• Asia Marketing Journal
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.73-92
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• 2009

소비자들은 때로 특정 제품에 대한 정보들을 다른 소비자에게 전달하여 그들의 제품 선택에 영향을 미치는 전달자 역할을 한다. 본 연구는 구전 전달자로서 소비자가 다른 소비자에게 전달하는 제품 정보를 주관적 (긍정적 또는 부정적) 정보와 객관적 정보로 구분하여, 소비자가 어떤 정보를 어떤 경우 더욱 활발히 전달하는 지를 분석하고자 한다. 본 연구는 이를 위해, 소비자의 메시지 전달 행위를 제품 선택과 같이 또 다른 형태의 선택 행위로 보고, 고객의 제품 구매 선택 행위를 연구하는 데 주로 적용되어 온 소비자 선택 모형(consumer choice model)를 이용하여 소비자의 메시지 전파(구전) 활동을 분석하였다. 소비자 선택 모형을 이용하여, 구전 전달자들이 제품에 관한 객관적 정보와 주관적 평가를 언제 더욱 많이 확산 시키는 지를 알아보고, 더 나아가서는 소비자들이 제품 관련 정보를 확산하는 과정에 구전 활동을 더욱 활성화 또는 약화시키는 요인이 무엇인지를 살펴 보았다. 본 연구는 실증 분석 결과를 통해, 구전 전달자의 메시지 확산 행위는 정보를 획득하게 된 경로/원천(source)의 유형에 따라 더욱 활발해 지거나 위축될 수 있다는 점을 발견하였다. 또한, 이러한 구전 활동은 전달하는 제품관련 메시지가 주관적 제품 평가에 관한 것인지 아니면 제품에 대한 객관적 정보인지에 따라 그 정도가 달라진다. 본 연구의 결과가 의미하는 바는, 소비자의 제품에 관한 메시지 확산 활동은 소비자의 구전 메시지 선택 행위에 영향을 미치는 효과적인 커뮤니케이션 계획을 통하여 더욱 확산 또는 위축시킬 수 있다는 점을 보여준다. 본 연구는 기업이 확산되기를 바라는 제품 정보가 구전을 통하여 효과적으로 확산되도록 계획을 수립하는 데 필요한 방법론을 제공하고 있으며, 실증 분석 결과를 기반으로 제품구전의 성공적인 확산을 위한 커뮤니케이션 전략 수립에 필요한 가이드라인을 제공하여 준다.

• 기술혁신연구
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.1-24
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• 2005

This paper applies a prelaunch forecasting model to the Home-Networking (HN) market of South Korea. The HN market of Korea is categorized into two distinctive markets. One HN market consists of new apartments in which builders install HN and the other HN market consists of existing houses in which residents purchase HN Among these markets, this paper focuses on existing houses as capturing consumers' choice. To forecast sales of HN for existing houses, we use a conjoint model based on our survey data of consumer preferences. By incorporating various indicators of HN technologies into our conjoint model, we also forecast diffusion of HN system embodied in PLC or Wireless Lan. We call this model Choice-Based Diffusion Model. In addition, based on the simulation experiments, we also identify important factors that affect the demands of HN system.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제8권8호
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• pp.465-473
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• 2021

This study is the application of a choice experiment to assess Mekong Delta urban households' preferences and motivations for ecosystem conservation in the U Minh forest. The study applied a choice modeling approach to estimate the economic values of the proposed ecosystem conservation program in the U Minh forest by accessing urban consumer preferences and their willingness to pay for the project. Discrete choice experimental data was collected from 450 residents in the cities of the Vietnamese Mekong Delta. The multinomial logit model was employed to identify consumer's stated preferences for the environmental and sustainability attributes of the conservation project. The results showed that Mekong Delta urban residents paid much attention to the proposed project to protect and develop the U Minh forest. In addition, the results showed that higher education, income, and knowledge of the U Minh forest revealed a higher likelihood of selecting the project, while the older residents would select the status quo more than the younger ones. The study also proved that the effect of participation had a strong impact on the willingness to pay for the project. The findings could be useful for policymakers to take action to raise resident's awareness and willingness to pay for the U Minh forest project.

