This research examines the effects of earmarking money on savings by low-income consumers. In particular, the authors test two interventions that are designed to enhance the effects of earmarking: a) using a visual reminder of the savings goal and b) dividing the earmarked money into two parts....

Research on the launch of new products in the international realm is scarce. The present paper is the first to document how launch window (difference in months between the first worldwide launch and the subsequent launch in a specific country) and launch price are interrelated and how regulation...

Although professional service providers increasingly deliver their services globally, little is known about cross-cultural differences in customers' motivation to participate in service production. To address this lacuna, we survey a total of 2,284 banking customers in 11 countries on their...

It is widely recognized that the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) of 2008 began when sub prime borrowers defaulted on loans made by sellers. Complex dependencies among various players in the mortgage industry further exacerbated this problem. For example, derivative products like mortgage backed...

Although the value gained from partnership formation (through alliances) or through the firm's position in a network has received significant research attention, little is known about the risks that can accompany this increasing reliance on partners. The authors investigate the change in firm...

Many studies discuss the proliferation of brand extensions (eg. Romeo, 1991; Han, 1998; Milberg, Whan Park and McCarthy, 1997), but there is a lack of academic research to show how common they really are. The present study documents the incidence of brand extensions in three geographic consumer goods...

This paper is a theoretical review of the impact of recession to the marketing performance of the companies across the global market. The impact is determined qualitatively thru the examination of published papers. In the succeeding pages, the significant role of marketing is deliberately...

This study was conducted to find out the factors affecting the consumers' choice of wine in HoChiMinh City, Vietnam. The multiple regression model was not statistically significant for finding the relationship between the factors and the Money spent on wine, so discriminant analysis method was...

While student bank selection has enjoyed overwhelming research attention over the past few decades, how international student determines and selects their banks has, however, received little attention in the marketing literature. This study explored the determinants of banking selection, among...