er behaIntern. J. of Research in Marketing 21 (2004) 241 – 263 www.elsevier.com/locate/ijresmar A social influence model of consumer participation in network- and small-group-based virtual communities Utpal M. Dholakiaa‚*‚ Richard P. Bagozzia‚ Lisa Klein Pearob a Rice University‚ Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Management‚ 6100 Main Street‚ 314 Herring Hall-MS 531‚ Houston‚ TX 77005‚ USA b Cornell University‚ Cornell School of Hotel Administration‚ Ithaca‚ NY 14853‚ USA Received 8 May 2003;
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A RESEARCH REPORT ON: “Consumer electronics purchasing behavior” Submitted By: Preetesh Shetty MMS-1‚ SEMESTER-2 DIV-C Roll no: 2011157 Project guide: Prof. Taruna Parmar DECLARATION I Preetesh shetty‚ pursuing Master’s of Management Studies‚ semester 2 from Lala Lajpat Rai Institute of Management hereby declare that the research report entitled “Consumer electronics purchasing behavior” is submitted by me as a project work and is an original work. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I would like
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Protocols: Protocol 1 Anticipatory I have been longing for one sunglass for a long time after I accidently stepped on my old one and broke it. Since summer is on the way‚ nice and sunny weather has always reminding me to think about consumption. Unfortunately‚ I am such a picky person that I determined to get the perfect fit only for my special. My criteria are primary focused on the quality‚ brand‚ and the style. Probably style can be considered as the most important one because I want everything
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[pic] “Consumer Behavior & Shopper Marketing In FMCG Post Financial Crisis” Submitted To The Department Of Marketing In Partial Fulfillment Of The Requirements For The Degree Of Masters in Business Administration (Marketing) At the Lebanese University Debate Committee C.P.G : Dr Mohamed Jebaii Supervisor: Dr Amal El-Kurdi Co-supervisor: Dr. Abdl Hasan Haidar Academic year 2008-2009 Dedication This thesis is dedicated to my father‚ who taught me that the best kind of
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Religion influence Consumer Behavior “Human beings are not born with a set of behaviour‚ they have to learn it. What they learn is dictated by the culture into which they are born or within which they grow up” – J Bareham(1995) Culture makes us similar to some people but different to the vast majority. Culture compromises of many aspects such as Language‚ Politics‚ everyday food habits and Religion. Religion can be defined as a subculture. A subculture is a group whose members share beliefs and
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Journal of International Consumer Marketing‚ 23:181–192‚ 2011 Copyright c 2011 Marieke de Mooij and Geert Hofstede BV ISSN: 0896-1530 print / 1528-7068 online DOI: 10.1080/08961530.2011.578057 Cross-Cultural Consumer Behavior: A Review of Research Findings Marieke de Mooij Geert Hofstede ABSTRACT. Most aspects of consumer behavior are culture-bound. This article reviews the cultural relationships with the self‚ personality‚ and attitude‚ which are the basis of consumer behavior models and branding
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Holidays and Our Consumer Culture Holidays have always been known to affect our consumer culture for many years‚ but how it all began eludes many people and very few studies have been completed on it. Even though some say that the subject is too broad to precisely to identify how holidays‚ especially Christmas‚ directly affect our market‚ I have found that people’s values‚ expectations and rituals related to holidays can cause an excessive amount of spending among our society. Most people
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12/22/2012 | Submitted to: Ms Ambreen Bashir Submitted By: Bushra Noshad (8771) Maha Khalid (8787) Mehreen Tanweer (9079) Muhammad Mohsin Javed (9408) Sonia Amin Rajani (9026) Consumer Behavior | term report fall’ 2012 | Contents Executive Summary 5 PRODUCT CATEGORY 6 COMPETITORS POSITIONING: 6 DELL POSITIONING: 6 HP POSITIONING: 6 SONY VAIO POSITIONING 6 TARGET MARKET: 7 MARKETING MIX: 7 Marketing Mix of DELL: 7 PRODUCT: 7 PRICE: 7 PROMOTION: 7 PLACE:
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factors influencing consumer behavior This article is the third in a series of articles about the factors and variables that influence the behavior of consumers. How reacts a consumer? What are the motivations and aspirations that guide him? What are the factors that influence him? Why he will choose a product or brand over another? Today‚ let’s focus on the factors influencing consumer behavior: what are they? How do they work? What is their level of importance to the consumer and how he reacts
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Abstract Why do individuals behave the way they do and perform well or poorly in the workplace? This question has been the Holy Grail of much research in organizational behavior (McShane−Von Glinow‚ 2004). A large American city was putting on some seminars for managers‚ and the main topic of the discussion was motivation. During the seminar a problem came to light that a captain of a police station was dealing with some issues with his police officers. When his officers first came to the police
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