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On The Persuasiveness Of Opinions Versus Advice: An Information Diagnosticity Perspective

Consumers can share information about products in the form of either opinions—whereby they merely communicate whether they like or dislike a product—or advice—whereby they also provide explicit Read More »

Date: 06/03/2014
Author: Matteo De Angelis, Andrea Bonezzi, Derek D. Rucker, Alessandro M. Peluso
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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Focusing On Details Results In Tolerance: How Construal Level Theory Relates To Consumer Ethical

To get a better idea of when consumer misconduct is most likely, we relate construal level (CL) to consumers’ tolerance towards ethically questionable consumer practices. Prior research on CL and Read More »

Date: 06/03/2014
Author: Begum Yetiser, Maggie Geuens, Tine Faseur
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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Factors Affecting The Switching Behaviour For Mobile Service Users In Egypt: A Proposed Conceptual

The rapid growth of services has arguably changed the conditions of business in terms of customer attraction and retention. Slow or rapid market growth makes markets more competitive, thus, firms are Read More »

Date: 06/03/2014
Author: Esraa Karam Moharram, Wael Kortam, Mohamed Sobhy Temerak
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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Framing The Game: How Positioning Brands In Competition Can Be Strategically Used To Increase Brand

A prominent narrative in contemporary consumer culture is one in which “category killer” brands like Amazon, Starbucks, Home Depot, and Wal-Mart are forcing mom and pop independent bookstores, Read More »

Date: 2013
Author: Neeru Paharia, Jill Avery, Anat Keinan
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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Countervailing Influences Of Consumer Animosity And Nostalgia On Purchasing Decisions

In recent years, consumer animosity has received a lot of attention in international marketing literature (for a review, see Riefler and Diamantopoulos 2007). The construct is conceptually defined as Read More »

Date: 01/2013
Author: Justina Gineikienė, Adamantios Diamantopoulos, Sigitas Urbonavičius
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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