CONSPICUOUS CONSUMPTION IN EMERGING MARKETS: THE CASE OF STARBUCKS IN COLOMBIA AS A GLOBAL AND SUSTAINABLE BRAND

Conspicuous Consumption in Emerging Markets: The Case of Starbucks in Colombia as a Global and Sustainable Brand

Conspicuous consumption symbolizes ostentatious and material consumption through the purchase of products and services with a higher economic value and that allows their consumers to excel socially.However, conspicuous consumption often does not represent social and environmental values, because their products are often not characterized by being m

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A novel mutation in ACADVL causing very long-chain acyl-coenzyme-A dehydrogenase deficiency in a South Asian pediatric patient: a case report and review of the literature

Abstract Background Very long-chain acyl-coenzyme-A dehydrogenase deficiency is a rare, severe life-threatening metabolic disorder of mitochondrial fatty acid oxidation, caused by mutations in ACADVL gene.Here we present a genetically confirmed case of a South Asian baby girl with severe, early-onset form of very long-chain acyl-coenzyme-A dehydrog

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Design of car body structure for articulated EMUs

In order to meet the demands jumbo wind gold of the European market, a new articulated car body structure for EMUs has been developed in compliance with the requirements of the European technical specifications for interoperability (TSIs) and incorporating the installation requirements of the articulated bogies.By optimizing the force flow transfer

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