Although several studies point to the emerging importance of technology in consumer habits, limited studies have quantitatively shown how these variables influence consumer intention. Given this gap, this study offers an ...

Objective: This article aims to examine socioeconomic development in times of a pandemic and to present the use of collaborative consumption as a way of promoting the social value of work and the search for full employment ...

The research addresses the practices of existing collaborative consumption, empowered by the Internet, studied here from the fanpage Consumo Colaborativo CC – Brasil - Facebook. For this, we propose a discussion about the ...

The main objective of this article is to show how organisations can be understood as producers of consumers and that the sphere of consumption should, therefore, become an integral part of the field of Organisation Studies. ...

Recently, the Brazilian Electricity Regulatory Agency (ANEEL) regularized the electricity prepayment system and opened a general discussion about the technologies, resources, and implementations for the prepayment metering ...

This thesis is an analytical analysis of consumption in Brazil, based on data from the Consumer Expenditure Survey, years 2008 to 2009, collected by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics. The main aim of the ...

This paper aims to analyze the importance of self-consumption in agrarian reform settlements in Rio Grande do Sul. The characterization of self-consumption in the settlements is based on the information of the settled ...

Exchange goods contribute to social complexity and identity construction, but our knowledge of past practices associated with the circulation and consumption of such goods is limited. We explore the polished black ceramics ...