• 유통과학연구
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• 제10권12호
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• pp.25-34
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• 2012

Purpose - This study examines college students' perceived choice attributes in traditional markets and the relationship quality. We study the relationships between attributes that common people look for while choosing a store (e.g., product, service, advertising, and atmosphere), consumption emotion, consumer's value, and relationship quality. Research design, data, methodology - In order to verify the relationship between choice attributes and relationship quality, and moderating (i.e., consumption emotion) and mediating effects (i.e., customer value), we collected data from 202 consumers in Gyeonggi province to test the theoretical model and its hypotheses. For this purpose, this study, utilized an empirical methodology. Results - First, contrary to the previous research findings involving college students, this study observed that four factors of store choice attributes at a traditional market were important to consumers in heightening the relationship quality. Specifically, product (β = .608, p < .01), service (β = .351, p < .01), advertising (β = .237, p < .01), and atmosphere (β = .425, p < .01) are significantly related to relationship quality. Second, consumers selected product (β =. 521, p < .01) as the most important attribute. Atmosphere (β = .254, p < .01) and service division (β = .148, p < .05), in this order, are the other important factors in this regard. However, advertising (β = -.112, p = .100) is not statistically significant. To improve and develop the relationship quality with consumers, traditional markets should ensure supply of suitable products and goods, improve store atmosphere by modernizing facilities, and educate merchants to improve their services. Third, the results of the moderating effects, although marginally statistically significant, suggest that for the consumers with low consumption emotion for traditional markets, an affirmative experience of products and store atmosphere heightens their values. In addition, the consumers having low consumption emotion who could promote consumer values were found to improve and develop a marginally significant relationship quality. Finally, the study revealed that the consumer's value exhibited a complete mediation effect in the relationships between service and relationship quality, and advertising and relationship quality and a partial mediation effect in the relationships between product and relationship quality, and atmosphere and relationship quality. Conclusions - Consumer satisfaction is important to increase the competitiveness of traditional markets, and products and store atmosphere are important attributes to increase the relationship quality. Specifically, merchants should supply different products, modernize their facilities, and improve store atmosphere to compete in traditional markets. In addition, traditional markets should provide value and competitive prices to attract consumers, and should maximize the consumer's value and promote the consumption emotion. Traditional markets should evolve to accommodate changes in the consumer's value and invest in not only functional elements but also symbolic elements.

• Asia Marketing Journal
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.159-172
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• 2013

In the present study, we apply the multiple cue probability learning (MCPL) paradigm to examine consumer learning from feedback in repeated trials. This paradigm is useful in investigating consumer learning, especially learning the relationships between the overall quality and attributes. With this paradigm, we can analyze what people learn from repeated trials by using the lens model, i.e., whether it is knowledge or consistency. In addition to introducing this paradigm, we aim to demonstrate that knowledge people gain from repeated trials with feedback is robust enough to weaken one of the most often examined contextual effects, the asymmetric dominance effect. The experiment consists of learning session and a choice task and stimuli are sport rafting boats with motor engines. During the learning session, the participants are shown an option with three attributes and are asked to evaluate its overall quality and type in a number between 0 and 100. Then an expert's evaluation, a number between 0 and 100, is provided as feedback. This trial is repeated fifteen times with different sets of attributes, which comprises one learning session. Depending on the conditions, the participants do one (low) or three (high) learning sessions or do not go through any learning session (no learning). After learning session, the participants then are provided with either a core or an extended choice set to make a choice to examine if learning from feedback would weaken the asymmetric dominance effect. The experiment uses a between-subjects experimental design (2 × 3; core set vs. extended set; no vs. low vs. high learning). The results show that the participants evaluate the overall qualities more accurately with learning. They learn the true trade-off rule between attributes (increase in knowledge) and become more consistent in their evaluations. Regarding the choice task, there is a significant decrease in the percentage of choosing the target option in the extended sets with learning, which clearly demonstrates that learning decreases the magnitude of the asymmetric dominance effect. However, these results are significant only when no learning condition is compared either to low or high learning condition. There is no significant result between low and high learning conditions, which may be due to fatigue or reflect the characteristics of learning curve. The present study introduces the MCPL paradigm in examining consumer learning and demonstrates that learning from feedback increases both knowledge and consistency and weakens the asymmetric dominance effect. The latter result may suggest that the previous demonstrations of the asymmetric dominance effect are somewhat exaggerated. In a single choice setting, people do not have enough information or experience about the stimuli, which may lead them to depend mostly on the contextual structure among options. In the future, more realistic stimuli and real experts' judgments can be used to increase the external validity of study results. In addition, consumers often learn through repeated choices in real consumer settings. Therefore, what consumers learn from feedback in repeated choices would be an interesting topic to investigate.

