Consumer behavior process: a theoretical analysis
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comportamiento de decisión, consumidor, marketing, precompra, poscompra consumer, decision-behavior, marketing, pre-purchase, post-purchase
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Consumers are usually the decision-makers to accept or not what businesses offer. In this way, the survival of a company could depend on them. If companies develop marketing strategies without considering the consumer, they risk all their investment. Therefore, the objective of this article is to analyze the elements of the consumer behavior process. The theoretical review was the methodology used. The development section of this article includes external influences (marketing and sociocultural factors), psychological factors, recognition of a need, pre-purchase search, evaluation of alternatives, post-decision behavior, and post-purchase evaluation. The main conclusion extracted from this research is the need for companies to know consumer behavior needs, to achieve this goal, it is necessary to approximate from different points of view and areas of study, such as economic, psychological, sociological, and anthropological.
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Palacio-Fierro, A. (2020). Consumer behavior process: a theoretical analysis. 593 Digital Publisher CEIT | ISSN 2588-0705, 5(6), 105-116. https://doi.org/10.33386/593dp.2020.6.360
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Andrés Palacio-Fierro, Universidad Tecnológica Indoamérica - Ecuador / Universidad José Camilo Cela - España
Author of 3 books and 15 articles indexed in Scopus, WOS and Latindex. Expert in Marketing, Projects and Business Administration. PhD candidate at the Camilo José Cela University-Spain; Master in Science in Project Management at the University of Salford-England. MBA in Business Management and Marketing at ESIC-Spain. Currently, full professor at the Faculty of Administrative Sciences of Universidad Tecnológica Indoamérica
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Creatibo. (2020). Branding. Obtenido de https://arrontesybarrera.com/creatibo/disonancia-post-compra-que-es-como-evitarla/
De Mooij, M. (2011). Consumer Behavior and Culture (Second ed.). Thousand Oaks: SAGE.
Demangeot, C., Broderick, A. J., & Samuel Craig, C. (2015). Multicultural marketplaces: new territory for international marketing and consumer research. International Marketing Review, 32(2), 118-140.
Dowling, G., & Staelin, R. (1994). A model of perceived risk and intended risk-handling activity. Journal of Consumer Research, 21(1), 119-134.
Drucker, P. F. (1973). Management: Taks, responsabilities, practices. New York: Harper & Row.
Eloisa Bertol, K., Liebesny Broilo, P., & Balestrin Espartel, L. (2017). Young children´s influence on family behavior. Qualitative Market Research: An International Journal, 20(4), 452-468. doi:10.1108/QMR-07-2016-0057
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Fischer, L., & Espejo, J. (2004). Mercadotecnia (Tercera ed.). México: McGraw-Hill.
Fisher, L., & Espejo, J. (2011). Mercadotecnia (Cuarta ed.). México: Mc Graw Hill.
Harcar, T., Spillan, J. E., & Kucukemiroglu, O. (2005). A Multi-National Study of Family Decision-making. The Multinational Business Review, 13(2), 3-21.
Hawkins, D. I., Best, R., & Coney. (2004). Consumer Behavior: Building Marketing Strategy. Boston: McGraw Hill.
Heinrichs, J. H., Lim, J. S., & Lim, K. S. (2011). Influence of social networking site and user access method on social media evaluation. Journal of Consumer Behavior, 10(1), 347-355.
Hofstede, G. (1980). Culture’s Consequences: International Differences in Work-Related Values. Beverly Hills: Sage.
Jani, D., & Han, H. (2014). Personality, satisfaction, image, ambience, and loyalty: testing their relationships in the hotel industry. International Journal of Hospitality, 37(1), 11-20. doi:https://doi:10.1016/j.ijhm.2013.10.007
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Kotler, P., & Armstrong, G. (2012). Marketing (Décimo cuarta ed.). México: Pearson.
Kotler, P., & Lane Keller, K. (2012). Dirección de marketing. México: Pearson.
Kotler, P., Armstrong, G., & Opresnik, M. O. (2018). Principles of Marketing (17 ed.). Harlow: Pearson.
Langat, D., & Oduor, P. (2015). THE EFFECTS OF HOFSTEDE’S DIMENSIONS OF CULTURE ON CONSUMER PURCHASE DECISIONS AMONGST THE KIPSIGIS COMMUNITY: A CASE STUDY OF BOMET COUNTY, KENYA. Journal of Business & Change Management, 2(249-267), 249-267.
Lilien, G. L. (2016). The B2B Knowledge Gap. International Journal of Research in Marketing, 33(3), 543-556. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijresmar.2016.01.003
Matute, J., Polo-Redondo, Y., & Utrillas, A. (2016). The influence of EWOM. Online Information Review, 40(7), 1090-1110. doi:https://doi.org/10.1108/OIR-11-2015-0373
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Palacio-Fierro, A., Guadalupe, J., Mantilla, D. & Revelo-Oña (2018). Utilización de controles, auditorías administrativas y sistemas de gestión de la calidad en las PYMES. CienciAmérica, 7(1), 84-97. http://cienciamerica.uti.edu.ec/openjournal/index.php/uti/article/view/154
Peter, J. P., & Olson, J. C. (2006). Comportamiento del consumidor y estrategia de marketing (Séptima ed.). México: McGraw-Hill.
Piff, P. K., Stancato, D. M., Cöté, S., Mendoza-Denton, R., & Keltner, D. (2012). Higher social class predicts increased unethicl behavior. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 109(11), 4086-4091.
Ramanathan, U., Subramanian, N., & Parrott, G. (2017). Role of social media in retail network operations and marketing to enhance customer satisfaction. International Journal of Operations, 37(1), 105-123. doi:https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOPM-03-2015-0153 OK
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Ries, A., & Trout, J. (2002). Posicionamiento: la batalla por su mente. México: McGraw-Hill.
Robertson, C., & Suárez Guerrero, C. N. (2009). An empirical test of Peruvian sucultures values. Cross Cultural Management. An International Journal, 16(2), 215-229. doi:10.1108/13527600910953946
Schiffman, L. G., Kanuk, L. L., & Wisenblit, J. (2010). Consumer Behavior (Tenth ed.). New Jersey: Pearson.
Shavitt, S., Jiang, D., & Cho, H. (2016). Stratification and Segmentation: Social Class in Consumer Behavior. Journal of Consumer Psychology. doi:10.1016/j.jcps.2016.08.005
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Sivakumar, K., & Nakata, C. (2001). The stampede toward Hofstede’s framework: avoiding the sample design pit in cross-cultural research. Journal of International Business Studies, 32, 55-74.
Solomon, M. R. (2012). Consumer Behavior (10th ed.). Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.
Song, S., & Yoo, M. (2016). Jounal of Hospitality and Tourism Technology . 7(1), 84-99. doi:10.1108/JHTT-11-2014-0067
Tojib, D., & Khajehzadeh, S. (2013). The role of meta-perceptions in customer complaining behavior. European Journal of Marketing, 48(7), 1536-1556. doi:10.1108/EJM-11-2012-0638
Ur Rahman, S., Adnan Khan, M., & Iqbal, N. (2018). Motivations and barriers to purchasing online: understanding consumer responses. South Asian Journal of Business Studies, 7(1), 111-128. doi:10.1108/SAJBS-11-2016-0088
Velazquez, E. (2012). Canales de distribución y logística. Tlalnepantla: Red Tercer Milenio.
Zhang, Z., & Hou, Y. (2017). The effect of perceived risk on information search for innovative products and services: the moderating role of innate consumer innovativeness. Journal of Consumer Marketing, 34(3), 241-254. doi:10.1108/JCM-04-2016-1768