Marketing Modeling and Validation

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Copyright: 2012
Pages: 26
Source title: Systems Thinking and Process Dynamics for Marketing Systems: Technologies and Applications for Decision Management
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Dr. Rajagopal (Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education ITESM, Mexico)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-0969-3.ch008

Keywords: Business & Management / Business Information Systems / Business Science Reference / Decision Support Systems

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Abstract

Most existing mathematical models of consumer choice behavior assume that individuals’ preferences remain invariant over time. Although the assumption of invariant preference functions may be reasonable in some choice contexts, consumer preferences are largely influenced by variety-seeking effects. This chapter presents four models on consumer choice behavior, shopping performance, marketplace advantage, and buying decisions involving several cognitive, economic, and relational determinants affecting consumer behavior. These models are based on sequential structural equations using interrelated variables and can be applied in research on consumer shopping channel choices based on cognitive characteristics and consumer risk profiles. The framework for measuring the consumer behavior discussed in this chapter provides analytical dimensions for delineating the prediction of intangible variables affecting consumer preferences in order to optimize the purchase decisions in a given marketplace.

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