0 Abstract In this article we compare recent findings from focus group research on electricity information disclosure in Switzerland with consumer research in the US. On the basis of the results, we provide an overview of disclosure schemes in the US and in Europe. Our aim is to summarize the key issues of electricity disclosure from a residential customer's point of view and to underline the p...

This article provides examples of how the Health Care Financing Administration is providing Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries with information that will allow them to become more active participants in decisions affecting their health and well-being. The article emphasizes how HCFA has incorporated a beneficiary-centered focus and social marketing techniques in its consumer information activi...

BACKGROUND We aimed to establish levels of consumer involvement in randomised controlled trials (RCTs), meta-analyses and other studies carried out by the UK Medical Research Council (MRC) Clinical Trials Unit across the range of research programs, predominantly in cancer and HIV. METHODS Staff responsible for studies that were included in a Unit Progress Report (MRC CTU, April 2009) were ask...

This paper investigates and reviews literature regarding a range of topics important to the research question – the themes apply across all the topics. The topics include label and package warnings, including tamper-evident features, to review their effect on the consumer behaviour of changing usage or purchase decisions. This information was then applied to gain insight into anticounterfeit pr...

economic and economic structures important factorin fluencing in the manufacturing, shaping and development people living space. in the approach geography is very important production trend, transport, interchange, changing shape and consumption products required people, risedesire, spirit,the beliefsand behavior. weekly market from the distant past hitherto as center for doing necessary interc...

This research examines the area of Online Consumer Health Information Retrieval (HIR) as: “a field of study that pertains to consumers’ use of the Internet to locate and evaluate health related information, for the purposes of self education and collection of facts to enable informed decision making.” A research model exploring the antecedents of consumer satisfaction with online HIR is develop...

consumer’s demand for functional foods is increasing, however, production of such food is not an easy task, and sometimes the sensory aspects of food are affected adversely. to ensure the customers of the quality of food, it is necessary to label the product with accurate nutrition information in order to make people aware of the positive nutrition effects of such foods. the aim of this researc...

aim : in this retrospective survey women with and without self-reported postpartum depression (ppd) were compared in regards to consumption-frequency of foods and supplements rich in nutrients beneficial to nervous system (ns) health, in regards to consumption-frequency of compounds which may counteract the effect of the above and in regards to nutritional support provided to them during a preg...

This research develops a framework for the e-business logistic model in Taiwan. The model includes factors of e-marketplace, logistic, organization and informational systems. Data used for this research comes from a survey of various business groups that include marine and air carriers, terminal warehousing, custom brokers, shipping centers and marine information service providers. Our studies ...