Since a long time, companies have tried to involve the consumer in the production of service. These approaches are developing fastly and advocate for a new vision of consumers, not as passive receptacles for offerings but as true market partners. Participation is a relatively recent area of...

Consumers’ participation in the different phases of product or service production process is developing from ordinary to more creative forms. However, the literature has mainly focused on the latter, even though simple and non-creative participation is now widespread in our society. After...

Les relations marque-consommateur ont fait l'objet de nombreuses recherches depuis les années 90 visant à comprendre leur développement, proposer des typologies de relations et mesurer leurs dimensions caractéristiques (attachement, confiance, engagement, fidélité). De manière parallèle,...

Focus on the influence of Financial Markets on Marketing Departments everyday-life. Managers, relayed by media, frequently mention the tyranny of Financial Markets on listed firms strategies. How does it impact everyday-life within French Marketing Departments of listed consumer goods firms? Is...

Ordering train tickets on Internet, building up furniture or self-scanning products in the cart...Consumers’ participation in the different phases of product or service production process is developing under various forms, from ordinary to more creative ones. Through 24 qualitative interviews,...

This doctoral research defines and explores the first memorable encounter between a consumer and a brand. The present research relies on two theoretical roots: multidisciplinary research works about the first encounter, as well as research from the consumer-brand relationship paradigm. Then,...

The objective of this research is to study the reactions of consumers when faced with a hyperchoice situation. Two experiments were carried out, varying the number of products displayed in a jewelry department. The results show that increasing the number of products has a positive effect on the...

The objective of this research is to explore the decision-making process of consumers when faced with food products that have values-based labels. An experimental methodology was used to test the impact of a label of origin guaranteed by the European Union, the Protected Geographic Indications...

Ce chapitre explore les déterminants interne et externe de l'achat d'un logement, mobilisant les concepts de psychologie, psychanalyse, d'urbanisme de sociologie et d'économie afin de mieux comprendre les relations entre un individus et son logement. Il présente d'une part les déterminants...