Goal Of Consumption Research Articles

Co-regulation of integrated thermal management based on refrigerant cooling for electric vehicles

As an essential part of an electric vehicle thermal management system, collaborative regulation of power battery thermal management and AC temperature is imperative to maximize the vehicle's driving range and energy utilization effectiveness. This work proposes a joint control pattern for the compressor (Com) and variable opening valves (VOVs) with a dual-evaporator system. Specifically, the compressor rotation speed is the dominant control variable, and the battery's thermal behavior and system COP are investigated. The analytic results demonstrate that when the system is under moderate and high thermal loads, the Com-VOVB-VOVC strategy can regulate the temperature of both the battery and AC temperature. Meanwhile, the goal of low energy consumption is optimized. Nevertheless, when the thermal load is low, the Com-VOVB strategy can attain steady temperature regulation for the dual-evaporator and decrease the complexity of the system control. In addition, a Map approach to the temperature regulation is presented, enhancing the effectiveness and dynamism of thermal management control. The common control method for an integrated thermal management system can effectively confront system thermal load changes and decrease energy consumption.

A 42.4 FO4 (1V), 19.27 Eu (1V) 4-bit Absolute-Value Detector

Absolute-value detector (AVD) is a fundamental arithmetic logic circuit widely applied in spike-sorting area. In this paper, a novel circuit design of a concise 4-bit AVD whose topology consists of a 2’s complement circuit and a 3-bit ripple carry adder (for comparison purpose), etc., with critical path designed to be as short as possible. Since the minimum energy consumption and the minimum delay cannot be guaranteed at the same time, critical path gate sizing is conducted. Using the method of logic effort and appropriately relaxing the delay requirements to 1.5 times the minimum value, a suitable voltage ranging from 0V to 1V is found to achieve the goal of minimum power consumption.

PENGARUH KEPERCAYAAN MEREK DAN KEPUASAN KONSUMEN TERHADAP LOYALITAS MEREK MITSUBISHI XPANDER PADA PT. MAKASSAR MANDIRI PUTRA UTAMA

This study aims to determine the effect of brand trust and consumer satisfaction on brand loyalty Mitsubishi Xpander at PT. Makassar Mandiri Putra Utama. The population in this study were all consumers at PT. Makassar Mandiri Putra Utama meanwhile, the sample is 30 samples. Data analysis was performed using multiple linear regression analysis techniques. The results showed that brand trust and consumer goals had a positive and significant effect on brand loyalty on Mitsubishi Xpander at PT. Makassar Mandiri Putra Utama

A systematic review on price volatility in agriculture

AbstractThe recent extreme volatility in agriculture prices determines serious repercussions to various stakeholders and levels in the food value chain, that is, producers, intermediaries, and customers, at micro‐, meso‐ and macro‐economic governance levels, respectively. Persistent high/low degree of agriculture prices leads to unsustainable production/consumption patterns, thus representing an impediment to reaching the goal of responsible consumption and production (UN‐SDGs 12). The lack of comprehensive real‐time information on price volatility's internal and external factors often resulted in an inconclusive and counterintuitive outcome while performing empirical estimation. The present review was conducted using the PRISMA framework to systematically identify and analyze literature from two important databases. Papers have been grouped by volatility drivers, governance levels, theoretical approaches, and background data types. The present review is a valuable starting point for understanding the links between multi‐dimensional factors affecting the persistent price volatility and the theoretical and empirical analytics trends to provide the computational advancement needed to cope with model estimation issues. It also highlights the importance of a paradigm shift in researching agriculture price volatility to addressing food crises, considering principal objectives and perspectives such as food security, poverty alleviation, sustainability in food value chains, and resilience of food systems across the globe.

When does a goal-appeal match affect consumer satisfaction? Examining the work and play context

The concept of correctly targeting an audience with a targeted message in marketing is not new. However, the body of research in the advertising–consumer matching literature focuses on demographic fit rather than fit between the advertising message and the consumer's consumption goal. Further, little is known about how the felt targetedness influences consumer satisfaction. Thus, beyond the demographic fit, this study suggests that a matchup between consumers' consumption goals and advertising appeals can improve felt targetedness and further satisfaction related to the featured product. Based on the functional matching hypothesis and literature on felt targetedness, we investigate the role of a goal-appeal fit in the relationship between advertising targetedness and satisfaction using two methods, empirical testing with secondary data and an experiment. The findings suggest a positive relationship between advertising targetedness and consumer satisfaction and support that a goal-appeal fit, particularly a hedonic goal-appeal fit versus a utilitarian goal-appeal fit, strengthens the relationship. A discussion about theoretical and managerial implications follows.

