Consumers have recently become more concerned about food additives and food safety. Since its first meeting on September 17, 2003, the Risk Communication Expert Committee has studied and discussed the ideal methods to communicate risk related to food safety issues in response to a Food Safety...

The e-book market in Japan is growing in this decade and according to Impress R&D this tendency will be continue. In this paper, we collected 3,000 samples by online survey and found a tendency of consumption of e-book in Japan by using conjoint analysis. We found 1) attachment to physical...

With widespread use of smartphones, many people use smartphone online shopping applications to enjoy online purchasing. However, Japanese young people's behavior and perceptions with regard to smartphone online shopping applications are unclear. To reveal these perceptions and priorities, this...

The e-book market in Japan is growing in this decade and according to Impress R&D this tendency will be continue. In this paper, we collected 3,000 samples by online survey and found a tendency of consumption of e-book in Japan by using conjoint analysis. We found 1) attachment to physical...

Consumers have recently become more concerned about food additives and food safety. Since its first meeting on September 17, 2003, the Risk Communication Expert Committee has studied and discussed the ideal methods to communicate risk related to food safety issues in response to a Food Safety...

With widespread use of smartphones, many people use smartphone online shopping applications to enjoy online purchasing. However, Japanese young people’s behavior and perceptions with regard to smartphone online shopping applications are unclear. To reveal these perceptions and priorities, this...

Der Verkehrssektor hat einen neuen und zukunftsorientieren Markt: Fernbuslinien sind eine günstige Alternative zu den etablierten Verkehrsträgern. Ihre rasante Entwicklung mit einer sehr heterogenen Anbieterstruktur - vom Großkonzern zum Startup-Unternehmen - sind Anlass genug für eine...

Basic confounding patterns for full-profile conjoint analyses based upon ranking are examined. It is shown that commonly used orthogonal main-effect designs can lead to biased part-worth estimates, especially to an underestimation of less important variables. An alternative design procedure is...

CJ-Analysen werden in der Marktforschung eingesetzt, um metrische Nutzenfunktionen zu ermitteln. Sofern die Eingabedaten in Form einer Rangordnung vorliegen, ist bei der Auswertung eine Skalentransformation vorzunehmen. Am Beispiel einer Conjoint-Anwendung wird aufgezeigt, daß hieraus deutliche...

This article examines basic features of ranked Conjoint-data, analyzes the adequacy of evaluation methods and proposes improvements for better utilizing the information provided by ranked data. It is shown that commonly used goodness-of-fit measures provide inadequate proxy measures for...

Mit der Marktnahen Produktentwicklung soll die technologische Leistungsfähigkeit eines Unternehmens so in die Neuproduktentwicklung eingebunden werden, dass Bedürfnisse der Kunden bestmöglich befriedigt werden. Auf diese Weise sollen geforderte und realisierte Produkteigenschaften...

Conjoint analysis has become the most used technique for measuring preferences for new products to be launched in the market. Experimental design models are key elements for its use in market research. Such models involve a matrix in which attributes and levels are combined, making product...

The aim of this work is to determine and analyse consumer preferences regarding the profiles of an e-retailer's web page. Two types of products are examined, a pleasure trip and a laptop computer, to test whether there are differences in the individuals' preferences. There are two reasons for...

In this study, we analyze the Japanese TV audience's preference for time-shifted viewing (TSV), which was introduced in the media market October 2015. This service has various characteristics such as a simple fee-charging video-providing service through the Internet, by which network...

Mass media formats such as films may affect attitude and behavior at social, group or individual level. Existing literature lack sufficient evidence and results on the way according to which, films may influence in a positive manner entrepreneurial attitude. Research and results reported herein...

Personal information is essential in an information-oriented society for societal development and as a valuable business resource. However, because of poor management and a lack of proper protection, leakage of personal information can take place over time, and the standard for compensation is...

Der Gedanke, durch Akquisitionen Synergien zu realisieren und damit Werte zu schaffen, beflügelt seit Jahrzehnten die Phantasie von Managern. Obwohl durch zahlreiche Studien aufgezeigt werden konnte, dass die meisten Transaktionen nicht zu einer Steigerung des Unternehmenswertes führen, sind...

This thesis is about consumer acceptance of products consisting of materials which are based on renewable resources. The focus is on wood-based materials, including solid wood but also by-products and wood waste, as only the combination of these materials facilitates resource efficiency. The...

Mass media formats such as films may affect attitude and behavior at social, group or individual level. Existing literature lack sufficient evidence and results on the way according to which, films may influence in a positive manner entrepreneurial attitude. Research and results reported herein...

Personal information is essential in an information-oriented society for societal development and as a valuable business resource. However, because of poor management and a lack of proper protection, leakage of personal information can take place over time, and the standard for compensation is...

The objectives of this research were to 1) study farmers' perceptions on crop insurance of first rice and 2) examine key characteristics of crop insurance as viewed by farmers. A field survey was conducted to interview 246 famers. The research findings were as follows 1) overall perception of...

We investigate the effectiveness of initiating deposit insurance at the outset of a banking crisis. Using a conjoint analysis approach that allows us to consider the simultaneous impact of multiple deposit insurance attributes and various counterfactuals, we ask a multinational sample of...