FACTORS INFLUENCING ONLINE PURCHASE DECISIONS OF PHARMA PRODUCTS BY BABY BOOMERS: MEDIATING EFFECT OF CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR AND ATTITUDE ON TRUST DEVELOPMENT

Author(s):  
Nithesh Naik ◽  
Suyash Kumar Prasad ◽  
Vathsala Patil ◽  
Delaram Mahdaviamiri ◽  
Pavithra S ◽  
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2008 ◽  
Vol 54 (No. 6) ◽  
pp. 276-284 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Stávková ◽  
L. Stejskal ◽  
Z. Toufarová

The main aim of the article is to understand the influence of factors biasing purchase decisions connected with measurement of consumers’ involvement. Consumption expenditures are purposefully subdivided according to the classification made by the Statistical Office of the European Communities. The performed survey showed that the most important factors biasing purchases of all commodity groups are products’ characteristics and the perceived quality. Together with these goes the factor price, nevertheless for example for the commodity group health price did not appear in the scale of the perceived importance at all. Factor necessity of need proved to be significant for decision making about the purchase of all commodities with the exception of alcoholic drinks and tobacco and recreation. Former experience compared to that is not crucial for clothing and footwear and housing equipment and contents. For alcoholic drinks and tobacco, there has notably approved also the factor brand. These analyses enable disclosure of rules of consumer decision making and thereby definition which factors for individual commodities should be targeted by the help of the marketing doyens or where the gradual changes should be achieved.


2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 77
Author(s):  
JieSheng Mang ◽  
Rozlin Zainal ◽  
Indera Syahrul Mat Radzuan

Focusing on Klang Valley, this research studies the outcome of house purchase factors in Malaysia. This research identifies the house purchase factors that affect home buyers’ purchase decisions. The researcher collected data using SurveyMonkey by using a questionnaire to elicit the opinions of Klang Valley residents on housing purchase factors and purchase decision. The factors were evaluated and studied to identify their influence on home buyers’ purchase decision. Findings show that home buyers’ purchase decision are influenced by house structure, space, finance, location, and neighbourhood factors. The findings have laid a foundation for the housing industry to improve.


Paradigm ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 161-180
Author(s):  
Indrajit Ghosal ◽  
Bikram Prasad ◽  
Mukti Prakash Behera ◽  
Atul Kumar

E-commerce is an undeniable growth opportunity. The infrastructure of e-commerce has been successful in making their system resilience in this age of VUCA (volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity). Besides during the time of pandemic, e-commerce have accomplished in meeting the demand of the consumers crossing various obstacles and scarcity of resource across the colours of socio-economic stratification of India. A detailed investigation of social, cultural, behavioural norms along with effect of socio-cultural regions has been investigated to strengthen the research. The method of cluster analysis has been used to segment the consumers into homogeneous subsets. The implied findings of this research will help the digital entrepreneurs to know their target consumers. Through cluster analysis, six clusters have been identified and they are named as, (a) Advanced changers; (b) Price sensitive; (c) Enthusiasts; (d) Realistic and logical; (e) Conservatives; (f) Unconcerned. The outcomes of this research can help the strategy managers and intrapreneurs to make informed decisions. This study can be of value addition for startups, digital entrepreneurs to start their own business through online shopping portals. The extracted results can help the marketing managers to know about the specific attributes of the consumers of rural areas which will lead to framing strategy according to market design, market space and marketplace.


2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sheng-Fang Chou ◽  
Chih-Hsing Sam Liu ◽  
Jun-You Lin

