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A Study on Acceptance of Alternative Types of New Digital Product: Focusing on the Intentions of Nonusers of Tablet PC (대안적 유형의 디지털 신제품 수용에 관한 연구 - 태블릿 PC 미사용자의 사용의도를 중심으로 -)

  • Lim, Yang Whan
    • Journal of Korea Society of Digital Industry and Information Management
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    • v.9 no.3
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    • pp.173-185
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    • 2013
  • In this study, the relationships of factors influencing the ways alternative types of new digital products are accepted into the market will be structuralized. On the basis of previous research, it is assumed that customers intend to use alternative types of new digital products when they have a higher value than existing products. The consumer's feeling of attraction toward the product is another factor included in the evaluation of its quality. And the attraction of the products that the consumers feel is also included in the evaluation of the qualities of the product. The results of the study indicate first that a product's value affects its attraction, but not the usage intention of the customer. Second, the benefits of the product affect the customer's recognition of its value, while cost does not. Third, environment affects recognition by the customer of the product's attraction, while knowledge of the product does not. By structuralizing the factors that influence the customer's usage intention about alternative types of new digital devices, the causal relationships of the factors involved in the acceptance of new products into the market and their success can be comprehended.

An Evaluation of Human-Product Interface Usability (인간-제품 인터페이스의 사용성 평가)

  • 최재하;박영택
    • Proceedings of the ESK Conference
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    • 1997.10a
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    • pp.249-259
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    • 1997
  • As the gap between competing products narrows in terms of performance and quality, the product usability is rapidly becoming a new dimension of product design as the key to offering distinctive value to the customer. Because the user interface is important, not only for the user but also for the efficiency of te whole organiation, system designers require increasingly precise evaluation methods to determine how effective and usable human-product interface is. In this study a new methodology named usability analysis diagram(UAD), for evaluating usability of human-product interface systematically, was developed. UAD is a top-down flow diaagram of a human-product interaction, in ehichfour basic elements - perception, understanding, intellectual decision and action - were classified and then represented by a particular symbol for each. The usability of the product is assessed by the frequency of each symbol in a diagram which represents a sequence of cognitive and physical activities of users during the use of the product, and by the level of difficulty that is classif- ied in three levels in terms of easiness of perception, understanding and action. In order to test validity of the proposed UAD in a real situation, a case study was performed on two different cameras, automatic and manual, and their usability was successfully evaluated and compared.

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Development of Information System for Product Redesign: Evaluation of Assembly Process and Characteristics of Product Functions

  • Arakawa, Masahiro
    • Industrial Engineering and Management Systems
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    • v.9 no.3
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    • pp.215-226
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    • 2010
  • Since product design strongly depends on the experience and ability of the designers, and a long lead time is required for the product design stage, introducing a support system related to this experience and ability is an effective technique to reduce the lead time. In this paper, an information system is developed to support the development of engineering mechanisms with the evaluation of the assembly process on the basis of the abstract functions required for new products. The developed system is based on a database system involving the following data structure: (1) a hierarchical structure related to information about the product functions, (2) the relationship between the parts and engineering functions and/or mechanisms of products, and (3) the relationship between the parts and manufacturing characteristics. The system stores the relationships between the product functions, structure of parts, and assembly characteristics. This information can then be interactively retrieved using the data structure described in (1), (2), and (3). A procedure for designing new products is proposed that involves using the information about existing products. This paper presents the characteristics of the proposed procedure and the developed information system. In addition, a case study of the redesign of a simple structured robot by using the proposed procedure is discussed.

An Empirical Comparative Study on Evaluation of Bi-national Product: Focused on Purchasing Routes, Product Category, and Consumer Characteristics (복합원산지제품 평가에 관한 실증적 비교연구: 제품구입경로, 제품카테고리, 소비자 특성을 중심으로)

  • Son, Je-Young;Kang, In-Won
    • Korea Trade Review
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    • v.43 no.5
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    • pp.67-91
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    • 2018
  • A number of studies have been conducted on the evaluation of bi-national products, but studies that may be applied in practice are lacking. This study suggests several implications for bi-national products in the sub-market using a more specific approach than previous studies. To this end, this comprehensive comparative study reflects the purchasing routes, product category, and consumers' personal characteristics (regulatory focus, prior knowledge) of bi-national products. Results found the evaluation of bi-national products according to purchase routes showed that consumers in offline stores were more favorable than consumers in online stores. In comparison with product categories, necessities were more positive than luxury goods. On the other hand, according to consumer's personal characteristics, consumers with promotion focus tendency perceived brand preference more highly than consumers with preference focus tendency. Also, it was found that groups with high prior knowledge had a positive evaluation of products compared to low knowledge groups.

