No App, No Entry: Conceptualizing Digital Technology Captivity in Service Access
ABSTRACT We introduce Digital Technology Captivity (DTC), a form of consumer vulnerability that arises when digital technologies become the mandatory gateway to essential services. When access is tied to systems that feel unfamiliar, complex, or intimidating—and when preferred alternatives are limited—consumers may experience heightened vulnerability ...
Carolyn Wilson‐Nash +4 more
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Online shopping consumer perception analysis and future network security service technology using logistic regression model. [PDF]
Lu F.
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Sounds Sweet: Sound Reduplication in Brand Names Enhances Sweet Taste Expectations
ABSTRACT The association between brand name sounds and taste perception is an emerging area of interest in marketing research. This study aims to demonstrate the role of sound‐evoked cuteness in the expectation of sweet taste. Across seven studies (including two supplementary studies), our findings revealed that sound reduplication in brand names is ...
Kosuke Motoki +2 more
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Green Consumer Profiling and Online Shopping of Imperfect Foods: Extending UTAUT with Web-Based Label Quality for Misshapen Organic Produce. [PDF]
Oktaviani RD +3 more
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Dynamic Evolution and Transformative Trends in the Consumer Market: A Technology Paradox Perspective
ABSTRACT The consumer market is defined by tensions arising from the clash between technological advancement and consumer psychology. Current research lacks a unifying framework to explain these contradictions. Addressing this gap, we introduce a conceptual model based on technology paradox theory, which maps the dynamic process from antecedents ...
Chanaka Jayawardhena +3 more
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The Rise of Human–Computer Integration in Marketing: A Theory Synthesis
ABSTRACT Human–computer integration (HCInt) technologies, which merge human bodily, cognitive, and sensory functions with computational processes, are reshaping the foundations of consumer experience. Unlike traditional human–computer interaction, HCInt entails adaptive and reciprocal coupling through AI‐driven augmentation, wearables, muscle–computer ...
Carlos Velasco +5 more
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Investigating the acceptance intentions of online shopping assistants in E-commerce interactions: Mediating role of trust and effects of consumer demographics. [PDF]
Singh C, Dash MK, Sahu R, Kumar A.
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Experience Therapy: How Service Experiences Regulate Everyday Negative Affect
ABSTRACT In today's fast‐paced and high‐pressure society, maintaining emotional well‐being requires effective strategies for managing everyday negative affect. This research examines the role of service experiences in reducing negative affect and introduces experience therapy as a novel strategy for affect regulation.
Chang Ma +3 more
wiley +1 more source
Tribulus terrestris and Sport Performance: A Quantitative and Qualitative Evaluation of Its Advertisement and Availability via Online Shopping in Six Different Countries. [PDF]
Garcia JF +10 more
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