The purpose of this research is to explore how a successful global and a local brand may compete side by side in an existing market place based on consumer based brand equity and consumers status seeking motivation for consuming a global versus local brand. The data for this research was...

Purpose – The purpose of this research is to explore how a successful global and a local brand may compete side by side in an existing market place based on consumer-based brand equity and consumers' status-seeking motivation for purchasing a global versus local brand....

Purpose This paper aims to investigate the direct and interactive effects of regulatory focus (promotion versus prevention), attribute type (search versus experience) and word of mouth valence (positive versus negative) on consumption decision for a service and a product....

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the direct and indirect effects of social visibility (private vs public), purchase motivation (intrinsic vs extrinsic vs altruistic) and external reference price (ERP) (absent vs present) on consumers’ pricing decisions in pay-what-you-want...

Purpose – This study aims to propose and test a parsimonious framework for self-congruity, albeit in the context of luxury branding. This paper is the first to propose an integrated model focusing on the drivers and consequences of self-congruity. The model is further applied to explain how...