Product Quality

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Brand Lovers And Brand Haters: Product-Harm Crises As Antecedent Of Brand Dispersion

This study examines the influence of recalls on the degree of polarization among consumers into brand haters and brand lovers. Analyses multi-industry product recalls in 2008-2011 together with daily Read More »

Date: 06/03/2014
Author: Malte Brettel, Sarah Busse
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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Worse Than Bad: Predicting Inferences About Product Quality From Memory

Could brands associated with mostly negative information–those with poor reputations–be perceived as superior to unrecognized brands? A reasonable consumer should value reputation; however, it is Read More »

Date: 06/03/2014
Author: Yvetta Simonyan, Daniel Goldstein
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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A Valid Typology Or Just Another Two-By-two? Revisiting The Price-quality-Map

In scientific research, the price-quality-map has been used in several settings. However, the concept itself has not received a lot of attention by empirical researchers. To close this research gap, Read More »

Date: 06/03/2014
Author: Sophie Fleischmann, Martin Klarmann
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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Effect Of Price Estimate Precision On Pre- And Post-Outcome Satisfaction

Recent research on the precision of provided anchors suggests that consumers adjust less when a provided anchor is represented on a fine-grained scale than on a coarse scale (Janiszewski & Uy Read More »

Date: 2013
Author: Melissa Cinelli, Lifeng Yang
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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Consumer Responses To Simultaneous Changes In Price And Quantity: Do Direction And Magnitude

Consumers are generally sensitive and averse to price increases but in order to maintain profitability, it may be unavoidable for a firm to increase prices of its products, for example due to Read More »

Date: 2013
Author: Jun Yao, Harmen Oppewal, Yongfu He
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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