In this paper the importance of word of mouth for marketing management in the twenty-first century will be discussed. After a short introduction, there will be a focus on the demarcations and problems of traditional marketing. Then, in the third section, word of mouth (WOM) and word-of-mouth...

This study spotlighted on the financial services industry specifically in the creation of brand trust across online channel, which constructs a significant contribution to the under-researched area of online branding. Content analysis was performed on the web sites of top ten bank retailers in...

This research aims to probe the influence of online game endorsement on adolescent involvement and game purchase intention. Involvement means the perceived importance and interest stimulate. The high involvement means consumers will spend more time considering and collecting data in order to...

In this article we tried to synthesize the existing literature on organizational legitimacy, showing its importance for business development. The article's central argument suggests the existence of certain organizational actions whose development address legitimacy to organizations. At the same...

Export channel management has gained a greater relevance as one of the challenges related to internationalization processes. Analyzing the conclusions of the articles that have studied the control systems role in the context of the interorganizational relationships (Interoganisational Control,...

Doctoral dissertations provide a relevant contribution in a field. The general purpose of the dissertation research is to demonstrate research competence and to add something of value to the body of knowledge. This study provides an overview of marketing research in Spain through doctoral...

In recent years researchers have shown a growing interest in vertical interorganisational relations, above all in the Supply Chain. The absence of previous reviews of the literature on this topic, which would allow us to establish the key issues in Supply Chain Management, led us to analyse the...

The health service quality has been discussed in several organizations committed with the development of the programs and actions capable to attend the expectations of their patients. The aim of this work is to analyze the relationship among the variables quality, satisfaction, image, trust and...

This paper examines the impact of the quality of the financial website in the generation of trust that users of the Internet developed into the canal. With this purpose, we discuss the hypothesis that establishes a relationship between both constructs and that it will allow to verify if the...

This article analyzes various elements that influence customer buying behaviour of online supermarket. These elements are related to both website aesthetic aspects, as with the processes taking place at the time of purchase. From this analysis, we study the different groups of consumers with...