The thesis deals with consumer behavior in the United States and the Czech Republic. Economic and demographic situation in these countries, along with classification of consumers and cultural, sociologic and psychographic factors are described in the theoretical part. The practical part is based on a survey which includes topics such as buying habits, selection criteria, attitude to brands and advertising, financial aspects, ecology and CSR. The final part summarizes obtained information to compare buying behavior of the American and Czech consumers.

| 1 Abstract The aim of the thesis is the contentual and procedural analysis of customers purchase behavior. Both analyses point out several internal and external factors, which play their role in customer's decision making process. The result of this process is or is not the purchase of the product. The combined research enables to identify the factors and determine their importance. In the qualitative research part parameters of the research are set based on semi-structured interviews. The parameters are then quantitatively measured according to their importance, after that they are analysed by means of factor analysis and via comparison the statistically important differences in decision making process among several target groups. Considering also the external factors influencing the sales process the perception of the same parameters by salesmen is researched as well, because they are a part of the customers decision making process and whose expectations also actively affect the process. The discovered factors were then compared with the Maslow's hierarchy of needs. From the other results of the research the conclusion was drawn that there do exist statistically important gender differences, differences between perception of the customers needs among various owners of sales points and among salesmen....

The aim of work was to conduct marketing research on the fish market and then analyze and assess consumer behavior on this market. The first part of work was focused on stydying the literature and other sources. Second part was focused on the marketing research. On the basis of the obtained data, was suggested an improvement of business operations for chosen company.

The aim of this thesis is to write a business plan and a marketing strategy for a company which is active in sales of wine. So the aim is to determine missions, visions and goals of the company. The business plan should also show if it is financially feasible. The thesis contains the competition and the consumer analysis, which are important for drawing up the business plan and the marketing strategy. The marketing strategy is based on the marketing mix. The main requirement is to make the business plan usable in practise. This practical part is completed by theoretical part which is focused on the method of writing a business plan, the planning stage of the marketing strategy and purchase behavior of consumers.

Master´s thesis deals with problems of consumer behaviour in the Czech republic. Theoretical part of thesis defines basic concepts and data, which relate to consumer demand and information necessary to understand the analysis part. The following part deals with critical analysis of consumer basket and spending costs of households in different commodities. Analytic part is also aimed at economic development and according to it we can deduce reactions of households and related consumer behaviour. At the end the thesis is completed by suggestions to reduce excess spending expenditures, which are recommendation for citizens of the Czech republic.

Thesis (M.S.)--Oregon State University, 2009. / Printout. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 93-103). Also available on the World Wide Web.

