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Showing papers by "David Bell published in 2007"


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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine customer trials at Netgrocer.com, and draw on studies in marketing and economics conjecture that exposure spatially to proximate others (through direct social interaction or observation), can influence decisions of those who have yet to try.
Abstract: For traditional retailers the customer pool is largely bounded in space, whereas an Internet retailer can obtain customers from a wide geographical area. We examine customer trials at Netgrocer.com, and drawing on studies in marketing and economics conjecture that exposure spatially to proximate others (through direct social interaction or observation), can influence decisions of those who have yet to try. Trials arise from utility-maximizing behavior and the model is estimated as a discrete time hazard. The data span: (1) 29,701 residential zip codes, (2) 45 months of transactions since inception, and (3) zip code contiguity relationships. The estimated neighborhood effect is significantly positive and economically meaningful.

189 citations


Journal ArticleDOI
David Bell1
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors highlight the connection between urban regeneration, commercial food and drink spaces, and the idea of the "hospitable city" as it is conceived in both theoretical writings and in accounts of urban regeneration.
Abstract: Recent theoretical discussions of the 'spaces of hospitality' have remained largely abstract, and have also ignored the commercial hospitality industry. At the same time, commercial hospitality is becoming increasingly important for the branding and promoting of cities. This paper highlights the connection between urban regeneration, commercial food and drink spaces, and the idea of the 'hospitable city' as it is conceived in both theoretical writings and in accounts of urban regeneration. The paper highlights the work of hospitality in the commercial sector, but also argues that commercial hospitality should not be seen as merely calculative, instrumental, economic exchange.

140 citations


Journal ArticleDOI
David Bell1
TL;DR: The authors argue that the translations that occur in the policy environment can result also in "mundanization", in the emptying out of applied research as it is repurposed to suit the pressing needs of a public sector, fast-policy audit culture.
Abstract: In this paper I draw on my experience, in the context of the UK higher education sector, of trying to be ‘useful’. Specifically, I discuss cultural policy work, and contextualize this through debates in both cultural studies and geography concerning relevance and engagement beyond the academy. In a confessional tone, I argue that the translations that occur in the policy environment can result also in ‘mundanization’, in the emptying out of applied research as it is repurposed to suit the pressing needs of a public sector, fast-policy audit culture.

24 citations


Book ChapterDOI
18 Jan 2007

18 citations


Journal ArticleDOI
TL;DR: In this paper, the elasticity of purchase incidence with respect to inventory was used to model the negative and positive effects of inventory on the probability of purchase on ten product categories and fit better than the standard nested logit and an alternative developed by Ailawadi and Neslin (1998).
Abstract: Product inventory exerts two countervailing forces on the probability of purchase: More inventory on hand reduces the need to purchase; however, theory suggests higher levels of inventory can drive up consumption, thereby increasing the chance of purchase. Moreover, consumers have biased estimations of their own inventory—especially at high levels of inventory (Chandon and Wansink, 2006), which again suggests a positive relationship between inventory and purchase probability. We model the negative (standard) and positive effects of inventory on the probability of purchase. The model is calibrated on ten product categories and fits better than the standard nested logit and an alternative developed by Ailawadi and Neslin (1998). The elasticity of purchase incidence with respect to inventory represents these opposing forces in an intuitive way, implying an inventory threshold below (above) which the net effect is positive (negative). Estimated thresholds are plausible across categories, with the food categories of hot dogs, ice cream and soft drinks showing the largest effects.

14 citations


Book Chapter
01 Jan 2007

4 citations


Journal ArticleDOI
21 Jun 2007-City
TL;DR: Dolores Hayden, with aerial photographs by Jim Wark as mentioned in this paper, published by W. W. Norton, London and New York, 2006, 128 pp., ISBN 0−393•73198•7, £12.99 (pbk).
Abstract: Dolores Hayden, with aerial photographs by Jim Wark. W. W. Norton, London and New York, 2006, 128 pp., ISBN 0‐393‐73198‐7, £12.99 (pbk). The perfect word to describe this book and its contents is B...

2 citations


01 Jan 2007
TL;DR: In this paper, the challenges for Yorkshire cities in the context of the current and potential regional cultural offer are discussed. But it is not a strategy document, but an attempt to give an overview of current thinking within academia and policy-making about the cultural agenda for regions and regional cities in UK.
Abstract: This report was commissioned by the Yorkshire Cultural Observatory and the Yorkshire & Humber Key Cities group It is not a strategy document but an attempt to give an overview of the current thinking within academia and policy-making about the cultural agenda for regions and regional cities in the UK In particular it looks at the challenges for Yorkshire cities in the context of the current and potential regional cultural offer The report is a snapshot of current academic and policy thinking, but it also draws on a series of interviews conducted with policymakers in the five key cities as well as regional agencies These interviews were limited in number and are not meant to be a comprehensive consultation exercise Rather they acted to focus some of the issues raised by the literature and policy review and to develop suggestions around priority areas for the region

1 citations