• 한국의류학회지
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• 제35권12호
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• pp.1440-1453
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• 2011

Proper consumer segmentation is receiving more attention from industry professionals as markets become more diverse and consumer-centered. Researchers have recognized the limitations of the traditional cluster analysis technique and this research study analyzes market segmentation using Mixture-model or latent-class segmentation. This study used a questionnaire to determine the characteristics of clothing shoppers using a new technique that proved its superiority over traditional techniques. Questions included items measuring fashion shopping behavior, store choice criteria, apparel consumption styles, price perception by product type, and demographic characteristics. Data were collected from 1074 males and females in their 20s and 30s through an online survey. SPSS 16.0 and Latent GOLD 4.0 were used to analyze the data. The ideal typology of clothing shoppers using the Mixture-model were: 'brand loyalty orientated group', 'group of conservative late 30s', 'group of pleasure-emotion early 20s', 'value oriented consumer product with high-income group', 'group of eco/symbol oriented consumer', and 'group of utility/goal oriented male consumer'. This study showed differences in fashion product purchasing behavior by conducting market segmentation for clothing shoppers using the Mixture-model.

• Asia Marketing Journal
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.125-138
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• 2017

The goal of the study is to understand how consumers' constraint as opposed to utility structure gives rise to final decision when consumers purchase more than one variant of product at a time, i.e., horizontal variety seeking or multiple-discreteness. Purchase and consumption decision not only produces utility but also involves some sort of cognitive pressure. Past consumption or last purchase is likely to be linked to this burden we face such as concern for obesity, risk of harm, and guilt for mischief. In this research, the existence and the role of dynamic constraint are investigated through a microeconomic utility model with multiple dynamic constraint. The model is applied to the salty snacks data collected from field study where burden for spiciness serves as a constraint. The results are compared to the conventional multiple discreteness choice models of static constraints, and policy implications on price discounts is explored. The major findings are that first, one would underestimate the level of consumer preference for product offerings when ignoring the carry-over of the concern from the past consumption, and second, the impact of price promotion on demand would be properly evaluated when the model allows for the role of constraint as both multiple and dynamic. The current study is different from the existing studies in two ways. First, it captures the effect of 'mental constraint' on demand in formal economic model. Second, unlike the state dependence well documented in the literature, the study proposes the notion of state dependence in different way, via constraint rather than utility.

• 한국컴퓨터정보학회논문지
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• 제28권10호
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• pp.217-227
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• 2023

본 연구는 한국소비자원의 2019 한국 소비자 시장평가지표를 활용하여 소비자 의사결정 여정(CDJ) 관점에서 소비자 시장평가 항목을 계층화하고 법/제도의 소비자지향성과의 관계를 파악하는 연구이다. 즉, 소비자시장평가 항목을 선택비교단계, 선택결정단계, 구매 후 경험단계로 구분하고 CDJ 모형의 경험에 해당하는 불만피해 여부를 조절변수로 활용하여 법/제도의 소비자지향성과의 관계를 계층화한 모형을 제시 및 검증하였다. 연구 결과, 소비자지향성을 평가하는 소비자시장 평가지표 변수들간의 관계는 소비자 의사결정 단계에 따라 계층화할 수 있으며, 법/제도의 소비자지향성과의 관계에 긍정적인 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 소비자 피해경험의 유무에 따라 소비자시장평가(신뢰성, 가격)가 법/제도의 소비자지향성에 미치는 영향이 상이하게 나타났다.