Nature-positive goals for an organization's food consumption.

Organizations are increasingly committing to biodiversity protection targets with focus on 'nature-positive' outcomes, yet examples of how to feasibly achieve these targets are needed. Here we propose an approach to achieve nature-positive targets with respect to the embodied biodiversity impacts of an organization's food consumption. We quantify these impacts using a comprehensive database of life-cycle environmental impacts from food, and map exploratory strategies to meet defined targets structured according to a mitigation and conservation hierarchy. By considering the varying needs and values across the organization's internal community, we identify a range of targeted approaches towards mitigating impacts, which balance top-down and bottom-up actions to different degrees. Delivering ambitious nature-positive targets within current constraints will be challenging, particularly given the need to mitigate cumulative impacts. Our results evidence that however committed an organization is to being nature positive in its food provision, this is unachievable in the absence of systems change.

Consumer and Retailer Perception on Circular Fashion Approach

The massive expansion in garment consumption over the previous few decades have had a significant environmental impact. There is a significant amount of waste in this apparel as a result of fast fashion and the increasing manufacture of low-quality clothing. The project's purpose is to explore the feasibility of enhancing the practice of circular fashion in Dhaka and making it more successful toward the goal of sustainable consumption and circular economies. Survey questionnaires and comments from customers and retailers help to better understand people's attitudes toward this sort of behaviour. The development and refinement of both market strategy and the growth of new markets are advantages of this study for retailers. Additionally, customers have the option to defend the circular fashion strategy. Consumers may also rationalize the circular fashion strategy by using terms such as reuse or recycling, second-life retailing, cloth renting and swapping, and short-term renting.

INFLUENCER MARKETING FOR HEDONIC AND UTILITARIAN PRODUCTS: COUNTERINTUITIVE TOURISM FINDINGS

This work investigates how the relevance of social influencers’ product-specific expertise and utilitarian/hedonic argument style depends on consumers’ (hedonic or utilitarian) consumption goals. The experiment consists of comparing a hotel selection for a vacation (hedonic condition) to a hotel chosen for a seminar trip (utilitarian condition). To verify the hypotheses, a structural equation model is developed. Contradicting human intuition, (1) expertise has a similar importance under hedonic and utilitarian conditions. Regarding (2) argument style, the results indicate the necessity for adaptation to a particular consumption goal. This finding marks a surprising contrast to prior results. Collectively, these findings clarify the ideal pairing of influencer characteristics and consumption goals in the context of influencer marketing.

Factor system and framework approach to measuring the environmental potential of textile enterprises

The realization of sustainable development goals is one of the leading trends of scientific research in recent years. There are quite a lot of publications devoted to the environmental component of sustainable development, which cannot be said about the assessment of the environmental potential of business systems. More often we are talking about strategic environmental assessment of projects, the effectiveness of environmental management, environmental sustainability and responsibility. But if an organization does not have the appropriate capacity, it is hardly possible to solve these issues. The environmental potential of an organization is an effective tool for implementing the goals of responsible production and consumption, as it characterizes the opportunities, resources and conditions for the formation of a business ecosystem that meets the needs of both present and future generations. The mechanism of its assessment is an important tool in the environmental management system and requires a systematic approach to its development. The purpose of the study was to analyze the essence of the concept, methods of measurement and factors that determine the environmental potential. As a result of the study, conclusions were drawn about the need to take into account a number of requirements in the formation of a method of measuring the environmental potential of the organization, which is the subject of this article. The proposed approach is of a framework nature, as the list of indicators of environmental potential can always be expanded and refined taking into account the specifics of industry characteristics and the profile of the organization's activities.

