Background and Aim: The use of purchasing mechanisms in the field of Medical Equipment and with government law and regulation can serve as a way to move towards smart purchase and increase access to vulnerable groups in order to receive services promote justice. This study conducted to Review of purchase management of Medical Equipment in Hospitals of Tehran University of Medical Sciences. Mat...

electronic word of mouth (e-wom) is a new emergent arena in which, consumers share their experiences and reviews on various brands and products such as laptop with each other, through online communication channels. this is a practical and survey research. research’s statistical society is the students of allameh tabatabaei university. statistical sample is selected by relative categorized and a...

Basic economic theory tells us to expect that an increase in demand should lead to an increase in price. However, previous studies have found the opposite trend in the prices of seasonal goods, such as canned soup. I propose an explanation of this phenomenon: consumers are more likely to purchase without search in low demand periods, reducing the gains of temporary price reductions, and decreas...

The aim of this study is to develop a conceptual model for purchase intention of foreign food products in the Iranian context. Based on an in-depth review of past literature, the sub-factors related to customer’s purchase intention were extracted. Then, exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis were applied to identify and confirm the factors affecting purchase intention of f...

This study investigates how usage experience with various decision aids available in an online store contributes to purchase behavior evolution in a new Internet shopping environment. In the context of online grocery stores, we categorize four types of decision aids: those for 1) nutritional needs, 2) brand preference, 3) economic needs, and 4) personalized shopping lists, and construct a Nonho...

We examined the role of time and affect in intentions to purchase a risk-protective measure (Studies 1 and 2) and explored participant abilities to factor time into the likelihood judgments that presumably underlie such intentions (Study 3). Participants worried more about losing their possessions and were more likely to purchase a protective measure given a longer term lease than a short-term ...

Around the world, increases in wealth have produced an unintended consequence: a rising sense of time scarcity. We provide evidence that using money to buy time can provide a buffer against this time famine, thereby promoting happiness. Using large, diverse samples from the United States, Canada, Denmark, and The Netherlands (n = 6,271), we show that individuals who spend money on time-saving s...

The Malaysian government had consistently revived its campaign for “Buy Malaysian Goods” from time to time. The purpose of the campaign is to remind consumers to be ethnocentric and patriotic when purchasing product and services. This is necessary to ensure high demand for local products and services compared to foreign products. However, the decline of domestic investment in 2012 has triggered...