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to illustrate the different systems controlling coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and curbing the impact of the virus on the hospitality economy. The author’s clarified the critical attributes of the government, organization management system and consumer behaviour using mediation-moderation models and demonstrated how those critical attributes influenced customer consumption intention during COVID-19 in Taiwan.Design/methodology/approachDue to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, this research is mainly distributed through online questionnaires through Facebook and other social media channels to recruit volunteers. Second, the pre-test survey used 100 questionnaires collected from juniors and seniors from a university in northern Taiwan to make predictions. Third, this study also conducted a questionnaire validity analysis, which identified 9 criteria and 34 items. Fourth, the questionnaire collected samples for a total of three months. Structural equation modelling was used to test the hypotheses in a sample of 1,098 consumers in Taiwan.FindingsThis study considers government, enterprise and consumer levels and conducts relevant factor analysis from consumers’ perspectives to understand the changes in consumer behaviour under COVID-19 influence. Regarding mediation, this study finds that information and communication mediate the relationships between crisis management and COVID-19 impact. Regarding moderation, this study exposes the critical moderating part of human resources, that hygiene and safety strengthen the relationships between COVID-19 impact and attitude towards life and that perceived anxiety strengthens the relationship between attitude towards life and consumption intention.Practical implicationsDuring COVID-19, restaurants should cooperate with the government to reduce the risk of community infection. Therefore, the government also needs to cooperate with restaurant companies to enhance the industrial economy, actively communicate with consumers and provide correct and sufficient information. At the same time, restaurant enterprises also need to have sufficient human resource arrangements, hygiene and safety planning to eliminate consumers’ doubts.Originality/valueThese findings indicate that consumers’ consumption intention to eat out is affected by the COVID-19 impact and attitude towards life. This research also confirms that perceived anxiety has a mediating effect on the relationship between consumer attitudes towards life and consumption intentions. To improve the restaurant economic process, they should consider solutions to reduce consumers’ perception of the COVID-19 impact and fear of eating out.


2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Lučić ◽  
Marija Uzelac ◽  
Andrea Previšić

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effects of values of materialism on cognitive and affective impulsiveness and responsible financial behavior among young adults. Design/methodology/approach A large-scale study (n = 483) was conducted on a sample of young adults 18 to 25 years of age in Croatia. Findings The research found that materialism has no direct effect on responsible financial behaviour (RFB), however, cognitive impulsiveness fully mediates the relationship of all three there three elements of materialism, centrality, success and happiness and RFB. Affective impulsiveness has no effect on the relationship. Furthermore, only materialism as centrality strongly and positively influences cognitive and affective impulsiveness. Practical implications Presented conclusions could be used by policymakers as guidelines for developing educational plans and curriculum to build financial capability and consumer protection among young adults and could be helpful for brand management activities targeting young people purchase decisions. Originality/value This paper’s ultimate purpose is to uncover the mechanism and the power of materialism on impulsiveness and responsible financial behavior. The paper’s originality is established by the focus on the investigation of materialism as an antecedent factor of impulsiveness and by questioning the nature of the relationship between materialism and responsible financial behavior through the mediating effect of impulsiveness.


2014 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 347-358 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hee Sook Kim ◽  
Kwang Za Yu ◽  
Gyeong Ran Park

Author(s):  
Toni Hidayat ◽  
T Teviana

This research aims to identify and explain the effect of security, trust, and perceived risk in online purchase decisions at the college student of the Faculty of Economics, State University of Medan. either partially or simultaneously.This research conducted at Faculty of Economics, State University of Medan. Sample size of this research is 96 respondents. College student who become respondents came from the Departments of Management, Department of Economics, and Department of Accounting. Data collection technique used was through a questionnaire which was measure using Likert scale and statistically analyzed using multiple regression analysis with  structural education Y=a+b1X1+b2X2+b3X3+e and processed with SPSS for windows 23.00.The result showed that the security (X1), trust (X2), and perceived risk (X3) simultaneously significantly influence the purchase decision (Y). This is evident from the calculated Fvalue of 18.723 and Ftable of 2,70, so the Fvalue of 18.723 > Ftable of 2,70 of the significance α = 5%. Where the influence of the variable security, trust, and perceived risk in the purchase decisions is 37,9% as indicated by the value of R square is 0.379. while the partial security has a influence on purchasing decisions with the tvalue> ttable is 2,655 > 1,985, trust has a influence on purchasing decisions with the tvalue> ttable is 3,331 > 1,985, but perceived risk has not a influence on purchasing decisions with the tvalue<  ttable is -1.096 < 1,985. Structural equation of the model at can be made with Y=1,595+0,252X1+0,359X2-0,095X3+e. Key Word: Security, Trust, Perceived Risk And Online Purchase Decisions


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