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Anthropology --- Industries --- Forecasting. --- Social aspects --- Forecasting --- Industry --- Anthropology - Forecasting. --- Industry - Social aspects - Forecasting. --- Industries - Social aspects - Forecasting.
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Tasty, convenient, and cheap, instant noodles are one of the most remarkable industrial foods ever. Consumed around the world by millions, they appeal to young and old, affluent and impoverished alike. The authors examine the history, manufacturing, marketing, and consumption of instant noodles. By focusing on three specific markets, they reveal various ways in which these noodles enable diverse populations to manage their lives. The first market is in Japan, where instant noodles have facilitated a major transformation of post-war society, while undergoing a seemingly endless tweaking in flavors, toppings, and packaging in order to entice consumers. The second is in the United States, where instant noodles have become important to many groups including college students, their nostalgic parents, and prison inmates. The authors also take note of "heavy users," a category of the chronically hard-pressed targeted by U.S. purveyors. The third is in Papua New Guinea, where instant noodles arrived only recently and are providing cheap food options to the urban poor, all the while transforming them into aspiring consumers. Finally, this study examines the global "Big Food" industry. As one of the food system's singular achievements, the phenomenon of instant noodles provides insight into the pros and cons of global capitalist provisioning.
Noodles -- Social aspects -- Japan. --- Noodles -- Social aspects -- Papua New Guinea. --- Noodles -- Social aspects -- United States. --- Noodles industry -- Social aspects -- Japan. --- Noodles industry -- Social aspects -- Papua New Guinea. --- Noodles industry -- Social aspects -- United States. --- Noodles industry --- Noodles --- Business & Economics --- Industries --- Social aspects --- Alimentary paste products --- Pasta industry --- E-books --- 21st century. --- anthropologists. --- asian foods. --- capitalism. --- cheap foods. --- consumers. --- cross cultural. --- cultural anthropology. --- demographic studies. --- diverse populations. --- food and culture. --- food consumption. --- food historians. --- food industry. --- food manufacturing. --- food marketing. --- food production. --- globalization. --- industrial food. --- instant noodles. --- japan. --- nonfiction. --- noodles. --- papua new guinea. --- postwar society. --- poverty. --- prison inmates. --- social science. --- united states. --- us purveyors.
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Legalizing marijuana in California would lead to a major decline in the pretax price, but the price for consumers will depend heavily on taxes, the regulatory regime structure, and how taxes and regulations are enforced. The lower price and nonprice effects will increase consumption, but it is unclear by how much. There is much uncertainty about the effect on public budgets; even minor changes in assumptions lead to major differences in outcomes.
Drug legalization -- California. --- Drug legalization -- Economic aspects -- California. --- Marijuana -- Law and legislation -- California. --- Marijuana industry -- Social aspects -- California. --- Marijuana --- Drug legalization --- Marijuana industry --- Law and legislation --- Economic aspects --- Social aspects
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This book is concerned with the theory and practice of social investment as a profession. It offers a conceptual foundation for investment policy and research, and reviews empirical studies supporting new directions in investment policies. It also provides guidelines for trustees, based on the best available knowledge of corporate behaviour, and presents researchers with key hypotheses to follow in gathering data for the evaluation of social investment norms. A unique study, it provides the basis for defining social investment as a field of knowledge.
Social costs. Social benefits --- Economic sociology --- United States --- Investments --- Investments, American --- Industry --- Social aspects --- Social aspects. --- Social Sciences --- Sociology --- Industries --- American investments --- Investing --- Investment management --- Portfolio --- Finance --- Disinvestment --- Loans --- Saving and investment --- Speculation --- Investments - Social aspects - United States. --- Investments, American - Social aspects. --- Industry - Social aspects - United States. --- United States of America
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How does one of the world’s biggest Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) suppliers develop software? How do Oracle, SAP, Microsoft and Co really work? Christine Grimm presents a first-hand account of a social researcher who entered the software laboratory of one of the biggest ERP providers. Presenting an in-depth ethnography on how people act within such labs, she reveals the highly unexpected social character of programming and shows how the vendor reorganizes himself to find new ways to respond to the expectations of the market. Furthermore, the author highlights the informal practices when an ERP system, as a defective or incomplete product, re-enters the supplier’s labs. The book provides a window into what happens if bugs are dug up and emotions on both the supplier and customer sides are running high.
Computer software -- Development -- Management -- Social aspects. --- Computer software industry -- Social aspects. --- Management --- Commerce --- Business & Economics --- Management Theory --- Local Commerce --- Computer software industry --- Computer software --- Social aspects. --- Development --- Software, Computer --- Business. --- Management science. --- Business and Management. --- Business and Management, general. --- Computer systems --- Computer service industry --- Trade --- Economics --- Industrial management --- Quantitative business analysis --- Problem solving --- Operations research --- Statistical decision
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