This monograph provides a review of the literature on Chinese consumer behavior and its strategic implications. The contemporary hybridity of the Chinese market is explored by concentrating on seven constructs, each representing a paradox or apparent contradiction. These seven constructs focus on the contrasts posed by: the consumer impact of the "open-door policy" versus market socialism, the consumer values of long-term orientation versus "prosperity now," collectivism versus conformist individualism, low power distance versus status appeals ...

In which way is thinking dependent on the situational context? How is information transferred between different co-existing representations of the same situation? In this book, these questions are explored in the context of middle school students working with linear functions. Conceptual understanding and reference are discussed in a Peircian semiotic framework. A detailed, formal analysis based on situation calculus goes deeply into the questions of linkages between representations, the meaning of numbers, and the informational content of different mathematical ...

Sometimes you have to go back to move forward In the tradition of the beloved novels of Debbie Macomber and Kristin Hannah, award-winning author Tammy L. Grace returns readers to the fifth book in her Hometown Harbor Series and another unforgettable journey of friendship, family, and loss. Twenty years later, the death of Kate’s daughter remains fresh in her mind. Looking at Kate no one would guess the grief, self-doubt, and anguish that plague her. In a quest to move forward, she and Spence are building a new life on the island and the happiness ...

The aim of this book is to prove that ecotourism is an economically viable option for the development of rural sites. Ecotourism builds on local socio-economic dynamics and has minimal impact on the environment. The application of ecotourism as a sustainable development option for rural sites was tested in Kaa Al Rim, which is a village in mountain of Sannine. A mega-scale development project called Sannine Zenith of Lebanon is proposed for Sannine Area and promoted as sustainable despite its incompatibility with principles of sustainability. Kaa Al Rim ...

What would you sacrifice to do the right thing? New York City private investigator Gabriel Ross faces this elemental question in The Hanged Man. After seeing Gabriel confront a bigot in a controversial viral video, attorney Raymond Booth wants to hire him to probe a disturbing incident at Raymond’s charitable foundation. As Gabriel is otherwise publicly scorned and losing clients, he’s keen to take on Raymond’s case. But then Raymond disappears. Raymond’s sister Toni hires Gabriel to find the missing man. Gabriel turns up evidence ...

How do religious educators meaningfully engage adult learners? How do they invite adults to begin a learning journey and inspire them to stay on it? In an era of "spiritual but not religious," how can religious educators, and clergy in particular, respond to the yearnings of adults for connection, wholeness, and purpose? Open Minds, Devoted Hearts offers the examples of three outstanding congregational rabbis whose teaching answers that call to action. Through innovatively incorporating biographical portraits and educational scholarship the book provides ...

At the age of 19, S. Keith Kreitman was drafted into the Army and sent to the front lines as a combat medic in the European Theatre in the final days of World War II. He was thrust into the final, brutal battles with Allied troops as they broke through the German lines and ended the war in Europe, and stationed in Heidelberg as the occupation began. Highly decorated for courage under fire, he never considered himself a hero, but a citizen-soldier who held no illusions about war. The gritty realistic account of combat is balanced with the touching human and ...

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