Spanish Abstract: En el mundo globalizado actual, donde los empresarios le apuestan a posicionarse en los mercados, existe incertidumbre en la sobrevivencia de las Micro Pequeñas y Medianas Empresas (MIPYMES), las cuales aportan aproximadamente el 48% del PIB de la economía de los países, y...

This manuscript documents the research productivity over a ten-year period (2007-2016) of marketing faculty at 30 leading marketing departments. We find that median productivity in the top four marketing journals was .40 publications per year. We find no meaningful difference in productivity...

As culinary tourism becomes a trend in tourism, many countries pay attention to develop the gastronomic part of the attractions in destinations. Countries such as Thailand, Taiwan, Malaysia and South Korea support their ethnic restaurants abroad as one of marketing strategies to promote culinary...

This paper provides a theory to explain how recent phenomena in the retailing industry, such as electronic data interchange, continuous replenishment, and consignment sales, are related to mitigating agency costs in a distribution channel. These phenomena are linked to the manufacturer?s ability...

When consumers receive verbal information about a product's attributes,the influence of the affect they are experiencing on their product evaluations depends on their belief that the product should be judged on the basis of hedonic versus utilitarian criteria. When consumers see the product...

Three studies demonstrate that the framing of redemption windows as expansive or restrictive, while keeping the actual length of the window constant, influences consumers' evaluations of sales promotions. When feasibility concerns are highlighted (e.g., in an implemental mindset), consumers...

The authors demonstrate that partitioning an aggregate quantity of a resource (e.g., food or money) into smaller units reduces the consumed quantity or the rate of consumption of that resource. Partitions draw attention to the consumption decision by introducing a small transaction cost; i.e.,...

We propose that consumers buying from low- (vs. high-) reputation sellers pay greater attention to surcharges. Thus, reputation moderates the effect of surcharges on purchase. Data from eBay show that consumers adjust bids to account for surcharges when buying from low-reputation sellers but not...

We examine situations in which (a) consumers choose between options that vary on two attributes that are different in their evaluability and (b) the ranges for both attributes change simultaneously. As the ranges widen, the ragne effect makes perceptual differences on both attributes look...

Across the globe, xenocentrism has emerged as a critical concept for understanding the behavior of consumers towards the purchase of local and foreign products. In line with this context, and based on samples collected from Malaysia and Nigeria, this study analyzed the direct effects of...