Essays Tagged: "consumers"

This essay is an analysis of an advertisment as it relates to a fairy tale.

itten three times, the final grade was an A.Many advertisements use codes to convey a fairy tale to consumers, usuallyresulting in a happy ending. This occurs at the expense of the price and means bei ... es take the logical next step by advancing the card game to computers, themedium of choice for most consumers today. Sociology shows advancements in culturefrom hunting-gathering societies to the post ...

(3 pages) 164 0 3.3 Nov/1996

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Marketing

Use of credit cards

this balance is and continuously replenishing it can be quite hard. Nevertheless, even with a check consumers can not get into a lot of trouble. If more money is spent then the shopper has on the curr ... ghtening number, averaging about $3,900 per family, is just as bad for the economy as it is for the consumers. In September of 1995, for example, The AT&T Universal card charged $15 per month for ...

(2 pages) 202 0 3.9 Mar/1997

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

Herbal Extracts and Hormones

y the everyday person.Herbs, on the other hand, can be found from California to China and as far as consumers are concerned, they are now mainstream products that can be found in supermarkets and drug ...

(6 pages) 100 0 3.8 Nov/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Should genetic engineering be banned?

h projects they claim will benefit mankind, and on the other, public opinion, environmentalists and consumers' associations are concerned that these projects are insufficiently safeguarded and pose ir ...

(6 pages) 313 0 3.6 Apr/2002

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Technology and the Future, Who's In Control?

h. This example shows how technology available in the future will be a direct result of the demands consumers put on the computer companies today. The two demands which will have the most impact on wh ... ost impact on what will be produced are the needs for affordability and for a user-friendly product.Consumers want a product at an affordable price, whether it is for at home or for their business. Ho ...

(3 pages) 171 0 4.0 Aug/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Technology

Inaccuracies of the Consumer Price Index CPI

the increases in the cost of living. For this reason, the CPI has been said to be inaccurate.First, consumers do change their spending patterns. Even though the composition off the market basket is as ... tterns. Even though the composition off the market basket is assumed not to change, it does because consumers change their spending patterns. Because consumers substitute lower priced products in lieu ...

(2 pages) 126 0 5.0 Sep/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics > Rates & Indexes

MAC Cosmetics

ies success. The company does not use any fancy business schemes and it is truly concerned with its consumers. In the beginning, the company struggled to get started, but now a multimillion dollar (an ...

(5 pages) 239 0 4.3 Jan/1997

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Marketing

Autonomy v paternalism in mental health treatment, outline and review of the nys case on Jacob Gordon

rdon's association with the mental healthsystem appeared to be marked by power and control issues. 'Consumers/ex-patients often report afeeling of 'invisibility'; they sense that their views and desir ... Mr.Sundram focuses on the need for changes within the rank and file of service providers to empowerconsumers. 'We need to focus on ways to promote informed, voluntary choices of people withdisabiliti ...

(10 pages) 147 0 2.6 Apr/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Mental Health

Electronic Commerce, discusses methods and concerns of Electronic Commerce

f standard encoding protocols, or the making of prior arrangements between buyers and sellers. Both consumers and merchants could see a windfall if these problems are solved. For merchants, a secure a ... stead of cash in back-end financial processes. We need to resolve four key technology issues before consumers and merchants anoint electric money with the same real and perceived values as our tangibl ...

(6 pages) 376 0 4.5 Oct/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science

Actions of The Fed at Full Employment in Long Run Equilibrium

ase of real GDP. When taxes are increased that the amount of disposable income that is available to consumers is lowered. This lowered level of disposable income leads to a decrease in consumption spe ... n to fall. Because of the surplus of goods and falling prices consumption becomes more desirable to consumers and the level of consumer spending rises. The fall in prices causes business to become les ...

