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Author Dholakia, Ruby Roy.

Title Technology and consumption : understanding consumer choices and behaviors / Ruby Roy Dholakia.

Publication Info. New York ; London : Springer, [2012]
©2012

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 211 pages) : illustrations.
Series International series on consumer science
International series on consumer science.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Technology in the Household: Looking Back, Looking Forward -- Technological Availability: Structural and Macro Factors -- Technology in the Household: Individual-Level Explanations -- Shop Till We Drop? -- Entertaining Ourselves to Death -- Reach Out and Touch Anyone, Everyone -- Buy Now, Pay Later: Financing the Future -- Technology and Consumer Behavior: Household, Managerial and Social Implications.
Note Print version record.
Summary Technology and Household Consumption is a comprehensive text that provides insights into technology's impact on consumer behavior and the household environment. Consumption and consumer behavior has become a very important subject of study that is now covered in many disciplines including family economics, culture studies, and feminist/women studies. In the first section, this book provides a historical perspective on how consumer behaviors have changed because of technology and how technology itself has changed.
Note GMD: electronic resource.
Subject Consumption (Economics)
Consumer behavior.
Technological innovations -- Social aspects.
Technological innovations -- Economic aspects.
Econimics.
Community Participation.
Technology.
Social Environment.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- Macroeconomics.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Economic Conditions.
Consumer behavior. (OCoLC)fst00876238
Consumption (Economics) (OCoLC)fst00876455
Technological innovations -- Economic aspects. (OCoLC)fst01145010
Technological innovations -- Social aspects. (OCoLC)fst01145049
Other Form: Print version: Dholakia, Ruby Roy. Technology and consumption. New York ; London : Springer, ©2012 9781461421573 (OCoLC)766331691
ISBN 9781461421580 (electronic bk.)
1461421586 (electronic bk.)
Standard No. 10.1007/978-1-4614-2158-0 doi
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