Essays on congruence theory in marketing

Essays on congruence theory in marketing
Author: Robér Rollin
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 177
Release: 2022-09-30
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3658393645

Digital products are intangible goods, mainly presented visually and acoustically to consumers in the form of videos, images, texts, and music that can be bought, downloaded, or streamed via various web stores. Their consumption primarily fulfills hedonic needs. Before purchasing, a consumer's interaction with a digital product is always mediated by technology. Therefore, consumers cannot directly judge the quality through "touch and feel" experiences. This book diminishes the ability to evaluate digital products. Therefore his thesis seeks to answer which product attributes have an impact on consumers' product evaluation, and purchase intention.

Congruency, Expectations and Consumer Behavior in Digital Environments

Congruency, Expectations and Consumer Behavior in Digital Environments
Author: Frederic Nimmermann
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2019-10-23
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3658284218

A progress in technologies, the increasing expansion and use of digital environments lead to remarkable shifts of business activities. These transformations not only impact business but also affect consumers’ attitudes, beliefs, and practices. Thus, Frederic Nimmermann sheds light on consumer behavior in central subareas in digital environments such as advertising. Six essays address specific phenomena in these central subareas for a more profound understanding of consumers and their related behavior. Both academia and practitioners profit from the results and implications of this study. ​About the Author: Frederic Nimmermann works as a research assistant at the Chair of Marketing and Retailing at the University of Siegen. His research focuses on consumer behavior in digital environments.

Essays on Purchasing and Supply Management

Essays on Purchasing and Supply Management
Author: Daniel Kern
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 150
Release: 2011-04-20
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3834962279

Daniel Kern provides an answer on how to implement the theoretical concepts into day-to-day business of multinational corporations through the empirical validation of SCM models and in-depth casestudies. The four essays cover research on inter-firm collaboration, supply risk management, purchasing competences and research on measuring and benchmarking SCM efforts.

Drivers of User Engagement in Influencer Branding

Drivers of User Engagement in Influencer Branding
Author: Tanja Fink
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 237
Release: 2021-08-23
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3658346515

The knowledge on how to influence user engagement metrics and thereby brand visibility plays a crucial role in influencer branding – both for social media influencers as well as marketers. Based upon two holistic empirical models and the analysis of real-world data, Tanja Fink is able to show important drivers of user engagement in influencer branding. Therefore, the author is building upon established models from research in celebrity endorsement, product placement and social media marketing. The profound empirical results reveal surprising and highly relevant insights for brand managers which call for a more conscientious (visual) integration of brands in user-generated content (UGC) on Instagram. In addition, the author detects several mechanisms for increasing user engagement while preventing user reactance towards the brand endorsement.

Research Handbook on Brand Co-Creation

Research Handbook on Brand Co-Creation
Author: Markovic, Stefan
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 448
Release: 2022-03-10
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1839105429

Bringing together different theoretical perspectives on brand co-creation and discussing their practical applicability and ethical implications, this Research Handbook explores emerging notions of brand construction which view brands as co-created through collaborative efforts between multiple stakeholders.

Trust, Ethnicity, and Identity

Trust, Ethnicity, and Identity
Author: Janet T. Landa
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Total Pages: 248
Release: 1994
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780472103614

How ethnic kin-based trading networks can rely on trust when a well-developed framework of contract laws is missing

Researching and Analysing Business

Researching and Analysing Business
Author: Pantea Foroudi
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 456
Release: 2023-12-14
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1003803164

Researching and Analysing Business: Research Methods in Practice provides an accessible and practical guide to various data collection and data analysis techniques within management, from both quantitative and qualitative perspectives. This key resource functions as a comprehensive reference tool – covering a broad variety of methodologies – examining both the theory behind them and their application in practice. These include systematic literature review through bibliometric and meta-analysis, secondary vs primary sources, qualitative research vs quantitative research, combining qualitative and quantitative methods, qualitative and quantitative research method approaches, fsQCA, data mining, and sentiment analysis. Chapters are rich in examples, data sets, practical exercises, easy-to-follow slides, and a glossary, which help readers to understand and apply research approaches as well as to assess the strengths and weaknesses of each method. Unique in its practical approach and with insights from active researchers, this book is required and recommended reading for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students studying research methods as a core module within business and management courses. It is also a useful tool for PhD students and academics within the discipline. Online support materials include PowerPoint slides.

A Psychological Approach to Entrepreneurship

A Psychological Approach to Entrepreneurship
Author: Dean A. Shepherd
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 621
Release: 2014-12-31
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1783479809

øWithin an entrepreneurial context, what a person thinks and feels and how they behave are hugely consequential. Entrepreneurs often work in scenarios of considerable time pressure, task complexity, uncertainty and high performance variance. This fasci