• 유통과학연구
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.29-38
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• 2011

우리나라 대부분의 소매업태가 성장 또는 성숙단계에 머물고 있는 현재, 어떤 혁신적인 소매업태가 새로 출현하고 발전해 갈 것인가? 그리고 그 혁신적인 소매업태가 출현하고 발전해 갈 성장동력은 무엇인가? 본 연구는 이러한 문제인식에 근거하여 소매업태의 차별화경쟁과 소비자선택과의 상호행동을 연동하여 논의할 수 있는 소비자선택모델을 구축하여 혁신적인 소매업태의 출현과 발전과정을 분석하는 것이다. 본 연구에서의 분석결과는 다음과 같이 요약할 수 있다. 첫째, 소매시장에서 새로운 진공지대가 발생하면 그곳에 저가격·저서비스 또는 고가격·고서비스의 혁신적인 소매업태가 출현한다. 둘째, 진공지대에서 신규업태의 수가 많아지면 신규업태간의 수평적 경쟁이 야기되고, 이를 통해 각 신규업태는 격올림을 전개한다. 셋째, 신규업태가 격올림을 전개하면 신규업태와 기존업태간의 이업태간 경쟁이 야기되고, 이 경쟁에서 기존업태와 신규업태간의 동화과정이 전개된다. 넷째, 각 소매업태는 기존의 유통기술 프론티어를 돌파하기 위해 유통혁신을 추진하게 되고, 다른 소매업태는 그 혁신자를 추종한다. 위에서 언급한 분석결과를 근거로 하여 본 연구에서는 세가지 시사점을 제언할 수 있다. 첫째, 본 연구는 소매업태가 차별화전략을 추진할 때 사용되는 점포 속성에 대한 소비자의 의사결정과정구도에 대응하면서 최종적으로는 시장점유율의 변화와도 연동하여 논의할 수 있는 소비자선택모델을 구축하였다는 점이다. 둘째, 본 연구는 이러한 소비자선택모델을 토대로 혁신적인 소매업태의 출현과 발전과정에 대한 분석을 보다 정교한 논리 구조에 입각해서 설명하였다는 점이다. 셋째, 본 연구에서의 논의한 소매업태의 발전과정은 시장에서 경쟁우위를 획득하기 위해서 소매업태가 소매믹스를 어떻게 전개할 것인지에 대한 소매업자의 경영관리 측면에서의 해법을 제시하였다는 점이다.

• 정보화정책
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.81-97
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• 2014

본 연구는 정보통신 기기 및 관련 서비스에 대한 소비자들의 구매행태를 분석하고, 다양한 정보통신 기기 및 서비스 간의 상관관계를 파악하고자 한다. 본 연구는 다양한 제품과 서비스의 다중선택 상황을 동시에 고려함으로써, 각 제품 및 서비스 그룹 내의 상관관계뿐만 아니라 그룹 간의 상관관계도 추가적으로 살펴보고자 한다. 분석자료는 소비자 설문조사를 통해 수집하였으며, 인구통계학 변수를 고려한 다변량 프로빗 모형(Multivariate Probit Model)과 분산-공분산 행렬(Variance-covariance Matrix)을 분석하기 위한 대안상수 모형(Alternative Specific Constant Model)을 각각 추정하였다. 또한 다차원척도 분석(Multi-dimensional Scaling Method)을 이용하여 제품 및 서비스 간의 관계도를 도식화하였으며, 다양한 정보통신 기기 및 서비스 간의 대체 또는 보완 관계를 도출하였다. 본 연구는 소비자들의 구매행태를 이해하고 예측함으로써 신제품과 서비스의 개발에 유용한 정보를 제공할 것으로 기대된다.