New Fashion Brand Evaluation Attributes related to Risk Perception and Information Search (신규 패션브랜드 평가속성에 대한 소비자 위험지각과 정보탐색에 관한 연구)

  • Kim Hanna;Rhee Eun-Young
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Clothing and Textiles
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    • v.29 no.5 s.142
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    • pp.727-736
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    • 2005
  • The purpose of this study was to identify the new fashion brand evaluation attributes influenced by risk perception and its relationship with information search. As for the method of the research, questionnaires were given to 311 consumers who just finished shopping at new fashion brand stores. The results of this study were as follows: 1) New fashion brand evaluation attributes consisted of five factors; product experience attributes, celebrity credence attributes, product search attributes, brand credence attributes, salesperson search attributes. 2) New fashion brand evaluation attributes were found to be significantly influenced by risk perception. 3) The amount of information seeking and the use of information sources were found to be significantly related to the new fashion brand evaluation attributes. 4) The variables influencing on the new fashion brand evaluation attributes were age and monthly clothing expenses.

제품사용성 평가를 위한 인체모델의 개발

  • 강동석;정의승
    • Proceedings of the Korean Operations and Management Science Society Conference
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    • 1995.04a
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    • pp.797-806
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    • 1995
  • An ergonomic evaluation model which can properly evaluate the design of a product or workplaces was developed to evaluate a new product in the early stage of design. Although several evaluation models have been developed and are in use in the field of ergonomics, they lack an integrated framework and analysis techniques. In this research, an ergonomic evaluation model was developed according to the framework which accommodates desirable components of the model. The framework represents the integration of four components: man model, workplace modeller, ergonomic evaluation functions and knowledge bases, which interact with a common object-oriented database. Components were developed individually and integrated with the workplace modeller. The generation and manipulation of man models, workplace modelling, and ergonomic evaluation features such as reach and visibility were implemented. The developed evaluation model has demonstrated distinct advantages of the flexibility to adapt another features for the ergonomic evaluation model and the better usability for users.

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The Evaluation of Newness and Innovativeness of Smart Clothing (스마트 의류 Newness와 혁신성 평가)

  • Kang, Keang-Young;Jin, Hyun-Jeong
    • Fashion & Textile Research Journal
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    • v.9 no.5
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    • pp.493-499
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    • 2007
  • The purpose of this study was to investigate the components of newness and product innovativeness of smart clothing, and to examine the evaluation of newness and innovativeness of smart clothing according to the consumer innovativeness. The survey was conducted on male and female subjects aged from 17 to 50. A total of 338 valid responses were used for the analysis. Exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis confirmed the evaluation of smart clothing newness consisted of five items: 'novel', 'modern', 'original', 'fresh' and 'up-to-date'. The evaluation of smart clothing innovativeness consisted of two dimensions. One is the evaluation of innovativeness as clothing and the other is the evaluation of innovativenss as electronic devices. The validity of two dimensions were verified by confirmatory factor analysis. The results of ANOVA and Duncan test indicated that there were differences in the evaluation of newness and smart clothing innovativenss according to consumer innovativeness.

The Influence of Art-provoked Affect on Product and Product Attributes Evaluation (명화(名畵)에서 유발된 감정이 차용된 제품과 제품속성 평가에 미치는 영향)

