TY - BOOK AU - Sheth,Jagdish N. TI - Genes, climate, and consumption culture: connecting the dots SN - 9781787434110 AV - HB801 .G46 2017 U1 - 339.47 23 PB - Emerald Publishing Limited KW - Consumption (Economics) KW - Climate change mitigation KW - Business & Economics KW - Marketing KW - General KW - bisacsh KW - Sales & marketing KW - bicssc N1 - Includes index; Includes bibliographical references N2 - Drawing from decades of research, Genes, Climate, and Consumption Culture: Connecting the Dots demonstrates how climate dictates culture and consumption. The author shows that human genes are climatic adaptations over thousands of years of evolution, which has resulted in the dramatic differences between people's food, clothing, and shelter choices. Most importantly, the book discusses how many of the fundamental differences between cultures, with respect to time, space, friendship, and technology, are responses to their particular climate. Readers will learn how to challenge their assumptions about what types of products and services foreign markets want. They will learn how to examine local markets vis-a-vis climate and culture, either changing their products accordingly or delivering entirely new offerings UR - https://www.emerald.com/insight/publication/doi/10.1108/9781787434110 ER -