Durable Goods

Author : Elizabeth Berg
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2003-05-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780812968149

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Durable Goods by Elizabeth Berg Pdf

On the hot Texas army base she calls home, Katie spends the lazy days of her summer waiting: waiting to grow up; waiting for Dickie Mack to fall in love with her; waiting for her breasts to blossom; waiting for the beatings to stop. Since their mother died, Katie and her older sister, Diane, have struggled to understand their increasingly distant, often violent father. While Diane escapes into the arms of her boyfriend, Katie hides in her room or escapes to her best friend’s house—until Katie’s admiration for her strong-willed sister leads her on an adventure that transforms her life. Written with an unerring ability to capture the sadness of growth, the pain of change, the nearly visible vibrations that connect people, this beautiful novel by the bestselling author of Open House reminds us how wonderful—and wounding—a deeper understanding of life can be.

Author : Robert J. Gordon
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 744 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2007-12-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780226304601

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The Measurement of Durable Goods Prices by Robert J. Gordon Pdf

American business has recently been under fire, charged with inflated pricing and an inability to compete in the international marketplace. However, the evidence presented in this volume shows that the business community has been unfairly maligned—official measures of inflation and the standard of living have failed to account for progress in the quality of business equipment and consumer goods. Businesses have actually achieved higher productivity at lower prices, and new goods are lighter, faster, more energy efficient, and more reliable than their predecessors. Robert J. Gordon has written the first full-scale work to treat the extent of quality changes over the entire range of durable goods, from autos to aircraft, computers to compressors, from televisions to tractors. He combines and extends existing methods of measurement, drawing data from industry sources, Consumer Reports, and the venerable Sears catalog. Beyond his important finding that the American economy is more sound than officially recognized, Gordon provides a wealth of anecdotes tracing the postwar history of technological progress. Bolstering his argument that improved quality must be accurately measured, Gordon notes, for example, that today's mid-range personal computers outperform the multimillion-dollar mainframes of the 1970s. This remarkable book will be essential reading for economists and those in the business community.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 4 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1980-10
Category : Durable goods, Consumer
ISBN : UFL:31262096267744

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Advance Report on Durable Goods Manufacturers' Shipments and Orders by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 4 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1991-06
Category : Durable goods, Consumer
ISBN : UFL:31262096267017

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Advance Report on Durable Goods Manufacturers' Shipments and Orders by Anonim Pdf

Author : Dr. N. Ratna Kishor
Publisher : Archers & Elevators Publishing House
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-26
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9789383241088

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Consumer Behaviour towards Consumer Durable Goods by Dr. N. Ratna Kishor Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : CUP Archive
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Priority Patterns and the Demand for Household Durable Goods by Anonim Pdf

Author : Michel Kostecki
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2013-03-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781475728194

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The Durable Use of Consumer Products by Michel Kostecki Pdf

Do we need a new car or a new refrigerator every ten years? What happens to our PC which is exchanged for a new model every three years? Why do our shoes last only a year or so, while those of our great grandfather served for a genera tion? Are businesses deliberately marketing products in a way which encourages sub-optimal use and induces consumers to buy new products? More and more consumers respond ''yes'' objecting to the business practices which reduce the life span of a product or pay no attention to efficiency in con sumption. The growing concem with sub-optimal use of consumer durables arises as a response to the volume of waste, as wen as to the growing conviction that over-consumption is encouraged by marketing techniques and approaches that favor lesser durability and sub-optimal use. There are signs that those things will have to change. Firstly, client orientation - a condition sine qua non of marketing success in the saturated markets of rich countries - is gaining popularity. Consumers are better informed and more influential and "intelligent consumption" is on the rise. Buyers are becoming more and more hostile towards marketing manipulation, inducing them to consume faster, more and at higher prices. The public increas ingly resists messages in advertisements (preventive resistance) which are pre dominantly persuasive (rather than educational or informative) and conceived to stimulate demand for the "new", the superficial and the fashionable.

Author : Stewart W. Herman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UCSC:32106014629239

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Durable Goods by Stewart W. Herman Pdf

Examines the strategies and tactics which management and employees have used to control each other. The text explores the historical roots and complexities of the management-employee relationship in the US, taking into account the initiatives and responses of both sides during the past 200 years.

Author : Arnold C. Harberger
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2020-03-31
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3337932029

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The Demand for Durable Goods by Arnold C. Harberger Pdf

Author : Arnold C. Harberger
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1960
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : MINN:31951001731479E

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The Demand for Durable Goods by Arnold C. Harberger Pdf

A publication of the Research Group in Public Finance.

Author : Marco Runkel
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2012-09-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783642170119

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Environmental and Resource Policy for Consumer Durables by Marco Runkel Pdf

A recent line of research in environmental and resource economics deals with the analysis of the so-called product-related environmental policy, i.e. the regulation of certain product characteristics which are mainly determined by producers and which influence the impact of consumption goods on the environment. In this line of literature, only little attention has been paid to the role of product durability. The present study aims at filling this gap. It investigates the relationship between (built-in) product durability, production emissions, solid consumption waste and recycling. The main task is to identify inefficiencies in the durability choice of producers and to assess regulatory policies which aim at correcting for such market failure.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 906 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Commercial statistics
ISBN : WISC:89068182369

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Survey of Current Business by Anonim Pdf

Author : University of Chicago. Economics Research Center. Research Group in Public Finance
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1960
Category : Business cycles
ISBN : LCCN:60007286

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The Demand for Durable Goods by University of Chicago. Economics Research Center. Research Group in Public Finance Pdf

Author : Tim Cooper
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 471 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2016-05-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317103530

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Longer Lasting Products by Tim Cooper Pdf

The present economic system requires us to consume and throw away more and more goods. Yet often it's our desire, and the best interests of the environment, for these goods to last. The contributors to this book, who comprise many of the most significant international thinkers in the field, explore how longer lasting products could offer enhanced value while reducing environmental impacts. If we created fewer but better quality products, looked after them carefully and invested more in repair, renovation and upgrading, would this direct our economy onto a more sustainable course? The solution sounds simple, yet it requires a seismic shift in how we think, whether as producers or consumers, and our voracious appetite for novelty. The complex range of issues associated with product life-spans demands a multidisciplinary approach. The book covers historical context, design, engineering, marketing, law, government policy, consumer behaviour and systems of provision. It addresses the whole range of consumer durables - vehicles, kitchen appliances, audio-visual equipment and other domestic products, furniture and floor coverings, hardware, garden tools, clothing, household textiles, recreational goods and DIY goods - as well as the re-use of packaging. Longer Lasting Products provides policy makers, those involved in product design, manufacturing and marketing, and all of us as consumers, with clear and compelling guidance as to how we can move away from a throwaway culture towards an economy sustained by more durable goods.

Author : Robert Harry Inglis Palgrave
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 882 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : Economics
ISBN : UCAL:$B568210

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Dictionary of Political Economy by Robert Harry Inglis Palgrave Pdf