  • Kim, Hanku;Jung, Bohee;Chu, Wujin
    • Asia Marketing Journal
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    • v.13 no.2
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    • pp.99-130
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    • 2011
  • In recent years, a new way of differentiating product design has emerged -better known as 'masterpiece marketing,' this is a strategy where famous art pieces are borrowed on to product designs. Because the recent trends of well-being and LOHAS have encouraged the consumers' desires to enjoy culture and live a more opulent lifestyle, famous and notable paintings have grown to be more of "approachable masterpieces" to the public. As a strategy intended to develop a new consumerism, while still prioritizing customers' values and their satisfaction, companies have been drawn to this new type of marketing. The current consumption society has converted renowned art pieces from simply works of 'high culture' to a further way of marketing, aimed to differentiate products and dominate the market. Though many products have had masterpieces applied to their designs and have been noticed for their marketability, there has been less systematic research done on the scientific background behind this marketing approach. This research focused on the art pieces' fundamental nature of inducing emotions in the viewer, and hypothesized about how the evaluation of a product may be influenced by the affect provoked by the art piece used. To be more specific, if art pieces with different levels of pleasure and arousal -the two axis of emotion suggested by existing research on emotion -were used on each product, the goal was to see how the different levels influenced the consumer's assessment of the products, focusing on product's type as well as the evaluation of their attributes. First, a pretest was done to verify the relationship between the emotion provoked by the art piece and the consumer's preference. There were two types of surveys, each with five drawings from the ten that were assumed to differ in levels of the two axis of emotion. The survey was composed of questions asking for positive emotion, negative emotion, level of arousal, and preference. The correlation between the measurements of positive and negative emotions was -0.792, so an integrated entry was used in the analysis by subtracting the measurement of negative emotions from that of positive emotions. The first hypothesis that paintings that provoke positive emotions will be more preferred than paintings that bring out negative emotions was supported; and through this research, paintings that were to be used for the products were selected. The second pretest was conducted to settle on an item that would be used in the research. Items meant to measure utilitarian and hedonic attributes of milk and chocolate, the two products to be used in the research, were extracted. Because milk is a utilitarian product with strong practical attributes while chocolate is a hedonic product with strong hedonic attributes, these two were selected to be used in this research. The first study was executed to see if there is a difference in attitude about products that have different painting on their designs, which either induces positive or negative emotions. It was also to verify whether this difference in attitude was mediated by the viewer's preference for the art piece. This study showed that when positive emotion inducing painting was used, the product was better evaluated compared to the product with a painting that provokes a negative emotion, thus supporting the second hypothesis. It was also supported that the effect of affect on product evaluation was mediated by preference for the art piece. The second study was done to see the influence of the level of arousal on the evaluation of the product's attributes. Art pieces that differ in the level of arousal were selected through the pretest, and later it verified the hypothesis that the level of arousal has an effect on the assessment of the attributes of the product. In the case of milk, a utilitarian product, the fourth hypothesis that a high-arousal painting will better evaluated for its hedonic attributes was supported, as well as the fifth, which hypothesized that a low-arousal painting will receive a higher assessment for its utilitarian attributes. However, for chocolate, a hedonic product, both fourth and fifth hypotheses were not supported. This study is significant for the following basis: first, it verified the importance of the emotion induced by the painting on the evaluation of the product's attributes, by applying a systematic and scientific method. Second, it expanded from the existing research on positive/negative emotions to confirm the additional influence of the state of arousal on product evaluation.

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The Effect of Product Price and Image Effect on Consumers Product Evaluation and Intention to Purchase

  • Zhang, Jin-Zi
    • Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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    • v.26 no.2
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    • pp.213-220
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    • 2021
  • With the continuing development of the global economy, the scale of international production and management of companies is expanding rapidly nowadays. As a result, it is increasingly important for multinational companies to establish appropriate marketing strategies for products in order to successfully enter overseas markets. When consumers evaluate the quality of products from various countries, they depend heavily on the image of the product as well as the price of the product. Therefore, this study aim to find out how the price, country image, brand image and country of origin image affect on consumer product evaluation and purchase intention. Based on these concepts, the significance of this study is helping local companies make more appropriate marketing strategies by understanding the importance of price and image of a product to companies and knowing more accurate recognition in Korea and Korean-made products of Chinese consumers. The results of this study which used AMOS model showed that 1) The country image and country of origin image for a product had a positive effects on product quality, 2) The price and country image of a product had a positive effects on service quality, 3) And evaluation of product had a positive effects on purchase intention. Based on these results, we made some proposals and presented the future research directions according to the limitations.

Evaluation of the Complexity of the Product According to Access and Handling (취급성과 접근성을 고려한 제품의 복잡도 평가)

  • Mok, Hak-Soo;Shin, Hyun-Chang
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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    • v.14 no.10
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    • pp.91-101
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    • 1997
  • In this paper, the complexity of the product is evaluated quantitatively regarding to access of assembly tools and handling of part. To evaluate the complexity of the product, we grasped factors that could influence on the complexity of the product with access and handling, and then we determined the criteria of comparison for each complexity factor. The criteria compare the complexities of product alternatives on each access and handling.

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