Consumer Behavior in Action: Real-life Applications for Marketing Managers

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Routledge, 28. jaan 2015 - 648 pages

Consumer Behavior in Action is a down-to-earth, highly engaging, and thorough introduction to consumer behavior. It goes further than other consumer behavior textbooks to generate student interest and activity through extensive use of in-class and written applications exercises. Each chapter presents several exercises, in self-contained units, each with its own applications. Learning objectives, background, and context are provided in an easy-to-digest format with liberal use of lists and bullet points. Also included in each chapter are a key concepts list, review questions, and a solid summary to help initiate further student research.

The author’s practical focus and clear, conversational writing style, combined with an active-learning approach, make this textbook the student-friendly choice for courses on consumer behavior.

 

Contents

Part I Introduction to Consumer Behavior and Marketing Management
1
Part II The Consumer DecisionMaking Process
57
Part III External Sociocultural Influences on Consumer Behavior
167
Part IV Internal Individual Psychological Influences on Consumer Behavior
313
Glossary
557
Index
607
About the Author
629
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Geoffrey P. Lantos is a Professor of Business Administration at Stonehill College in Massachusetts, where he has taught various undergraduate courses in marketing since 1986, including Consumer Behavior, Advertising Management, Marketing Research, New Product Management, and Marketing Principles. He has published journal articles, professional manuals, conference papers, book chapters, case studies, book reviews, and instructional materials in the areas of CB, marketing education, marketing ethics, corporate social responsibility, and advertising. Dr. Lantos serves as Book Review Editor for the Journal of Consumer Marketing and the Journal of Product and Brand Management.

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