• 지식경영연구
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.149-169
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• 2015

In this study, we try to understand the role of online social recommendation and the similarity of preferences between the recommender and the recommendee on consumer decisions in the framework of the two stage purchase decision-making process. Applying construal level theory to our context, we expect that the role of social recommendation and the similarity of preferences would vary over the stages in the two-stage decision making process. To test our hypotheses, we collected the data through an incentive compatible experiment, and analyzed the data with nested logit model. As a result, we found that the role of online social recommendation varies over the stages. Consumers take recommendation from similar others at the stage of consideration set formation, but no longer consider it at the stage of final choice. Consumers take recommendation from dissimilar others at the stage of consideration set formation. At the stage of final choice, however, consumers avoid choosing the option recommended by dissimilar others. The results of our study enrich the understanding about the role of social recommendation, and have implication to marketing practitioners who attempt to make online social recommendation system more efficient.

• 마케팅과학연구
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• 제13권
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• pp.135-158
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• 2004

본 연구에서 온라인 소비자들이 재방문단계(revisit stage)와 구매의사결정 단계(decision-making stage)에서 어떤 방문행동 특성상의 차이를 보이고 있는가를 파악하기 위한 목적을 가지고 있다. 인터넷 쇼핑몰 시장에서 어떤 방문행동특성을 가진 온라인 소비자들이 지속적으로 같은 사이트를 방문하고, 구매행동을 하는지에 관한 정보는 사이트 관리자의 입장에서 볼 때 수익성 제고 측면에서 공헌하는 바가크다. 특히 본 연구에서는 2단계 Mixture Model 율 이용하여 온라인 소비자들의 방문행동 특성을 파악함으로써 인터넷 쇼핑몰의 경쟁력을 강화활 수 있는 세분시장 결정방법을 제시하고자 한다. 또한 사이트 재방문단계 (revisit stage) 와 구매의사결정 단계 (decision-making stage) 훌 통한 온라인 소비자들의 방문 행동 특성 정보는 사이트 경쟁력 강화를 위한 전략적 시사점율 제공해줄 것으로 기대된다. 본 연구는 온라인 소비자들의 구매의사결정이 재밤문단계 (revisit stage) 와 구매단계 (purchase stage) 라고 하는 2단계 의사결정과정을 거치고 있음을 보여주는 실증분석을 통해 온라인 소비자들의 방문행동 특성을 파악하여 이에 적합한 대응전략을 전개할 수 있음을 논의함으로써 온라인 소비자들의 방문행동 특성을 사이트 밀착도 및 항해유형에 따라 파악할 수 있다는 학문적 공헌점을 제시 하고 있다.

• 유통과학연구
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• 제20권11호
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• pp.89-98
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• 2022

Purpose: Increasing competition in the higher education sector has prompted universities to enhance their marketing efforts and understand their potential customers. The study aims to explore how information sources are used and changed among prospective Vietnamese students during the decision-making process. Research Design, Data, and Methodology: This study undertakes a longitudinal study involving multiple rounds of data collection to better understand the decision-making process of prospective students. Data was collected from 12th -grade students in Vietnam through two rounds of quantitative surveys with 251 students and one round of qualitative interviews, spanning the duration of their senior year. The three stages of the decision-making process correspond to the three stages of pre-purchase period. Results: Most students decide that attending open days, taking career assessments, and looking up information online are the most important information sources to consider. The WOM sources are more important in the early stages, while university-generated sources and events are important in the later stages. Conclusion: Implications from this study may contribute to the design of more effective marketing communications campaigns as university marketers gain a better understanding of the distribution of information sources utilized for each specific stage of the decision-making process.