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Publication date: 1 June 1987

Judy Buttriss

The term ‘elderly’ is often used to refer to men and women of pensionable age. But this group of people represents a cross section of the population, varying greatly in age…

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The term ‘elderly’ is often used to refer to men and women of pensionable age. But this group of people represents a cross section of the population, varying greatly in age, health, living situations, marital status, education and dietary habits. The size of the pensionable population — women aged over 60 and men over 65 — in the United Kingdon has grown rapidly in recent years. In 1901 there were 2½ million pensioners (6% of the population). By 1981, this had increased to almost 10 million (18% of the population). The greatest increase has been in the number of individuals over 80 years of age — from 218,000 to 1½ million in the same 80 year period. The over‐eighties now represent 15% of the pensionable population. More women than men are reaching very old age. The ratio of men to women is 2:1 at age 80 and nearly 3:1 at age 85.

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Nutrition & Food Science, vol. 87 no. 6
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0034-6659

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Publication date: 1 March 1966

following extracts from the Plowden Committee's report on the aircraft industry cover the ing chapters of ‘The Case for an Aircraft ry’ and gives excerpts from later chapters ning…

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following extracts from the Plowden Committee's report on the aircraft industry cover the ing chapters of ‘The Case for an Aircraft ry’ and gives excerpts from later chapters ning the market and collaboration prospects, y procurement, and the future for civil aircraft. In conclusion, the major part of Section 10 relationship between Government and Industry’ n. The full report, Command 2853, is ob‐le at 10s. from Her Majesty's Stationery

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Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, vol. 38 no. 3
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0002-2667

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Publication date: 16 March 2015

Laurence Dessart, Cleopatra Veloutsou and Anna Morgan-Thomas

This paper aims to delineate the meaning, conceptual boundaries and dimensions of consumer engagement within the context of online brand communities both in term of the engagement…

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Purpose

This paper aims to delineate the meaning, conceptual boundaries and dimensions of consumer engagement within the context of online brand communities both in term of the engagement with the brand and the other members of the online brand communities. It also explores the relationships of consumer engagement with other concepts, suggesting antecedents of engagement.

Design/methodology/approach

Data are collected through semi-structured interviews with 21 international online brand community members, covering a variety of brand categories and social media platforms.

Findings

This paper suggests that individuals are engaging in online communities in social network platforms both with other individuals and with brands. The study also identifies three key engagement dimensions (cognition, affect and behaviours). Their meaning and sub-dimensions are investigated. The paper further suggests key drivers, one outcome and objects of consumer engagement in online brand communities. These findings are integrated in a conceptual framework.

Research limitations/implications

Further research should aim at comparing consumer engagement on different social media and across brand categories, as this study takes a holistic approach and does not focus on any particular category of brands or social media. Consumers’ views should also be evaluated against and compared with marketing managers’ understanding of consumer engagement.

Originality/value

This paper contributes to the fast-growing and fragmented consumer engagement literature by refining the understanding of its dimensions and situating it in a network of conceptual relationships. It focusses on online brand communities in rich social media contexts to tap into the core social and interactive characteristics of engagement.

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Journal of Product & Brand Management, vol. 24 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1061-0421

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Article
Publication date: 1 June 1987

He has been with the company, as personnel manager, since 1982. The new position of manager — customer services, will encompass spares and service, installation and commissioning…

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He has been with the company, as personnel manager, since 1982. The new position of manager — customer services, will encompass spares and service, installation and commissioning, rebuild and refurbishing and customer training.

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Pigment & Resin Technology, vol. 16 no. 6
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0369-9420

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Developing and Engaging Clinical Leaders in the “New Normal” of Hospitals
Type: Book
ISBN: 978-1-80382-934-0

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Publication date: 1 March 1984

“Consumerism”, for want of a better description, is given to the mass of statutory control (which shows no sign of declining) of standards, trading justice to the consumer, means…

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“Consumerism”, for want of a better description, is given to the mass of statutory control (which shows no sign of declining) of standards, trading justice to the consumer, means of redress to those who have been misled and defrauded, advice to those in doubt; and to the widespread movement, mostly in the Western world, to achieve these ends.

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British Food Journal, vol. 86 no. 3
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0007-070X

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Publication date: 1 October 2005

Greg Matthews

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Reference Reviews, vol. 19 no. 7
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0950-4125

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Publication date: 1 November 1998

Christopher Skelton‐Foord

What access did readers have to fiction in Britain during the Romantic period? To what extent might the fiction market have been segmented into readers who borrowed their novels…

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What access did readers have to fiction in Britain during the Romantic period? To what extent might the fiction market have been segmented into readers who borrowed their novels from libraries ‐ sometimes stealing or failing to return them ‐ and those who bought them new or second‐hand at bookshops? Many circulating‐library proprietors would also serve the novel‐reading population in their capacity as professional booksellers. As librarians, they would promote the value‐for‐money aspect of renting fiction to readers of limited means; as booksellers, they enabled readers to purchase their particular favourites among their bookstocks as well. Purchasing a book, though, did not equate with genuinely wishing and intending to read it. Failing to return a circulating‐library novel, or stealing one, may have been a stronger indication that a title was indeed being selected to be read ‐ and then being retained to be re‐read.

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Library Review, vol. 47 no. 7
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0024-2535

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Publication date: 21 August 2009

Jungeun Cho, Donghee Kim, Soo W. Kim and Jungsuk Oh

Many companies are trying to acquire innovative technologies and relevant knowledge by sending R&D work overseas. Although recent research has been focusing on the aspects that…

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Many companies are trying to acquire innovative technologies and relevant knowledge by sending R&D work overseas. Although recent research has been focusing on the aspects that motivate MNCs to establish offshore R&D facilities, such as cost reduction and market expansion, little is known about external or circumstantial factors influencing the performance of global R&D activities. Searching for enhancers of offshore R&D facilities, we investigated the relationships between the performance of offshore R&D and the technological capabilities of a parent company, its home country, and its R&D hosting country. Both patent data of EU and the EU R&D scoreboard of 134 overseas R&D labs from 46 MNCs, dating from the period of 2003 to 2005, are used in the analysis. The same time period is applied in calculating the RTA of each country. Regression analysis results support our main hypothesis that the technological capabilities of the parent company and the hosting country positively affect the performance of overseas R&D.

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Asian Journal on Quality, vol. 10 no. 2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1598-2688

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Publication date: 1 June 1982

Another Christmas month is upon us, following it seems quickly on others that have been. Such is the relativity of Time, it is not yesteryear, but could be yester‐month or even…

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Another Christmas month is upon us, following it seems quickly on others that have been. Such is the relativity of Time, it is not yesteryear, but could be yester‐month or even yester‐week. The seasons pass like youth, all too soon. Our minds return to other Christmas months of yore — “Memories are like Christmas roses!”, the old saying goes. The children, singing much‐loved hymns and carols, happy family settings, a birth, christening, so much to look forward to in the new year. There are not always such happy memories, but memories just the same — Christmas in war‐time, Earth's joys growing dimmer each year, change and decay, life drawing to a close for many a soul; old folk tend to see Christmas as a time of passing, of leaving the world behind.

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British Food Journal, vol. 84 no. 6
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0007-070X

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