Understanding Consumer Decision Making A Means End

Download or read book Understanding Consumer Decision Making written by Thomas J. Reynolds and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2001-05-01 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The goal of this book is to help business managers and academic researchers understand the means-end perspective and the methods by which it is used, and to demonstrate how to use the means-end approach to develop better marketing and advertising strategy. The authors discuss methodological issues regarding interviewing and coding, present applications of the means-end approach to marketing and advertising problems, and describe the conceptual foundations of the means-end approach. This book is of interest to academic researchers in marketing and related fields, graduate students in business, marketing research professionals, and business managers. It is intended as a reference book containing ideas about the means-end approach and its applications.