Made available in DSpace on 2015-04-16T14:48:58Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 arquivototal.pdf: 1667148 bytes, checksum: c7e491fcedcd71da764a127854df5760 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-09-03 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / The present study aimed at understanding the behavior of individuals and groups in society in a context where social rules and/or legal matters are not clearly set: ethical consumption. If in relation to organizations ethical stance has been increasingly demanded by society in general, including rules related to corporate social responsibility, for consumers, the other actor in the process of buying, the demand for a responsible behavior is not yet a reality. We believe that marketing can contribute as a tool in understanding consumer behavior at the moment of deciding to purchase counterfeit products. This will occur by spreading ethical problems (as well as others that are understood by the social responsibility of the consumer) to be considered, leading to the awakening of the individual perception of the existence of the ethical dilemma in purchasing counterfeit videogames, as well as to the awareness of the many consequences for society in general, thus promoting actions that can be taken either by the companies involved in the sectors by the government or by society itself in order to find a balance in this process. Taking the above into consideration, this research is justified and becomes relevant due to the fact that it focused on understanding those issues. The analysis of the ethical behavior of consumers in relation to counterfeit videogames used materialism and ethical consumption (encompassed by the social responsibility of the consumer - SRCons) as references. Based upon this set of issues, the following research goal was proposed: to evaluate the social responsibility of the consumer and the degree of materialism in relation to the consumption of counterfeit videogames. A literature review was conducted where ethics issues were considered from a macro to a micro perspective by relating it to the marketing discipline. Then SRCons were discussed, which explored the possible dimensions of the construct components (altruistic behavior, environmentally sustainable behavior, activist behavior or engaged consumer, and ethical behavior or honest consumer). The scope of materialism as a motivator of behavior was also studied, since this construct is negatively related to collective as well as to ethical behavior. A brief background of the videogame market and its domestic supply chain was described in order to clarify its dynamics and therefore finally treat the case of counterfeit in the market of videogames. This process culminated in a proposal for a reinterpretation of that phenomenon based on the constructs of SRCons and Materialism. To enable the measurement of these constructs previously known and applied scales were used. The sample consisted of 225 consumers of videogames. Overall, the results indicated that SRCons and materialism do not influence consumer behavior in relation to counterfeit videogames, either in their intention, practice or in favorability. However, ethical behavior or honest consumer was the only dimension that slightly influenced it (statistically significant). At last a few considerations were woven, which answered the research problem and established objectives, containing the main results and their practical and theoretical implications, and recommendations for possible future research concerning the topic were made. / Nesta dissertação, o principal interesse esteve na compreensão do comportamento de indivíduos e grupos na sociedade num contexto em que as normas sociais e/ou legais ainda não estão claramente configuradas: o consumo ético. Se em relação às organizações tem sido cada vez mais cobrada uma postura ética pela sociedade em geral, inclusive com normas relativas à responsabilidade social corporativa, em relação aos consumidores, o outro ator do processo de compra, a exigência por um comportamento responsável ainda não é uma realidade. Acreditamos que o marketing pode contribuir como uma ferramenta na compreensão do comportamento do consumidor no momento de sua decisão de compra por produtos piratas. Isso ocorrerá difundindo os problemas éticos (bem como outros que também são compreendidos pela responsabilidade social do consumidor - RSCons) a serem considerados, levando o sujeito ao despertar da percepção da existência do dilema ético no consumo de jogos de videogames piratas, bem como a conscientização das inúmeras consequências para a sociedade em geral, fomentando assim ações que possam ser tomadas seja por parte das empresas envolvidas no setor, seja pelo governo ou mesmo pela própria sociedade no sentido de se buscar equilíbrio neste processo. Assim, essa pesquisa se justifica e se torna relevante à medida que procurou compreender tais questões. Para essa pesquisa, a análise deste comportamento ético do consumidor em relação à pirataria, tomou como referencial o materialismo e o consumo ético (abarcado pela responsabilidade social do consumidor). Como base neste conjunto de questões, se propôs o seguinte objetivo de pesquisa: avaliar o comportamento de responsabilidade social do consumidor e o seu grau de materialismo em sua relação com o consumo de jogos de vídeogame piratas. Foi desenvolvida uma revisão de literatura onde foi tratada a questão da ética, partindo de uma perspectiva macro para uma micro relacionando-a com a disciplina marketing. Depois, abordamos a responsabilidade social do consumidor, na qual são exploradas as possíveis dimensões componentes do construto (comportamento altruísta, comportamento ambientalmente sustentável, comportamento ativista ou engajado do consumidor e comportamento ético ou honesto do consumidor). Ainda pesquisamos o materialismo como motivador de um comportamento, à medida que esse construto se relaciona negativamente ao comportamento coletivo e, consequentemente, ao ético. Realizou-se também uma breve contextualização do mercado de videogames domésticos e sua cadeia logística no sentido de clarificar seu funcionamento para, por último, tratarmos do processo da pirataria no mercado de jogos de vídeogames. Este processo culminou em uma proposta de reinterpretação do fenômeno a partir dos construtos da Responsabilidade Social do Consumidor (RSCons) e Materialismo. Para viabilizar a mensuração destes construtos, foram aplicadas escalas já conhecidas e aplicadas anteriormente. A amostra foi composta por 225 consumidores de jogos de videogames. De maneira geral, os resultados indicam que a responsabilidade social do consumidor e o materialismo não influenciam o comportamento de pirataria de jogos de videogames, seja na intenção, na prática ou na favorabilidade, sendo comportamento ético ou honesto do consumidor a única dimensão que o influenciou sutilmente, de forma estatisticamente significativa. No final, foram tecidas as devidas considerações, que devem preencher o problema da pesquisa e os objetivos estabelecidos, contendo os principais resultados encontrados bem como suas implicações práticas e teóricas, além de recomendações para possíveis pesquisas futuras.

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