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The Fluidity of Identity and Consumerism

is a stable concept; shares with a social group and influenced mainly by two variables; nationality and class, but more recent the...

Economic Terms and Concepts

balance is once again achieved. Another word for balance is equilibrium (Investopedia, 2009). The law of demand states that the ...

"Marketing, the ethic of consumption, and less-developed counties"

identification is (more or less) closely bound up with what one owns or consumes" (Brenkert, 1998; p. 93). These are the people t...

Two Consumers; A Comparison of Purchase Processes and Influences

in the two months following Christmas, and that December, in the run up to Christmas is also one of the periods of peak spending i...

Discussion of Conspicuous Consumption and An Ad Analysis

habits of individuals as they buy, use and then dispose of or recycle goods and services (Murnane, 2008). Thorstein Veblen coined ...

Prevalence, Problem of Alcoholism in Indonesia

This research paper pertains to the incidence of and problems associated with alcohol consumption in Indonesia. Three pages in len...

Dark Chocolate and Cardiac Function

In a paper of five pages, the author systematically evaluates a research article in regards to casual chocolate consumption and th...

Juveniles and Marijuana Addiction

This research paper focuses on the role of peer pressure in regards to adolescent use of marijuana. Whether or not marijuana shoul...

Underage Drinking, College Students, an Annotated Bibliography

This paper offers an annotated bibliography that pertains to the problem of underage alcohol consumption among college students. T...

War: Does It Have Roots in Biology?

town and developed complex political structures" (Hayden 45). This position holds that within the hunter-gatherer cultures that pr...

Fuel Cells

An 8 page paper discussing the economics and problems of hydrogen fuel cells as power plants for cars. Jay Leno praises the BMW H...

Criteria Determining Quality of Life

and healthcare, needs that are obviously directly related to things such as longevity. What many fail to realize, however, is tha...

Exporting U.S. Wines to China

2006). The Chinese also enjoy beer, and Starbucks has successfully penetrated the market with its coffee stores. But wine is relat...

Obesity and Television Viewing: A Review of Literature

factor in the onset of childhood obesity. Dennison, Erb, and Jenkins (2002) report that children spend a larger portion of their ...

Consumption Choices

are cheaper. These effects may be seen even if there is not a drop in disposable income, but there is an expectation that there wi...

Proposal to Investigate the Social and Cultural Influences on Drinking Among Young Adults in Britain

The research will look at the reasons behind all increases in alcohol consumption in young people in which will be defined as peop...

Negative Effects of Media on Young People

and for acceptance in social group" (Deveny and Kelley). II. By the age of 18, most American children have witnessed 16,000 simul...

My Year of Meats/Ruth L. Ozeki

pregnant (Ozeki 20). Jane is also affected by beef. When her mother was pregnant with Jane, she was prescribed growth hormones tha...

Leadership and Self-Deception

A 5 page book review on Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting out of the Box by The Arbinger Institute, which is a brief but prof...

Homicidal Fantasy

qualitative methodology because it strives to reach much more deeply into the subject matter than its quantitative counterpart, pr...

Thomas Hobbes And Sigmund Freud: Man Is Born Into Specific Behaviors

Hobbes clearly addresses the notion of individualism and Social Contract Theory as they relate to the moral factor behind justice....

Beowulf v. Odysseus/Who is the most attractive?

announces to all listeners that this warrior has the skill to battle the monster that has terrorizing Heorot. Beowulf battles Gren...

Wal-Mart : Organizational Behavior

are" (MMR, 2005, p. 40). This is one of the controls the company uses with their top managers to constantly improve. It is essent...

Dialect, Accent/Southeast England

reality of this situation is that some accents are associated more closely with the accent that is perceived as the societal norm ...

The Consumption of the Da Vinci Code

that many books before it has looked at blurred the line between fiction and reality. The research has been undertaken and...

Florida State Laws: Underage Alcohol Consumption/Possession And Public Urination

are on their own at school; however, the soiree does not last long once law enforcement officials find out those who are imbibing ...

Environmental Impacts: Water Consumption, Coal Emissions, and Nuclear Plant Disasters

surface stream that it contributes to. While a small stream might derive its water from an area as small as a square kilometer, a...

Flat Tax and Consumption Tax

again on profits generated by the investment (Froomkin, 1998). It is possible to allow a large deductible, the same for everyone, ...

Consumption and the Use of Animals

found in roosters crowns was first discovered in cows eyes, but because cows eyes are more difficult to obtain or to extract the s...

Legal Consent, Sex, and the Consumption of Alcohol

the sexual act did not take place. It may only mean that a very bad decision was made that has the potential to cause a great deal...