Consumers need only have access to the contingent consumable components to continue to derive service from a durable.
Large milk volumes are processed by the milk cooperatives and one brucellosis positive cow can thus infect the whole milk contingent putting consumers at risk for disease.
The anti-inflationary message will be welcomed by central bank governor Raghuram Rajan, who has made lowering India's growth-stifling high interest rates contingent on containing consumer prices.
Markit expects the consumer discretionary contingent of the S&P 500 will see only nine dividend increases in 2010, down from 17 in 2009.
Vegetable gardening has been on the rise across the country, according to Bruce Butterfield, research director at the National Gardening Association, driven by rising food prices and a growing contingent of health-conscious consumers.
Page A10 National VEGETABLE GARDENS SPROUT WHILE ECONOMY STRUGGLES As the economy continues to stagnate, vegetable gardening has been on the rise across the country, according to the research director at the National Gardening Association, driven by rising food prices and a growing contingent of health-conscious consumers.
This was determined by a contingent choice survey in which consumers in Michigan were presented with hypothetical options that varied in purchase and maintenance costs.
The results from an explorative post hoc study echo these findings and suggest that effects of culture-specific website design on consumer website evaluations are contingent on the website product category.
That said, it's pretty clear that the success of the bulb is contingent on its cost and if consumers can be convinced of its longterm benefits.
This paper applies a typology adapted from the consumer psychology literature to a Contingent Valuation Method (CVM) survey.
While consumer advocacy organizations like the Consumer's Union and the Consumer Federation of American supported the proposal, a separate contingent of consumer privacy advocates -- including Consumer Watchdog and the Center for Digital Democracy -- applauded the bipartisan effort, but said more could be done.
