Despite the fact that the functional value of luxury brands is usually not significantly higher than those of non-luxury brands, luxury brands can achieve significant price premiums in the market over non-luxury brands. Additionally, in a majority of markets and product categories, the price for...

A multitude of single cues determines consumers' emotional responses to business-to-consumer (B2C) websites. This study suggests that it is imperative to more holistically evaluate websites following the Gestalt approach. Consistent with the landscape model of preference, this study argues that...

Although firms are faced by a large number of market introduction failures, research into a major driver of these failures, customer resistance to innovation, is surprisingly scarce. While most authors have investigated positive adoption decisions, this paper focuses instead on consumer...