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Original Article
Open Access
Quest for Variation in Inter-Firm Influence:An Empirical Exploration
Kaushik Mandal, Koushick Roy
· pp. 7–22
DOI: 10.17010/ijom/2016/v46/i6/94835
Previous research studies have been carried out in different aspects of inter-firm influences, but no efforts have yet been taken to understand influence strategy wise variation across the countries and within a country across the industries. Hence, with an objective …
Keywords:
Channel Participants, Inter-Firm Influence, Emerging Market, Coercive
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Original Article
Open Access
Scale Development and Validation for Evaluation of Premium Car Purchases
K. R. Ravi, Kalyani Rangarajan
· pp. 23–32
DOI: 10.17010/ijom/2016/v46/i6/94839
This paper investigated the beliefs and evaluations embarked on by a premium car buyer during the process of arriving at a decision to buy a premium car. The authors developed a scale using a sample of premium car buyers across …
Keywords:
Scale Development, Premium Cars, Evaluation, Consumer Behavior
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Original Article
Open Access
A Study of Determinants of Brand Loyalty in Cosmetics for Women Consumers of Pune City Using Path Analysis via Regression
Mukta Srivastava
· pp. 33–50
DOI: 10.17010/ijom/2016/v46/i6/94845
With increasing competition in the cosmetic sector, nowadays, consumers are repeatedly flooded with information on different brands in the same product category of cosmetics. In such a situation, it might be a very costly affair for a company to ensure …
Keywords:
Brand Loyalty, Cosmetics, Brand Trust, Brand Reputation, Brand Endorser, Brand Personality
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Original Article
Open Access
Dynamics of Family Role Structure in Consumer Behaviour
Rinalini Pathak Kakati, Shazeed Ahmed
· pp. 51–61
DOI: 10.17010/ijom/2016/v46/i6/94846
A family is an important constituent of consumers as a buying unit within a society. It is regarded as one of the most influential primary reference groups. In India, a nuclear family comprised almost of 63% of all families in …
Keywords:
Family Role Structure, Buying Behaviour, Initiator, Influencer, Decider
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Original Article
Open Access
Industrial Marketing:Text and Cases
Namrata Vasudeo Jasrotia
· pp. 62–64
DOI: 10.17010/ijom/2016/v46/i6/94849
The present book review analyzed Francis Cherunilam's book : Industrial Marketing : Text and Cases. In this book, the author has made an attempt to highlight the concept and basics of industrial marketing. He has also tried to explain the …
Keywords:
Industrial Marketing, Targeting, Segmentation, Positioning