Consumption as a Social Process

Consumer-citizens mobilizing social capital following a natural disaster: effects on well-being

“…We examine how consumer-citizens integrate resources within social networks at a time when the market is temporarily displaced due to a natural disaster (Cheung and McColl-Kennedy, 2015). Rather than emphasizing purchasing goods and services as the solution to meeting needs within this context, we examine social provisioning (Fine, 2002; Todorova, 2014). Social provisioning is the social practice of obtaining goods and services through social connections embedded in social structures, such as social relations, cultural logics and non-market entities, including private and public services and collective commons (Jo, 2011).…”

“…Consumer-citizens have the potential to co-create value with others in their networks in ways that realize benefit not only for themselves but also for others through their ongoing interactions (McColl-Kennedy et al , 2012, 2017) embedded within broader social structures (Edvardsson et al , 2011; Laud et al , 2015). We examine “resource integration” (Vargo and Lusch 2004, 2011, 2016) through “social provisioning” (Fine, 2002; Todorova, 2014). Social provisioning is a continuous, interdependent process of organizing activities through social relations to access and integrate resources in a meaningful way, often in contexts outside price-based markets (Fine, 2002; Todorova, 2014).…”

“…We examine “resource integration” (Vargo and Lusch 2004, 2011, 2016) through “social provisioning” (Fine, 2002; Todorova, 2014). Social provisioning is a continuous, interdependent process of organizing activities through social relations to access and integrate resources in a meaningful way, often in contexts outside price-based markets (Fine, 2002; Todorova, 2014).…”

Ako často a ako dlho nakupujú spotrebitelia v nákupných centrách v Bratislave? Prístup koncentrických zón

“…Nákupné správanie spotrebiteľov možno skúmať z rôznych perspektív. Okrem marketingových prístupov (Lantos, 2015, Solomon et al, 2014, psychologických prístupov (Maraz et al, 2015, Tai, Fung, 1997, sociologických prístupov (Sommer et al, 1992, Todorova, 2014, sa do riešenia problému zapájú aj priestorové (geografické) prístupy (Scott, He, 2012, Spilková, 2018. Rôzne disciplíny riešia tému správania spotrebiteľov z rôznych aspektov (časový, priestorový, sociálny, etický a pod.)…”

Consumer Capital as the Source of Happiness: The Missing Economic Theory Underlying the Income-Happiness Paradox

“…Duesenberry (1949), for example, emphasizes how individuals use consumption to gain and maintain social prestige, while Keynes ([1931Keynes ([ ] 1972 distinguishes between (i) "absolute" needs, which we feel regardless of "the situation of our fellow human beings" and which can be satisfied, and (ii) "relative" needs, which we feel "only if their satisfaction lifts us above, makes us feel superior to, our fellows" and which are essentially insatiable. In fact, there is a long history in institutional economics emphasizing the importance of social context for consumption and people's wellbeing (see Alcott 2004;Dolfsma 2002;Fullbrook 1998;Hamilton 1987;Mason 1995Mason , 2000Trigg 2001;Todorova 2014). More generally, revealing linkages exist between present-day empirical income-happiness research and the history of economics.…”