Meaning of self-segment | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To choose a product or service on the basis of factors such as quality and price, rather than because of targeted marketing.
2. To place oneself in a particular group, for example when responding to a survey.
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3. To cause a thing to acquire appropriate size by a planned process.

Examples

“Internet business is much more a form⟳ of supply⟳ marketing than of demand⟳ marketing. It is creating new segments, new needs, new attitudes and new behaviors, and customers tend⟳ to self-segment themselves to a large extent (e.g. through the way they search⟳ on the Web, the information they release⟳ on themselves, etc.).”

“Similarly Kimes and Wirtz (2003) stated that well designed rate fences that are logic and intuitively understood allow⟳ consumers to self-segment based on their willingness-to-pay and enables companies tomore effectively manage⟳ the different segments to their particular needs on the value-price continuum”

“Premium price fences allow⟳ consumers to self-segment on the basis of willingness to pay⟳ (Kimes and Wirtz, 2003). Thus, the premium price helps to exclude⟳ people with insufficient willingness (ability) to pay⟳ and also offers an opportunity for consumers who desire to belong⟳ to gather.”

“Providing different price and value balances allows a broader spectrum of customers to self-segment and enjoy⟳ the service. It allows each customer to find⟳ the price and benefits (value) balance that best satisfies their needs.”

“Through social media, consumers self-segment and are doing the work⟳ of a marketing department for their suppliers.”

“Online forums therefore provide⟳ useful access to people who have⟳ self-segmented by a certain type⟳ of lifestyle (in this instance health and wellbeing) which researchers can translate⟳ into private (one-to-one) online real time interviews (Hamman, 2007).”

“rather than a conventional strategy that only measures the overall level of housing price connection in the whole country/economy and/or that in self-segmented regions, we exploit the micro-level information by studying the city-to-city spillover.”

“The aim of the present⟳ study⟳ was twofold. First, to empirically test⟳ a novel interviewing technique whereby the witness self-segments their memory of an event into their own⟳ discrete parameter-bound ‘topic boxes’ at the outset, before engaging in an exhaustive free recall⟳ retrieval attempt⟳ (followed by interviewer probing) within the parameters of each topic box in turn⟳. […] The WAFA method enables witnesses to impose⟳ an individual parameter-bound structure⟳ to their recall⟳ by self-segmenting the to-be-remembered event at the outset, before then freely recalling everything they can remember⟳, following which they respond⟳ to interviewer prompts within each of these segments.”

“We encourage⟳ methods that promote⟳ a platform for all viewpoints, not just polarizing views, to be heard. Researchers self-segmenting into smaller, niche conferences or organizations that only highlight one perspective are a disservice to the field and have⟳ the potential to undercut public health.”

“CBP continues to find⟳ ways to improve⟳ the entry process⟳ through the use⟳ of mobile technology to ensure it is safe and efficient. To that end⟳, CBP has deployed a process⟳ which allows travelers to use⟳ a mobile app to submit⟳ information to CBP prior to arrival in domestic locations and prior to departure at preclearance locations. This process⟳, called Mobile Passport Control⟳ (MPC) allows travelers to self-segment upon arrival into the United States or departing a preclearance location.”

“Concepts […] normally trigger associations in our minds, and individuals can have⟳ dissimilar associations when they are faced with the same concept. When used in surveys, vague concepts may have⟳ the effect that different individuals understand⟳ the same questions in different ways (Brady, 1985) and result⟳ in incomparability (King et al., 2004). Vague questions lead⟳ respondents to provide⟳ vague answers. For example, asking visitors to self-segment by answering the question⟳ as to whether they are seasoned snowboarders might introduce⟳ an element of vagueness.”

“As the solution becomes more concentrated, in reality this least solvated block⟳ will begin⟳ to experience⟳ increased self-segment interaction in order⟳ to decrease the less preferred polymer–solvent interactions, while minimizing contact⟳ with the remaining two blocks.”

“Spontaneous separation of species in a droplet may lead⟳ to asymmetric structures. Weitz’s group investigated the fabrication of Janus particles by means of thermally induced phase separation and selective adsorption of colloids in droplets in capillary-based co-axial flow⟳ focusing devices. Aqueous droplets containing the mixture of polyacrylamide (PAAm, served as the hydrogel) and poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) microgels (PNIPAm, served as the nanoparticles) were proved to be competent in forming self-segmented morphology.”

“The self-partitioning SlipChip is composed of two layers of glass plates. By a simple sliding step, an aqueous solution can be solidly self-segmented into individual droplets by a capillary pressure-driven flow⟳.”

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