Ines Nee makes important key contributions to service recovery research by analyzing the effect of management response content towards negative online customer reviews on the observer’s purchase intention. This study is the first to provide a conceptual basis of observers’ behavioral...

This timely edited collection offers a multidisciplinary perspective on social commerce, a phenomenon that has gained increasing interest over the last 8 years. Investigating how social media can be used to generate value for brands beyond customer relationship purposes, the skilled authors...

The emergence of social media as one of the driving forces of consumers’ online experiences today also challenges our current understanding on marketing and brand management. The effects of brands’ social media involvement are to this day uncertain. Severin Dennhardt shows that social media...

Chancen von Kundenkommunikation für das Marketing -- Social Media als Inkubator für Word-of-Mouth -- Modell der Informationsverteilung in sozialen Medien -- Partizipationsformen im Kommunikationsprozess.

User generated branding (UGB) as a field of study -- Theoretical basis for the development of a UGB reference framework -- Specification of UGB -- Development of the explanatory UGB model -- Empiric model validation and hypothesis testing -- Summary, critical consideration and outlook

Modell zur Erklärung der Bedeutung von Online Word-of-Mouth für Konsumenten -- Funktionen der Informationssuche in Online Word-of-Mouth -- Einfluss der Glaubwürdigkeit von Informationen auf die Nutzung von Online Word-of-Mouth -- Einflussfaktoren der Bedeutung von Online Word-of-Mouth für...

The social web is defined as the social part of the Internet that enables (personally unknown) people to socially interact with each other in order to cherish friendships and make new acquaintances. The social web’s current significance exceeds this initial focus, by also encompassing...

Die Mundwerbung stellt einen maßgeblichen Treiber des Diffusionserfolges von Produkten dar. Michael Möller untersucht persönlichkeitsspezifisch die Abgabe von Online-Kundenartikulationen und damit den Zusammenhang zwischen Persönlichkeitsstruktur und dessen Einfluss auf die...

BebBegriffsbestimmung Pop-up Store -- Mehrdimensionalität des Erfolgsbegriffes im Zusammenhang mit Pop-up Stores -- Erfolgsfaktoren von Pop-up Stores in der Bekleidungsindustrie -- Fallstudiengestützte Modellanwendung und Evaluation.

Why are word-of-mouth campaigns effective for some products, while failing for others? Which group of consumers should be the target of viral marketing efforts, and how can you turn word of mouth into buzz? Panos Mourdoukoutas and George J Siomkos provide the answers!The transformation of a...