Qualitative Market Research: An International Journal Emerald Article: Are voters‚ consumers?: A qualitative exploration of the voter-consumer analogy in political marketing Norman Peng‚ Chris Hackley Article information: To cite this document: Norman Peng‚ Chris Hackley‚ (2009)‚"Are voters‚ consumers?: A qualitative exploration of the voter-consumer analogy in political marketing"‚ Qualitative Market Research: An International Journal‚ Vol. 12 Iss: 2 pp. 171 186 Permanent link to this document:
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firm attempts to study and understand the consumer behavior due to businesses stay in business by attracting and retaining customers (Arnold‚ Price & Zinkhan‚ 2002). That means only gaining a comprehensive understanding of consumer behavior can meet the firm¡¯s marketing goals. According to Solomon (1999)‚ most marketers now recognize that consumer behavior is an ongoing process; decision making unit plays an important role in this process. As the basic consumer decision-making unit‚ family are most
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CONSUMER ANALYSIS SEGMENTATION‚ TARGETING AND POSITIONING The term segmentation was first introduced into marketing literature by Alderson (1937). In 1950s‚ Smith conceptualized and provided a definition of segmentation as we know it today. Market segmentation may be defined as subdividing a heterogeneous market into more homogeneous subgroups based on some common customer characteristics‚ such as age‚ location‚ time of purchase or purchase frequency. Segmentation strategy has been expanded into
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CHINESE CONSUMER McEwen‚ W‚ Xiaoguang‚ F‚ Chuanping‚ Z & Burkholder‚ R 2006‚ ’Inside the mind of the Chinese consumer’‚ Harvard Business Review‚ vol. 84‚ no. 3‚ pp. 68-76. INTRODUCTION Today China becomes one of the biggest economies all around the world. After the economy boom‚ there is many affluent people appear. A study conducted in China‚ revealed that this country consumes a quarter of world luxury consumer products. Therefore‚ it can be obviously said that China converts one of the
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Consumer Surplus The term surplus is used in economics for several related quantities. The consumer surplus (sometimes named consumer’s surplus or consumers’ surplus) is the amount that consumers benefit by being able to purchase a product for a price that is less than the most that they would be willing to pay. The producer surplus is the amount that producers benefit by selling at a market price mechanism that is higher than the least that they would be willing to sell for. Note that producer
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Origin of Consumer Rights | Consumer rights were recognized broadly in many ancient Hindu‚ Islamic and Christian religious scriptures; however‚ no literary work formalized them into a concise set until the 1960s. Consumer rights in India and the modern world owe their origin to the consumer revolution of the pre-60s in the United States of America.On March 15‚ 1962‚ US President John F Kennedy made a historical speech about consumer rights as he introduced ’The Consumer Bill of Rights’ in the
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EFFECT OF COUNTRY OF ORIGIN OF A PRODUCT ON CONSUMERS’ BUYING BEHAVIOR By FIREW KIFLE GUDERO Bachelor of Arts in Business Management Jimma University Jimma‚ Ethiopia July 2001 Submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate College of the Oklahoma State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE May‚ 2009 COPY RIGHT BY FIREW KIFLE GUDERO MAY 2009 THE EFFECT OF COUNTRY OF ORIGIN OF A PRODUCT ON CONSUMERS’ BUYING BEHAVIOR Thesis Approved: Dr
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Consumer Behavior MKT/ 435 Consumer Behaviors University of Phoenix January 26‚ 2012 Instructor: Consumer Behavior This paper will give a brief definition of what is consumer behavior. It will also express how consumer behavior is related to marketing. Marketing is the developing of any service or goods that consumer buys. When a company market’s a product they have to define the wants and needs of the consumers. To define the wants and needs of the consumers the company should evaluate
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Journal of Consumer Research Inc. Brand Community Author(s): Albert M. Muniz‚ Jr. and Thomas C. O’Guinn Source: Journal of Consumer Research‚ Vol. 27‚ No. 4 (March 2001)‚ pp. 412-432 Published by: The University of Chicago Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/319618 . Accessed: 29/09/2011 15:11 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp JSTOR is a not-for-profit
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Consumer behavior Simona Romani Chapter 1 – Consumer motives and values Motivation (I) Motivation is a driving force that moves individuals to take a particular action; this driving force is produced by a state of tension‚ which exists as a result of an unfulfilled need. Need Satisfaction Homeostasis We strive for a state of equilibrium (Homeostasis) Physiological needs (e.g. hunger) move us away from this But so do social and psychological needs Deprivation Motivation (II) Biogenic
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