(3 pages) 120 0 3.0 Apr/1997

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Government

Strenghts and weakneses of The Consumer Price Index (CPI)

the increases in the cost of living. For this reason, the CPI has been said to be inaccurate.First, consumers do change their spending patterns. Even though the composition off the market basket is as ... tterns. Even though the composition off the market basket is assumed not to change, it does because consumers change their spending patterns. Because consumers substitute lower priced products in lieu ...

(2 pages) 152 0 3.0 Sep/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

Consumer sovereignty

Consumer sovereignty is the determination by consumers, of the types andquantities of goods and services produced by the economy. But in today's ... y this simply because in today's world, advertising plays such a large role in theeveryday lives of consumers.The concept of advertising is simple: It's central function is to create desires.And in cr ... ple: It's central function is to create desires.And in creating these desires, the sovereignty that consumers once had the luxury ofenjoying is taken away. I say , "taken away", because only when adve ...

(2 pages) 69 0 2.5 Nov/1996

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Marketing

Consumer Debt

es to repay the loan in equalinstallments over a fixed period of time.Without installment debt most consumers could not afford to purchase items suchas a home. The truth of the matter is that we, as A ... you will find articles on managing your mountingdebt from Christmas.Not realizing the extent of the consumers' debt is one of the most common types ofcredit problems. Denial may play a partial role in ...

(2 pages) 156 0 3.0 Apr/1997

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

Effects of Falling Interest Rates on the Canadian Economy

in Canada are at their lowest since 1963, and are expected to fall even more. There is a benefit to consumers; thousands of dollars have been slashed off mortgages ($3000 less/yr on a $100 000 mortgag ...

(3 pages) 63 0 3.0 Oct/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Government

Ray Kroc and McDonald's Marketing Strategy

, they must focus on the fact that there is an ever changing market and that the wants and needs of consumers are constantly changing. Since McDonald's has been around for forty-one years, it is safe ...

(3 pages) 513 1 3.5 Dec/1996

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Why is monopoly 'harmful? How can regulation ameliorate these harmful effects? What problems confront the regulators?

ompetition outweigh the benefits of monopoly then a monopoly can be regarded as 'harmful' since the consumers are not receiving the maximum possible utility for their purchases.Monopolies are criticis ... The price in such a situation would thus be lower than under monopoly and output would be greater. Consumers obviously benefit if this is the case since P=MC implies P=Marginal utility so that consum ...

(3 pages) 288 2 4.2 Jan/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

The operation of David Jones Ltd utilizing Michael E. Porter's Theories and focusing on the retail industry.

mpanies strategic position in the retail industry is really strong and visible to the customers and consumers. Aiming to present the threats of new entrants to new competitors, via economies of scale, ... being updated makes the retail industry act fast and efficient towards achieving and satisfying the consumers and customers wants and needs. Different competitors try to intervene within the market an ...

(8 pages) 474 0 4.1 May/2002

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Marketing

Theory of Varied Consumer Choice Behaviour and It's Implications

ities are also covered.THE THEORETICAL AND APPLIED RELEVANCE OF VARIED BEHAVIOURThe assumption that consumers make rational, utility-maximizing choices has played an important role in economic thought ... ed, the consumer is expected to choose the most preferred of the available products. Thoughts about consumers' behaviour towards substitutes hold a similar position. If a consumer's preference for the ...

(11 pages) 369 0 4.3 Dec/1996

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Advertising and how it has affected society.

Fred D'AmicoTopic: How advertisers influence their consumers.Take a look around. Notice anything? If you didn't, it is because you are so used to looki ...

(4 pages) 233 1 4.7 May/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Used Car Business Making a Comeback

elf to this new situation. Although, in the past, they were slow to get the message sent out by the consumers, the domestic auto industry now seems to be more than willing to analyze, and answer, the ... to 5.8 years in 1970, the signal to the auto industry has been that cars are being built better and consumers are not afraid to buy them.Of course, this choice does not come without an opportunity cos ...

(9 pages) 79 0 4.0 Feb/1997

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers