Project

Consumer decision-making

Code
bof/baf/4y/2024/01/691
Duration
01 January 2024 → 31 December 2025
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Research disciplines
  • Social sciences
    • Advertising
    • Consumer behaviour
    • Marketing communications
Keywords
information processing decision making Consumer choices
 
Project description

Consumers make many decisions every day. These are not always optimal, not optimal for themselves and/or not optimal for society. Just think of the purchase and consumption of unhealthy and unsustainable products or services. This project is about such decisions. How do consumers arrive at their decision to purchase a particular product? Is this different for different groups of consumers and/or dependent on the situation? And how can we encourage consumers to make “better” decisions, both for their own benefit and for the benefit of society? We examine the impact of various marketing tactics, such as adjustments in type and form of communication, product presentation, product packaging, labels on product packaging, in-store environment and channel use, price, etc.