Networked Consumers : Dynamics of Interactive Consumers in Structured Environments /
Steven D. Silver.
- 1 online resource (203 pages)
Cover -- Networked Consumers -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 2 A Disequilibrium Model of Interactive Consumers -- 3 Environments of Networked Consumers: Random Processes in the Generation of Institutional Forms -- 4 Clustering and Content Overlap in Networked Consumers -- 5 Hierarchical Allocation Heuristics in Networked Consumers -- 6 Integrating Work and Consumption: Cross-Domain Transfer of Skill and Affect -- 7 Networked Consumers in Economic Growth -- 8 Summary and Discussion -- Index.
Personal consumption accounts for two thirds of GDP, yet recent economic events have emphasised our limited ability to translate consumption patterns into policy. Steven Silver analyses this understudied area, exploring the network memberships that emerge from our everyday lives, and the consumption patterns these create.