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Current Asus models are available on the Asus website. Function‐oriented business models or product-service systems (PSSs) are often seen as an excellent means for achieving ‘factor 4’. SusProNet, an EU network on PSSs, showed a more complicated reality. Many technological innovations introduce attributes that are novel or completely unknown to a large number of consumers. Finally, it is shown that the negative effect of novel attributes on the evaluation of high-complexity products can persist even after consumers are given explicit information about the benefits of novel attributes. Therefore, ensure that labels are made of good quality materials so they remain intact in adverse conditions also. This paper presents a set of ideas, concepts, models, and procedures appropriate to information manufacturing systems that can be used to determine the quality of information products delivered, or transferred, to information customers. In order to investigate these issues from a consumer point of view, this paper reports on an empirical study of 1012 college students and their perceptions of the acceptability of such placements.

Demand for variety may arise from a taste for diversity in individual consumption and/or from diversity in tastes even when each consumer chooses a single variant. A key marketing implication of these findings is that novel attributes may contribute to technophobia, or consumer resistance toward technological innovation. Product placement in movies is an important emerging area of marketing and advertising communications, but it also raises controversial ethical issues. The paper also signifies the importance of cost estimation in the early phases of the design cycle and, as such, briefly discusses the current trends and future directions in the area. This involvement may range from simple consultation with suppliers on design ideas to making suppliers fully responsible for the design of components or systems they will supply. This problem is compounded by the fact that design team members often are reluctant to listen to the technology and cost ideas made by suppliers in new product development efforts. • Plastic straws are no longer supplied at the courses, although paper cups and glasses have been ordered with a special funnel design around the rim to restrict spilling.

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