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Optimal Stimulation Level Theory and Exploratory Consumer Behavior: An Analysis of Underlying Structures across Product Categories

Helm, Roland; Landschulze, Sebastian - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

Research of the last decades focused on answering several questions in view of optimum stimulation theory. Which variables do influence general explorative tendencies such as risk taking, variety seeking, or curiosity-motivated behavior and how do the general explorative tendencies effect the...

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Motivating factors and barriers to sustainable consumer behaviour [1]

Stagl, Sigrid; O'Hara, Sabine U. - In: International Journal of Agricultural Resources, … 2 (2002) 1, pp. 75-88

While large scale, regionally concentrated food producers, processors and distributors are becoming more and more … important, a number of consumers have become dissatisfied with this food system for various reasons. Some consumers search … actively for alternatives. One of the more recent social innovations in the food sector are "Community Supported Agriculture …

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An emerging environmental market in Mauritius: myth or reality?

Juwaheer, Thanika Devi - In: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and … 1 (2005) 1, pp. 57-76

During the past decade, concern for the environment has emerged as a major socio-political issue among developed nations throughout the world and the increase in the number of environment friendly or 'green' products has been significant. This paper provides information on a study which assessed...

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The effects of 'country-of-origin' and 'corporate image' on the perceptions of product quality and purchase intention

Lee, Jung-Wan; Tai, Simon W. - In: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and … 2 (2006) 4, pp. 335-350

This study analyses how consumer perceptions on the quality of products are influenced by the marketing appeals of multinational firms and by the country-of-origin effects. It presents findings derived from the results of country-of-origin effect, corporate image, its brand image and purchase...

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Technology and empowerment in Danish insurance companies

Nielsen, Jorn Flohr; Blandfort, Jon; Langer, Frederik; … - In: International Journal of Financial Services Management 1 (2005) 1, pp. 118-140

Both empowerment and the use of emergent technologies are ways to cope with increasing competition and customer demands on service industries. The relationship between empowerment, technology and behaviour at the service encounter is, however, sparsely documented. This article offers a...

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Experimentation with household dynamics: the consumat approach

Jager, Wander; Janssen, Marco A.; Viek, Charles - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 4 (2001) 1, pp. 90-100

because of the complexity of the household system. Multi-agent simulation offers a tool to get a better understanding of the … developments. A computer simulation of consumer behaviour has been developed on the basis of a meta-model of behaviour, which …

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Towards a dynamic aggregate shopping model and its application to retail trading hour and market area analysis

Baker, Robert G.V. - In: Papers in Regional Science 79 (2000) 4, pp. 413-434

The supermarket equation is a differential equation peculiar to spatial science. The complex form of this equation is presented here and is used to study aggregate consumer shopping patterns. The focus is the relationship between trips to, and shopping within, planned shopping centres relative...

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The Unfinished Symphony: an evolutionary perspective on the conception of sustainable development

Jackson, Tim - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 3 (2000) 3, pp. 199-220

The "biophysical" critique of conventional development highlights the failure of economics to ground itself sufficiently in physical and biological realities. This paper discusses two specific aspects of modern economic systems (the profit motive and consumer behaviour), which are at best...

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Measuring Variability Factors in Consumer Values for Profit Optimization in a Firm – A Framework for Analysis

Rajagopal - EconWPA - 2004

Consumer value may be defined as a tool to measure the prolonged satisfaction and an on-going propensity to buy the product and services. Though there are many issues floating in an on-going debate about the consumer value, it may be argued that the consumer value in terms of the level of...

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Consumer Perspectives of Brand Extension Effects : Information Analysis Determining the Consumer Behaviour Patterns

Rajagopal - EconWPA - 2004

Brands are successful because people prefer them to ordinary products. In addition to the psychological factors already mentioned, brands give consumers the means whereby they can make choices and judgments. The secret to successful branding is to influence the decisions the way in which...

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