Handbook of research on consumer behavioral analytics in Metaverse and the adoption of a virtual world

"The advent of Metaverses will have a profound influence on consumer behaviour, from how people make decisions and create brand connections to how they feel about their avatar embodiment and their purchase in Metaverse. This book aims to investigate the social, behavioral, and psychological factors that influence Metaverese adoption. The focus then shifts to concepts, theories, and analytical approaches for detecting changes in consumer behavior in the Metaverse. It offers multidisciplinary research and practice in social, psychological, and behavioral analytics to detect, forecast, and categorize consumer behavior shifts in the Metaverse and help organizations make better decisions. This book will be an interdisciplinary project that engages various disciplines such as computer sciences, data sciences, marketing, management, and business studies.This book offers a future insight into consumer behavior change in Metaverse. Covering topics such as the adoption of virtual reality, consumer behavior change in Metaverse, consumer behavioral analysis, emotional intelligence, purchase decision making in Metaverse, consumer segmentation in Metaverse, this premier reference source is a timely resource for students and educators of higher education, researchers, academicians, and libraries. In academia, the publication will benefit researchers, lecturers, and students by providing them with new insights into different fields such as behavioral analytics, digital marketing, digital transformation, consumer behavior change, decision making, and data science. Furthermore, the book is beneficial for business executives, entrepreneurs, data analysts, marketers, advertisers, government officials, social media professionals by offering them new techniques and methods to consumer behavior change using analytical techniques"--