Does blood Count? Buying Decision-Making Processes in Stepfamilies
László Józsa,
Boglárka Eisingerné Balassa
Issue:
Volume 2, Issue 6, December 2014
Pages:
163-169
Received:
30 November 2014
Accepted:
6 December 2014
Published:
17 December 2014
DOI:
10.11648/j.sjbm.20140206.11
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Abstract: The aim of the study is to analyze one of the most relevant, current and interesting courses of social processes. Consumer behavior researches have always been focused on studying and analyzing consumption of different types of families and households. Social processes are influenced by way of life and lifestyle of families, and it is true reverse as well. The process of knowledge transfer is in a patchwork family so complicated and complex, like in a big company. The processes and the problems are same because the different generations. The socialization of children and by this the forming of their way of life and lifestyle, their consumption and buying habits will be printed by the sample in the family. Describing and characterizing the lifestyles of families and family members who are living, raising or holding on as a parent in a patchwork family meet with difficulties. There are so many patchwork families so many kinds of them but one is clear: the way of life and the lifestyle of them is very special, unique and differs from a classical or “nuclear” family. The aim of this article is to describe a new consumer group, to discover the phenomenon, the lifestyle and the consumption habits of the group through lifestyle-researching methods.
Abstract: The aim of the study is to analyze one of the most relevant, current and interesting courses of social processes. Consumer behavior researches have always been focused on studying and analyzing consumption of different types of families and households. Social processes are influenced by way of life and lifestyle of families, and it is true reverse ...
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ICT for Fostering Global Best Practices in the Business Environment
Emmanuel Chinomso Ogu,
Ogbonna Achimba,
Omotunde Ayokunle,
Izang Aaron,
Ajike Emmanuel Ogbonna
Issue:
Volume 2, Issue 6, December 2014
Pages:
170-176
Received:
21 October 2014
Accepted:
30 November 2014
Published:
17 December 2014
DOI:
10.11648/j.sjbm.20140206.12
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Abstract: It is common knowledge that the use of appropriate Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) has come to revolutionize the 21st century business environment, hence becoming a most pertinent metric of global best practice assessment in recent times. This paper traces the origins of ICTs in business practices along a developmental timeline that highlights specifically, the needs for, sources, and status of technologies that have significantly revolutionized business best practices through the years. Evaluations from surveys of industry response and perception are also reviewed as determinants of future direction for best practices in the business environment with a focus on developed and developing economies. The authors are able to further substantiate evidences of the fact that ICT could be a very pertinent benchmark for best practices adoption by various firms in the 21st Century business environment, as well as a key component for economic growth of the nations.
Abstract: It is common knowledge that the use of appropriate Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) has come to revolutionize the 21st century business environment, hence becoming a most pertinent metric of global best practice assessment in recent times. This paper traces the origins of ICTs in business practices along a developmental timeline th...
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