An analysis of environmental awareness among Chinese higher education groups due to differences in different majors

In this study, the university students of Chongqing Three Gorges University as the main research object, through the questionnaire survey method to obtain empirical data, analyze the factors affecting the environmental protection consumption behavior of university students. College students are a relatively independent consumer group, we from the environmental protection consumption behavior, personal environmental protection attitude, environmental awareness of the concept of three aspects of their analysis, the study of all kinds of college students personal environmental awareness. Students of various major categories in Chongqing Three Gorges University were selected as research objects for data collection. SPSS software was used for reliability and validity of the data obtained, correlation analysis was used to analyze the relationship between variables, and students of different majors were filled in environmental conceptual papers, and the information after filling was datalized and analyzed by multidimensional scaling method. Therefore, it is concluded that we should strengthen the education of college students in environmental aspects, advocate the community, the school level to carry out environmental education activities, encourage college students to actively participate in, so as to improve their environmental awareness level in consumption, use green consumption to restrain their consumption behavior, so as to reduce the environmental problems caused by college students' consumption. At the same time, colleges and universities strive to build environmental education, so that environmental protection will deepen the environmental awareness of college students, and promote the development of environmental protection of the whole society, and finally achieve the goal of building environmental protection consumption of all employees.

Demand for electronic devices in the context of sustainable development – evidence from Poland

Purpose: The purpose of the article is to identify how the goals of sustainable development in the area of responsible consumption are realized, using the example of demand for electronic devices in Poland, and to identify opportunities for its solution. Design/methodology/approach: The article undertook to answer the question: how to reduce the negative impact of excessive consumption of electronic devices on the sustainable development goal of responsible production and consumption? The following methods were used: literature review, analysis of the results of research institutions and consulting agencies, deductive reasoning. Findings: The causes of excessive consumption of electronic devices and the generation of harmful waste are not only the relatively low awareness of consumers, but also the strategies of producers inspired by technological progress and the intensity of global competition. Therefore, in order to reduce this problem and increase the possibility of implementing the principles of responsible production and consumption, systemic solutions involving three parties are proposed: consumers, producers and the state. Practical implications: Opportunities and courses of action to reduce excessive demand for new electronic devices were suggested, which would better achieve the sustainable development goals in the area of responsible consumption. Originality/value: The article is a contribution/voice to the discussion of the controversy surrounding the implementation of sustainable development principles in the context of technological progress and the desire of companies to maximize profits. Keywords: sustainability, responsible consumption, consumer attitudes, electronic market. Category of the paper: Conceptual paper.

Task Offloading for Cloud-Assisted Fog Computing With Dynamic Service Caching in Enterprise Management Systems

In enterprise management systems (EMS), augmented Intelligence of Things (AIoT) devices generate delay-sensitive and energy-intensive tasks for learning analytics, articulate clarifications, and immersive experiences. To guarantee effective task processing, in this work, we present a cloud-assisted fog computing framework with task offloading and service caching. In the framework, tasks make offloading decisions to determine local processing, fog processing, and cloud processing with the goal of minimal task delay and energy consumption, conditioned on dynamic service caching. To this end, we first propose a distributed task offloading algorithm based on noncooperative game theory. Then, we adopt the 0–1 knapsack method to realize dynamic service caching. At last, we adjust the offloading decisions for the tasks offloaded to the fog server but without caching service support. In addition, we conduct extensive experiments and the results validate the effectiveness of our proposed algorithms.

РАСШИРЕНИЕ НОТАЦИИ IDEF0 ДЛЯ ФУНКЦИОНАЛЬНОГО ОПИСАНИЯ ДИНАМИЧЕСКИХ СИСТЕМ

The development of rules for transitions between the design stages of dynamic systems: the goals of the system consumer, system requirements, technical solutions and consumer properties of systems, remains one of the most important aspects in the design of complex systems. The article implements an extension of the IDEF0 notation – a notation system for functions and their components. For a more detailed functional description of dynamic systems, an extension of the semantic notation language is introduced. Such an extension allows getting more detailed information about the system as a whole, and creates links between the functional and behavioral models. Extended semantics is applied to the design of functional descriptions of the aircraft parts. The notation extension is also a component of the lifecycle management system under development, that, in particular, should solve the issue of engineering semantics deficiency, not allowing to ensure in the elaborating processes the correspondence between requirements and technical solutions, the verification of those relationships and the validation of the system being developed. As a result, the expansion of the IDEF0 notation, new, expanded properties of the system model will be formed, which contribute to solving validation and verification problems in the development of complex technical systems.

