News tagged with global products


Fei-Chang or Pepsi Cola? What makes consumers choose local brands over global ones?

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Mar 31, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Why do some consumers prefer local products and others gravitate toward global brands? A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research examines why some people might choose a local brand instead of a recognizable global brand ...





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Samsung Electronics has announced a 4.29 billion dollar plan to make their business  environmentally-friendly

Samsung's 4.2 bln dlrs 'green' initiative

Technology / Business

created Jul 20, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

South Korea's Samsung Electronics Monday announced a 4.29 billion dollar plan to develop eco-friendly products and cut emissions from its manufacturing plants by 2013.


China scales back IT disclosure demands

Technology / Internet

created Apr 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Beijing has temporarily averted a trade clash with Washington by scaling back a demand for foreign suppliers of computer security technology to disclose how their products work.


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Japan plans WTO complaint on SKorea battery rule

Technology / Business

created Jun 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Japan is set to complain to the WTO this week over a South Korean plan to tighten safety regulations on lithium-ion batteries, accusing Seoul of protectionism, a report has said.


Data From Newest Ocean Satellite Ready for Their 'Close-up'

Data From Newest Ocean Satellite Ready for Their 'Close-up'

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Aug 07, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Following a year of calibration and validation by an international team of scientists, fully-validated, research-quality sea surface height data from the NASA/French Space Agency Ocean Surface Topography Mission/Jason-2 ...


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Taiwan's HTC earnings edge down in Q2

Technology / Business

created Jul 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

HTC Corp, Taiwan's leading smartphone maker, said Monday its net profit in the second quarter was down almost two percent from a year earlier.


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Japan's Pioneer expects sixth year in red

Technology / Business

created May 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Japan's Pioneer Corp. warned it would spend a sixth straight year in the red as it pulls the plug on its loss-making television business and slashes thousands of jobs.


Cause marketing: Altruism or greed?

Other Sciences / Economics

created Jun 04, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Companies that join with social causes to sell products not only enhance their image but also improve their bottom line, say University of Michigan researchers.


Toward the design of greener consumer products

Toward the design of greener consumer products

Chemistry / Other

created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

So you're a manufacturer about to introduce a new consumer product to the marketplace. Will that product or the manufacture of the product contribute to global warming through the greenhouse effect?


Report: Worst may be over for US tech market

Technology / Business

created Jun 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- As bad as the technology market fared in the first quarter of this year, the worst may be over, at least in the United States, Forrester Research said in a report Tuesday.


NEC Electronics and Renesas Technology announced plans for a merger

Japan chipmakers NEC Electronics, Renesas to merge

Technology / Business

created Apr 27, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

NEC Electronics and Renesas Technology announced plans for a merger to create Japan's largest semiconductor maker, as they seek a way out of the global economic downturn.



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