Ch. 5 Understanding Consumer and Business Buyer Behavior Flashcards

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Consumer buyer behavior

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the buying behavior of final consumers such as individuals and households

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Consumer market

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All of the individuals or households that buy goods/services combined

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Culture

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basic values, perceptions, wants, and behaviors learned by a member of society from family and other important institutions.

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Buyers black box

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Buyer’s characteristics and the Buyer’s decision process. This s where marketers would like to be able to get into the mind of their buyers but it is very hard to do so

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subculture

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A group of people with shared value systems based on common life experiences and situations. Important EX: Hispanic American, African American, and Asian American consumers.

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Cross-cultural marketing

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including all ethic themes and perspectives in a brand’s mainstream marketing, appealing to consumer similarities across subcultures rather than differences.

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social class

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More than just about money/income

Relatively permanent and ordered divisions in a society whose members share similar values, interests, and behaviors.

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Opinion leader

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someone is a group who because of their status, knowledge or expertise have a strong power to influence others in the group.

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Family

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most important consumer buying organization in society,

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What are two important characteristics of groups that determine buying behavior?

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Role and status

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Personal factors

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age and life-cycle stage, occupation, economic situation, lifestyle, and personality and self-concept.
marketers often use life-cycle stage and develop appropriate products and marketing plans for each stage.

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Lifestyle

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A person’s pattern of living as expressed in his or her activities, interests, and opinions.

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our major psychological factors:

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motivation, perception, learning, and beliefs and attitudes.

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Motive (drive)

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a need that is so strong that it makes those feeling it have to satisfy that desire

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subliminal advertising

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being affected by marketing messages without even knowing it

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Selective distortion

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describes the tendency of people to interpret infor- mation in a way that will support what they already believe

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learning

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changes in behavior based on experiences

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what two characteristics are the hardest to change

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attitude and beliefs

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buyer decision process consists of five stages:

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need recognition, information search, evaluation of alternatives, purchase decision, and postpurchase behavior.

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need recognition—

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the buyer recognizes a problem or need. and is influenced by an internal or external stimuli

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postpurchase behavior is based on these two:

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expectations and product’s perceived performance

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cognitive dissonance,

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discomfort caused by postpurchase conflict.

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new product

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something that is PERCEIVED t be new by a certain customer

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adoption process of a new good

5 steps:

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The mental process through which an individual passes from first hearing about an innovation to final adoption.
Awareness, Interest, evaluation, trial, adoption

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Early adopters

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are guided by respect—they are opinion leaders in their communities and adopt new ideas early but carefully.

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Early mainstream

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adopters are deliberate—although they rarely are leaders, they adopt new ideas before the average person.

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Late mainstream

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adopters are skeptical—they adopt an innovation only after a majority of people have tried it.

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lagging adopters are

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tradition bound—they are suspicious of changes and adopt the innovation only when it has become something of a tradition itself.

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relative advantage

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the level at which a product appears to be superior to competition.

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compatability

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level at which the innovation fits the values and experiences of potential consumers

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complexity

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how hard or easy it is to use the poriduct

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divisibility

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how easy it is to try the product on a limited basis first

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communicability

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how easy it is to share and express the experience of the product with others

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5 influences on the rate of adoption:

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relative advantage, complexity, compatibility, divisibility, communicability

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how do business markets differ from consumer markets?

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they differ in market structure and demand, the nature of the buying unit, and the types of decisions and the decision process involved.

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derived demand

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demand coming from the demand for consumer goods

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Market structure and Demand of B2B

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less buyers but far larger ones
inelastic and more fluctuating demand
tends to change more—and more quickly—than does the demand for consumer goods and services

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inelastic

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a change in price does not effect the consumption

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buying process characteristics of B2B buying

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more professional purchasing efforts
more players in the decision
more complex decisions than consumers
decisions are longer and more formalized
B2B member are more reliant on eachother- they make get together to work to make both of their lives easier and cheaper
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supplier developement

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creating a network of suppliers in which can can reliably depend on in order to have the supplies you need on time and in the right quantity

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straight rebuy

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A business buying situation in which the buyer routinely reorders something without any modifications.

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Modified rebuy

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A business buying situation in which the buyer wants to modify product specifications, prices, terms, or suppliers.

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new task

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A business buying situation in which the buyer purchases a product or service for the first time.

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systems selling (or solutions selling)

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Buying a packaged solution to a problem from a single seller, thus avoiding all the separate decisions involved in a complex buying situation.

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Buying center

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All the individuals and units that play a role in the purchase decision-making process.

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Major influences on Business Buying Behavior

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current and expected economic environment
supply of key materials
technological, political, and competitive developments in the environment.
culture and customs
Organizational factors-objectives, strategies, structure, systems, and procedures
interpersonal factors

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Product value analysis

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when a company carefully analyzes to see if they can somehow reproduce this product but in a cheaper or more efficient way to provide greater value

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proposal solicitation

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stage of the business buying process, the buyer invites qualified suppliers to submit proposals.

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vendor-managed inventory

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buyers hand over the ordering of products to their suppliers who monitors the stores levels of supplies

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reverse auctions,

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in which they put their purchasing requests online and invite suppliers to bid for the business.

51
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online trading exchanges

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through which companies work collectively to facilitate the trading process.

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company buying sites

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For example, GE operates a company trading site on which it posts its buying needs and invites bids, negotiate terms, and places orders

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extranet links with key suppliers

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. For instance, they can create direct procurement accounts with suppliers such as Dell or Staples, through which company buyers can purchase equipment, materials, and supplies directly. Staples operates a business-to-business procurement division called Staples Ad- vantage,

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maslows levels of needs (pyramid)

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self actualization
esteem
social
safety
physiological