Awareness of Household Energy Consumption and its Impact on the Environment: A case of Kathmandu Valley, Nepal

The purpose of this paper is to assess the situation as it currently exists and the environmental impacts of household energy consumption in Nepal's urban setting. The paper makes several recommendations for joint environmental regulation and sustainable energy consumption. The study evaluated the level of sustainable energy consumption and examined the extent and composition of household energy use in urban areas based on questionnaire survey data. The findings indicate that electricity is the primary means of lighting, and LPG is the primary means of cooking. The findings also demonstrated that only a minority of those living in the Kathmandu Valley exhibit energy conservation behaviors and are cognizant of environmental effects like climate change. The overall energy consumption in urban areas is positively influenced by both population density and income levels. It is crucial to implement appropriate measures, such as optimizing the renewable resource and enhancing energy usage efficiency through technological advancement, in order to meet the goal of emission reduction and sustainable energy consumption.

Using public procurement of organic food to promote pesticide-free farming: A comparison of governance modes in Denmark and Sweden

Promoting organic farming is the ultimate strategy to reduce the use of synthetic pesticides. Denmark and Sweden have introduced measures to increase organic consumption as a policy strategy to expand the organic farm sector. Both countries have introduced public procurement programmes for organic food in public sector institutions. While the Danish procurement programme relied on a set of central government policy instruments, the Swedish programme used a national organic consumption goal for the public sector as the main measure. In a Nordic context, both programmes were successful as they reached significantly higher organic consumption levels than those of the other Nordic countries. However, the Swedish procurement programme performed better than the Danish. The article undertakes a comparative analysis of the governance modes in the two programmes. These developed differently. In Denmark, governance was characterised by centrally governed programme initiatives whereas the Swedish governance mode limited the role of central government to setting direction and leaving it to local and regional government to adopt specific measures. The comparative analysis does not allow drawing firm conclusions about the effect of governance modes on programme success as the institutional context was most conducive for success in Sweden. Nonetheless, the analysis does highlight that the Swedish governance mode resulted in a high level of local engagement in increasing organic food procurement. Despite the differences, the cases suggest two pathways for successfully increasing public procurement of organic food as a measure to expand pesticide-free farming.

Формирование бизнес-модели транспортной организации в условиях трансформации концепции транспортной услуги

Objective: Currently, the concept of a business model is not limited only to the ways on how to generate profit or to attract customers. Business model should take into account the needs and ultimate goals of consumers, should create a goal for customers and for an organization itself. Transport organization and transport service on transportation belong to the category of service traditional types while one of success constituents will be the being of a viable development strategy and corresponding to it business model, that’s subject to its regular updating, therefore, the formation of methods contributing to the development of transport organizations in the conditions of transport service conception transformation. Thus, the purpose of this article is to develop methodology for the formation of business models of a transport organization in the context of transport service concept transformation. The tasks are set to identify the features of business model formation in dependence of the types of activity as well as to develop methodological provisions for the formation of transport organization business model in the context of transport service concept transformation. Methods: Research methodology represents analysis and systematization of theoretical studies covering as theoretical ways of building business model as well as complex methodological foundations on business model development in terms of industry specifics as well as in view of digitalization process development in transport field. Results: The study results were the rationale for strategic orientation priority for transport organization development in the context of transport service concept transformation, the assessment of methodological approaches to business model development with indicating their application possibility for a transport organization; the systematization of methods for the assessment of transport organization activities as well as the development of transport organization business model with underlining its elements. Practical significance: Based on the study, methodological provisions were developed for business model formation for transport organizations in the context of transport service concept transformation.

Pricing of Vice Goods for Goal-Driven Consumers

Research in psychology shows that consumption goals can help consumers avoid excessive consumption of vice goods and the associated long-term harm. In this paper, we propose a model of self-control with consumption goals and examine how goals moderate the behavior of consumers and the firm’s strategy. We find that consumers’ personal goals lead to a lower price for a less unhealthy product but a higher price for a more unhealthy product. Furthermore, even though personal goals reduce the sales of a product, the firm can be better off if consumers have goals rather than no goals. The improvement in the firm’s profits need not be at consumers’ expense. In fact, consumer welfare increases with personal goals. In some contexts, consumption is not driven by personal goals but shaped by social norms, such as the advice of experts or social groups. We find that, unlike personal goals, normative goals make consumers less sensitive to price and do not always improve consumer welfare. Furthermore, normative goals can hurt the firm’s profits in contexts in which personal goals could improve profits. Finally, we show that our framework with dynamically inconsistent preferences yields results that are consistent with alternative formulations of consumer self-control problems, such as the dual-self model of Thaler and Shefrin and the costly self-control model of Gul and Pesendorfer. This paper was accepted by Duncan Semester, marketing. Supplemental Material: The online appendix is available at https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2022.4567 .

