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Can FMCG Producers Get Away With Deceptive Packaging And Slack Filling? An Investigation Of

Although the practice of deceptive packaging is neither new nor unknown, the literature on this issue is very scare. The aims of this research are to discover the extent to which consumers are aware Read More »

Date: 06/03/2014
Author: Stephen Wilkins, Carina Beckenuyte
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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The More The Merrier? The Effects Of Additional Information Through The Use Of Mobile Apps On

We investigate the impact of additional product information generated by the use of mobile apps on purchase decisions. We propose that additional product information provided by mobile apps Read More »

Date: 06/03/2014
Author: Gerhard Wagner, Gunnar Mau, Hanna Schramm-Klein, Sascha Steinmann
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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Fairness Quality (FQ): A Multiple-Item Scale For Assessing Firms’ Fairness

To encounter firms’ perceived unfair behavior, we develop a measure of fairness quality (FQ) to assess firms’ fairness. Using the means-end framework, we conceptualize, construct, and test the fQ Read More »

Date: 06/03/2014
Author: Bang Nguyen, Steve Chen, Lyndon Simkin
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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Shopping Situations Elicit Arousal In Excessive Shoppers

The present study is the first that contrasts the effect of buying impulsiveness on arousal in non-shopping and shopping contexts. In a laboratory experiment we measured pupil dilation while Read More »

Date: 06/03/2014
Author: Benjamin Serfas, Oliver Büttner, Arnd Florack
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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Active Return Management For Online Retailer

High product return rates and their associated costs pose major challenges to online retailers. We investigate whether online retailers always benefit from active return management by ana-lysing the Read More »

Date: 06/03/2014
Author: Siham El Kihal, Christian Schulze, Bernd Skiera
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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