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  • Consumer perceptions of apparel products in Internet shopping

    Creator:
    Kim, Mi-Jung
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    The purpose of the present study was to determine consumer perceptions of apparel products in Internet shopping. According to the existing literature, four categories of perceptions play primary roles for apparel shopping consumer decisions: apparel appearance, apparel comfort, fabric characteristics, and apparel fit. The present study aimed to observe how...
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    their decision making process for selecting one apparel item to purchase. Observations were made

  • Factors influencing source credibility of consumer reviews : apparel online shopping

    Creator:
    Shin, KoEun
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    The EBM model of consumer decision making was used to guide the present study. According to this model when consumers make purchase decisions, they search for information from either internal and/or external sources. When consumers do not have enough information from internal sources, such as knowledge and experiences, they search...
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    Masters Thesis
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    model of consumer decision making was used to guide the present study. According to this model when

  • A study of strategic and tactical decision making procedures

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    Elsner, Brian Jerome
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    An extensive literature survey investigated methods and approaches for evaluating intangible economic factors at the strategic and tactical levels of managerial decision making. These sources provided: 1) the background for a theoretical decision making algorithm developed for comparing alternative economic proposals for effectiveness at the strategy levels, and 2) a...
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    A study of strategic and tactical decision making

  • Entrepreneurs’ start-up versus persistence decisions: A critical evaluation of expectancy and value

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    Holland, Daniel V. and Garrett, Robert P.
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    Research suggests that entrepreneurs tend to seek to maximize utility when considering whether to pursue a new venture opportunity. However, when choosing whether to persist with their current venture or not, utility maximization may not be of primary importance. Using a conjoint experiment, we examine the difference between policies in...
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    offer novel insights into the entrepreneurial decision-making process. Keywords Entrepreneurship

  • Consideration of uncertainty in forest management decision-making

    Creator:
    Thompson, Emmett Frank
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    Management decisions are generally considered to be made under one of three categories of future knowledge: certainty, risk, or uncertainty. All three categories occur in forest management. However, forest management decisions whose outcomes are dependent upon future levels of timber yields, prices, utilization standards, or social and legal institutions are...
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    Dissertation

  • An investigation of the influence of choice structure on decision making behavior

    Creator:
    Dervitsiotis, Kostas N.
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    The behavior of individuals in decision making under risk was investigated using choice structures of greater complexity than the types examined in previous studies. The experiment performed consisted of two phases. In Phase I a basic utility function for money was derived for each subject using lotteries with two equally...
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    decision making behavior AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF KOSTAS NICOLAUS DERV TSIO TIS (Name) for the

  • Information and analysis techniques for making crop selection decisions

    Creator:
    Bristol, Roger Dale
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    Twenty managers of large diversified irrigated farms in the Willamette Valley area of Oregon were interviewed about the economic information and analysis techniques they use when making crop selection decisions. Two community college farm management instructors, two agricultural lenders, and two certified public accountants working with farmers were interviewed about...
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    Masters Thesis
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    management decision process and by making recommendations on how portions of the theory can be

  • A sampling procedure to detect alternative actions in a decision model for choosing among apple harvesting systems

    Creator:
    Rudkin, Terry Harrold
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    Numerous analytical aids are available to apple producers to assist them in the decision problem of choosing among alternative apple harvesting systems. However, a majority of these techniques fail to recognize the effect of apple orchard yield variability on system performance and economic efficiency. Furthermore, many of the suggested procedures...
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    procedures for decision making do not conscien- tiously apply economic principles to aserious degree. Thus

  • Development and evaluation of multiple criteria decision-making approaches to watershed management

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    Lamy, France
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    Decision-making in environmental management is complex due to the multiplicity arid diversity of management objectives and technological choices. This suggests that modelers and experts could utilize (I) multiple-criteria decision-making (MCDM) approaches to assist stakeholder groups in integrating and synthesizing relevant data and information to address ecological and socio-economic concerns and...
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    : Development and Evaluation of Multipi Criteria Decision-Making Approaches to Watershed Management Abstract

  • Understandings of the nature of science and decision making on science and technology based issues

    Creator:
    Bell, Randy Lee
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    Current reforms emphasize the development of scientific literacy as the principal goal of science education. The nature of science is considered a critical component of scientific literacy and is assumed to be an important factor in decision making on science and technology based issues. However, little research exists that delineates...
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    Dissertation