In Consumer Behavior Insights, the authors deliver a cutting-edge examination of consumer behavior, combining a thorough introduction to the subject with an overview of common and important consumer behaviors, contemporary social issues impacting consumer behavior including social media, a global mindset of consumer behaviors, and the ethical aspects of consumer behavior.
The authors draw on extensive consumer behavior research and teaching experience to offer a streamlined pedagogical framework designed to provide a contemporary and fresh voice in the discipline. Consumer Behavior Insights is ideal for undergraduates, graduate, MBAs, and executives seeking new insights to better understand consumers. In this edition, you'll find:
- An easy-to-follow introduction to and overview of consumer behavior
- The consumer buying process
- A throughgoing focus on global, ethical, and social media issues relevant to consumer behavior
- Supplementary materials for instructors, including PowerPoint slides and a Test Bank
Acknowledgments |
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Preface |
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About the Authors |
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PART I INTRODUCTION: CONSUMER BEHAVIOR INSIGHTS |
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1 Introduction: Consumers are Key to a Company's Success |
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Consumer Behavior as a Multifaceted Phenomenon |
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The Buyer-Seller Interaction |
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Why Is Consumer Behavior So Challenging? |
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2 Consumers' Insights as Drivers of Marketing Strategies |
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Successful Businesses Provide Solutions |
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Consumer-Centric Strategy |
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What to Offer Consumers: a Unique Value Proposition |
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Finding the Right Consumer: Segmentation, Targeting, and Positioning |
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How to Get the Product to the Consumer: The Marketing Mix |
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3 How (and Why) to Listen to Consumers |
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Listening to Consumers as a Marketing Strategy |
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Kinds of Marketing Research Data |
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Part II Consumer Buying Process |
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4 How Consumers Make Decisions |
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Making Decisions About a New Product |
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Understanding Post-Purchase Behavior |
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Word-of-Mouth Messages and Complaints |
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6 The Irrational Consumer: Biases and Situational Effects on Consumers' Decision-Making |
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Heuristics and Cognitive Processing |
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Importance and Difficulty in the Purchasing Decision |
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Heuristics and Potential Decision-Making Biases |
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Part III Unveiling the Black Box of the Consumer Buying Process |
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7 Consumer Motivation and Emotions |
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8 Consumer Personality and Self-Concept |
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10 Consumer attitude Formation and Change |
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Can Marketers Change Consumers' Attitudes? |
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How Consumers View the World |
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How Do Marketers Use Information on Consumer Perception? |
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12 Consumers' Social and Cultural Context |
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Different Bases of Reference Groups |
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Part IV Diverse Perspectives That Comprise Us All |
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Selecting a Global Market to Enter |
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Deciding How to Enter the Market |
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Deciding on the Marketing Mix: How Do We Market and Communicate with These New Consumers? |
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Social Media in the Context of Marketing Strategy |
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Social Networks and Influencers |
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"Do Good" as a Strategic Decision |
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Corporate Social Responsibility |
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Theory Glossary |
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Keyword Glossary |
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Index |
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Dr. Ayalla Ruvio is an Associate Professor of Marketing at Michigan State University. She is the Academic Director of the Master of Science in Marketing Research. She is an applied consumer behavior researcher who focuses on issues such as identity and consumption, material versus experiential consumption, consumer arrogance, and cross-cultural consumer behavior. Her research has been published in refereed journals including the Journal of Academy of Marketing Science, International Journal of Research in Marketing, Journal of Product Innovation Management, and Leadership Quarterly. She is the coeditor of the volume on Consumer Behavior in the International Encyclopedia of Marketing and the book Identity and Consumption. Dr. Ruvio's research has been featured in numerous media outlets all over the world, including the CNN, TODAY show, Good Morning America, Time magazine, The New York Times, Forbes, Consumer Reports, The Daily Telegraph, The Atlantic, The Telegraph, and the Toronto STAR. https://broad.msu.edu/profile/aruvio
Dawn Iacobucci is the E. Bronson Ingram Professor of Marketing at the Owen Graduate School of Management, Vanderbilt University. She was Senior Associate Dean for Owen (2008-2010), Professor of Marketing at the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University (1987-2004), the Coca-Cola Distinguished Professor of Marketing, Professor of Psychology and Head of the Marketing Department of the University of Arizona (2001-2002), and the John Pomerantz Professor of Marketing at Wharton, the University of Pennsylvania (2004-2007). She received her M.S. in Statistics, and M.A. and Ph.D. in Quantitative Psychology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her research focuses on social networks and methodological questions. She has published in the Journal of Consumer Psychology, Journal of Marketing, Journal of Marketing Research, Journal of Service Research, Harvard Business Review, Marketing Science, International Journal of Research in Marketing, Psychometrika, Psychological Bulletin, and Social Networks. Iacobucci teaches Marketing Management, Marketing Research, Marketing Analytics, and Services Marketing to MBA and executive MBA students, and multivariate statistics and methodological topics in Ph.D. seminars. She was editor of both the Journal of Consumer Research and Journal of Consumer Psychology. She edited Networks in Marketing, Handbook of Services Marketing and Management, Kellogg on Marketing, and coedited with Bobby Calder, Kellogg on Integrated Marketing. Iacobucci authored Marketing Models: Multivariate Statistics and Modeling Analytics, 4th ed., Mediation Analysis, Analysis of Variance, 2nd ed., MM1-4, and Marketing Management, 6th ed. https://business.vanderbilt.edu/bio/dawn-iacobucci