different countries and deepen the …

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