The idea that consumers are rational decision makers, who carefully consider options when making a decision about a certain phenomenon, will soon phase out! Believe it or not. In a bid to better understand the consumer, a myriad of economists still waste their precious time on “not-so-deep”...

In their droves, many countries are joining the bandwagon of adopters of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs), perhaps, taking for granted the human behaviors possibly influencing their decisions. Drawing upon themes from psychology, this paper elicits students' perceptions of the...

Objective - The intention of visitors of resort hotels is a highly studied topic. More specifically, the aim of the study is to analyse the intention of tourists to return to resort hotels in Indonesia.Methodology/Technique - An explanatory method was used with 388 visitors of resort hotels...

Objective self-awareness theory (Duval & Wicklund, 1972) predicts that individuals behave morally compliant and honest under increased self-awareness. We argue that this proposition requires a critical reflection in the context of Virtual Reality (VR). The present thesis investigates...

In the literature on product line pricing, consumer choice is often modeled using the max-surplus choice rule. In terms of this concept, consumer preferences are represented by so-called reservation prices and the deterministic decision rule is to choose the product that provides the highest...

Sustainable Marketing strategies are unavoidable for 21st century businesses. Companies have started investing huge amount on these activities. Consumers do expect companies to adopt sustainable strategies but realizing one's need is the only drive for any consumer. Thus, there is gap between...

Product reclamation is a critical process in remanufacturing. It is generally assumed in the literature that customers simply want to get rid of their used products without expecting any compensation for them. Some authors have only recently started looking into firms that offer a posted (fixed)...

This paper studies the impact of gender and religiosity on the attitudes towards business ethics of a sample of 437 Italian business students. Data were collected through a survey analysis in March-April 2013. We grouped our 18 items into four key areas of analysis and calculate an index that...

Electric vehicle (EV) has been promoted in many countries as a way of green transportation. However, the EV adoption rate remains quite low. Besides the immature technology and high cost, the low adoption rate also attributed to the nature of vehicle as a durable product, which has slow as...