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Technological innovation : a study of adoption and diffusion of technology in the pottery kiln industry (1980)
Thesis
Clements, M. Technological innovation : a study of adoption and diffusion of technology in the pottery kiln industry. (Thesis). University of Salford

This Thesis is about behaviour, a special type of behaviour, the adoption and diffusion of-new ideas and practices - "innovations"- in particular technological-innovations. Successive Governments and'the Media frequently point to historical cases... Read More about Technological innovation : a study of adoption and diffusion of technology in the pottery kiln industry.

Conspicuous consumption : a study of exceptional consumer behaviour (1980)
Thesis
Mason, R. Conspicuous consumption : a study of exceptional consumer behaviour. (Thesis). Salford : University of Salford

The thesis offers a detailed study of that part of consumer behaviour which is status-directed and which encourages individuals to purchase and consume products not for their intrinsic value (i.e. their value in use) but for their extrinsic (i.e.... Read More about Conspicuous consumption : a study of exceptional consumer behaviour.