Zero fluctuation: Electric-fluctuation-elimination heat pump system with water storage tank based on time-of-use tax

Due to the difference of heating load between day and night, the power load of heat pump heating system varies greatly day and night. Furthermore, the rapid growth of heat pump heating systems for meeting the requirement of low carbon heating will result in more and more serious electricity fluctuation, which will threaten the stability of the power grid. In order to reduce this power fluctuation, a single-heat-pump heating system with water tank thermal storage (SHPHSTS) is constructed. Based on the thermodynamic calculation of the heat pump refrigeration cycle, using step search optimization method, the operation parameters of the constructed heating system are optimized with the goal of constant power consumption from power grid within a day. Then, the corresponding electricity consumption and power fluctuation, after adopting the proposed operation optimization strategy in heating season are analyzed. At last, function of power fluctuation (FL) and degree of fluctuation (DF and DF’) are proposed to quantitatively evaluate the effect of the power fluctuation reduction in heating season, and the correlation between the electricity consumption of the heating system and power grid load is analyzed. The results show that due to the thermal storage of HWST and the optimizing operation strategy, constant power consumption of heating system could be realized within a day. On the typical heating day, the power consumption in traditional peak time reduces by 60.8%, and the electric bill is 22% lower compared with that of the traditional heat pump heating system. Furthermore, the power consumption fluctuation during the whole heating season reduces substantially, the power fluctuation function reduces from 460% to 150% by adopting the proposed operation optimization strategy. The correlation analysis indicates that the busy degree of power grid in peak time could be relieved by thermal storage and the optimizing operation strategy. Consequently, the peak of power consumption of heat pump heating system could be decoupled from the peak of power grid.

Strengthening the Role of the Young Generation as the Influencers to Accelerate the Implementation of Green Economy: A Co-Creation Value Perspective

The role of the green economy is very important, where the fulfillment of needs does not sacrifice the goals of sustainable consumption and production as well as resource efficiency. Indonesia has made a National Action Plan (RAN) to implement the 12th principle in the Sustainable Development Goals, known as Responsible Consumption and Production (RCP) aimed at improving production processes and consumption practices to reduce resource consumption, waste generation, and emissions throughout the life cycle of processes and products. RCP requires citizen involvement about community, increased awareness, willingness to pay, and environmental-friendly lifestyle. This research is intended to analyze the role of the Young Generation to become Influencers (through co-creation of values) so that they can encourage the implementation of good practices as green consumers. To gain insights on people’s willingness to participate in green economy, preliminary research has been conducted involving 229 respondents. A model was constructed to identify the antecedents of willingness to participate. The antecedents were Attitude, Perceived Behavioral Control and Behavior. Descriptively, the field findings can explain the behavior and willingness to participate of the younger generation in green economy practices. The findings of the preliminary research can be used as the basis for proposing a more predictive model using the role of influencers as a moderating variable that intervene in the influence of behavioral intention on willingness to participate. Keywords: Behavior, Willingness to participate, SDG, Influencers, Co-creation of Value.

PERAN KEPUASAN KONSUMEN MEMEDIASI PENGARUH KUALITAS PRODUK TERHADAP LOYALITAS PELANGGAN (STUDI PADA KONSUMEN TEH GELAS DI KOTA DENPASAR)

The competition for packaged tea drinks has developed rapidly due to changes in people's lifestyles in consuming tea. This study aims to analyze the role of consumer satisfaction in mediating the effect of product quality on customer loyalty. The research location is Denpasar City with an unlimited population. The sample was determined by purposive sampling and 100 people were taken. Data was collected using a survey approach and the instrument of this research was a questionnaire which was measured using a Likert scale. Data analysis was performed using path analysis. The results showed that product quality and customer satisfaction had a positive and significant effect on customer loyalty, product quality had a positive and significant effect on consumer satisfaction. consumer goals mediate the effect of product quality on customer loyalty Teh Gelas. The implications of this research theoretically support the findings of previous studies and studies related to customer loyalty. The practical implication for the Parents Group is to maintain product quality in order to create satisfaction for consumers and ultimately lead to a sense of consumer loyalty to the product.
 Keywords: Product Quality, Customer, Customer Loyalty