Consumer Behavior : Buying, Having, and Being - Couverture rigide

Solomon, Michael R.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0132186942 ISBN 13 : 9780132186940

Editeur : Pearson, 2006

Synopsis

Book by Solomon Michael R

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

About the Author

 

Michael R. Solomon, Ph.D., is the Human Sciences Professor of Consumer Behavior in the Department of Consumer Affairs, College of Human Sciences, at Auburn University. Prior to joining Auburn in 1995, he was Chairman of the Department of Marketing in the School of Business at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey. He earned B.A. degrees in Psychology and Sociology magna cum laude at Brandeis University in 1977, and a Ph.D. in Social Psychology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1981. He received the Cutty Sark Men’s Fashion Award for his research on the psychological aspects of clothing. In 1996 he was awarded the Fulbright/FLAD Chair in Market Globalization by the U.S. Fulbright Commission and the Government of Portugal.

 

Professor Solomon’s primary research interests include consumer behavior and lifestyle issues, online research methodologies, the symbolic aspects of products, the psychology of fashion, decoration, and image, and services marketing. He has published numerous articles on these and related topics in academic journals, and he has delivered invited lectures on these subjects in the United Kingdom, Scandinavia, Australia, and Latin America. His research has been funded by the American Academy of Advertising, the American Marketing Association, the International Council of Shopping Centers, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the U.S. Department of Commerce. He currently sits on the Editorial Boards of the Journal of Consumer Behaviour the Journal of Retailing, and the European Business Review, and he was elected to the Board of Governors of the Academy of Marketing Science. Professor Solomon was ranked as one of the fifteen most widely cited scholars in the academic behavioral sciences/fashion literature, and as one of the ten most productive researchers in the field of advertising and marketing communications.

 

In addition to his academic activities, Professor Solomon is a frequent contributor to mass media. He is the author of Conquering Consumerspace: Marketing Strategies for a Branded World, which was published in 2003. His feature articles have appeared in such magazines as Psychology Today, Gentleman’s Quarterly, and Savvy. He has been quoted in numerous national magazines and newspapers, including Allure, Elle, Glamour, Mademoiselle, Mirabella, Newsweek, New YorkTimes, Self, USAToday, and Wall Street Journal. He has been interviewed numerous times on radio and television, including appearances on Today, Good Morning America, CNBC, Channel One, Inside Edition, Newsweek on the Air, the Wall Street Journal Radio Network, and National Public Radio. Professor Solomon advises numerous companies on issues related to consumer behavior, services marketing, retailing, and advertising and he is a Director of Mind/Share, Inc., a consulting firm specializing in online consumer research. He frequently addresses business groups on strategic issues related to consumer behavior. Professor Solomon currently lives in Auburn, Alabama, with his wife, Gail, their three children, Amanda, Zachary, and Alexandra–and their pug Kelbie Rae.

Quatrième de couverture

Now in its 4th edition, Consumer Behaviour: A European Perspective provides a fully comprehensive, lively and engaging introduction to consumer behaviour. The book links in consumer behaviour theory with the real life problems faced by practitioners. The unique five-part micro-to-macro wheel structure also provides a multi-disciplinary approach, including the latest data to profile European consumers. This 4th edition reflects a cutting edge overview of the Consumer Behaviour literature and a substantial restructuring of the books’ chapters. This book is ideal for second and third year undergraduate marketing students, undergraduate students taking a consumer behaviour module as part of a business course and postgraduate students on masters courses in marketing.

New to this edition

• Brand new feature! The Consumer Behaviour as I see it feature asks leading academics to comment on key Consumer Behaviour theory thus adding a valuable alternative viewpoint.
• Fully revised case materials in addition to an extensive bank of classic case studies online.

Online resources

For lecturers: A fully updated Instructors Manual, PowerPoint slides and a brand new testbank of questions.

For students: Multiple choice questions to help test knowledge, weblinks and an online glossary and flashcards.

About the authors

Michael R. Solomon, Ph.D., joined the Haub School of Business at Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia as Professor of Marketing in 2006, where he also serves as Director of the Center for Consumer Research. He is also professor of Consumer Behaviour at the Manchester Business School, The University of Manchester.  In addition to this book, he is also the co-author of  the widely-used text book Marketing: Real People, Real Decisions. 

Gary J. Bamossy, Ph.D., is Professor of Marketing at the McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University, in Washington D.C. 

Søren Askegaard, Ph.D.,  is Professor of Marketing at the University of Southern Denmark. He has a post-graduate Diploma in Communication Studies from the Sorbonne University, Paris and Ph.D. in Business Studies from Odense University, 1993

Margaret K. Hogg ,Ph.D., holds the Chair of Consumer Behaviour and Marketing in the Department of Marketing at Lancaster University Management School (LUMS)

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pearson
• Date d'édition: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0132186942
• ISBN 13: 9780132186940
• Reliure: Relié
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 672