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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784019903321

Titolo

Consumer empowerment [[electronic resource] /] / guest editor: Len Tui Wright

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bradford, England, : Emerald Group Publishing, c2006

ISBN

1-280-70554-X

9786610705542

1-84663-097-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (236 p.)

Collana

European Journal of Marketing ; ; 40, no. 9/10

Altri autori (Persone)

WrightLen Tiu

Soggetti

Consumer behavior

Consumers - Research

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; CONTENTS; EDITORIAL REVIEW BOARD; Guest editorial; Acknowledgement to referees; Enhancing consumer empowerment; The internet, consumer empowerment and marketing strategies; Mapping consumer power: an integrative framework for marketing and consumer research; The internet, information and empowerment; Assumed empowerment: consuming professional services in the knowledge economy; Consumer empowerment: a Foucauldian interpretation; Self-empowerment and consumption; Consumption as voting: an exploration of consumer empowerment

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Sommario/riassunto

Guest Editor Len Tiu Wright's definition of consumer empowerment in marketing is: "A mental state usually accompanied by a physical act which enables a consumer or a group of consumers to put into effect their own choices through demonstrating their needs, wants and demands in their decision-making with other individuals or organizational bodies in the marketplace." Through this e-book, which



has received contributions from Australia, Canada, Italy, Portugal, UK and the USA, it is broadly argued that empowerment means consumers will become less passive in accepting whatever is offered by emplo