Virtual worlds, e.g. World of Warcraft (WoW) and RuneScape — have demonstrated huge economic potential. However, little empirical research has been conducted into players’ purchase behavior in virtual worlds. This research was designed to help gain a better understanding of factors influencing purchase behavior in virtual worlds by empirically developing and testing a conceptual model of purcha...

In this paper, the authors suggest that the effects of the decision environment on consumers’ relative regret over an action hinder purchase behavior. They demonstrate that different augmentations of the purchase environment that manipulate the ease of avoiding choice (e.g., reducing consumers’ ability to defer choice) can increase purchase behavior. They further demonstrate that the influences...

Based on the theory of planned behavior, the moderating effects of product knowledge on the relationships between three independent variables and green purchase intentions were explored. Independent variables included green purchase attitudes, subjective norms, and perceived behavior control. After that, the difference of moderating effects of product knowledge between convenience goods and sho...

Consumer purchasing decisions relating to foreign products are influenced by economic, psychological and sociological factors. This study attempts to relate such rarely studied variables as animosity and ethnocentrism to concepts taken from consumer behavior which are brand image and purchase intention. Consequently, this study attempts to provide insights into how brand image, consumer ethnoce...

A field study was conducted to examine if purchase behavior was systematically related with which segments of consumers who differ in their cognitive and sensory innovativeness, and instrumental and expressive expectations, respectively. Hypotheses are developed concerning the relationship with consumer innovativeness and expectations with purchase behavior, and these hypotheses were tested aga...

The advertising has a foremost and vital impact on purchasing behavior of consumers. With the growth of mobile phones industry in Pakistan, the need for effective advertising has raised. Most of times, advertisements do not have an impact on purchase behavior on consumers due to ineffectiveness. The basic objective of this study is to examine how much emotional responses are generated after wat...

Consumers often evaluate alternatives differently based on whether they are performing the search online, or offline physically in a store. Information is available more systematically online for consumers to evaluate thus enabling them to rate each and every feature of the product. However, certain attributes (such as size) are difficult to judge without the physical inspection of the product ...

considering the importance of the factors affecting customer satisfaction and loyalty, this study aimed to investigate the relationship between performance and characteristic of a online stores – digi-kala in this particular case, as a perfect example of an electronic customer relationship system, and customer's electronic loyalty and satisfaction. as a practical-descriptive, research, ele...