Book Titles

Absolute Value
What Really Influences Customers in the Age of (Nearly) Perfect Information

By Emanuel Rosen, Itimar Simonson

Year Published: 2014
ISBN-13: 978-0062215673
Categories: Information, Products, Value

60 Quotes Found

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There is no effective way to use market research to predict consumer reaction to major changes or new concepts.

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…experts who try to predict the success or failure of radically new products are unlikely to be much more accurate than consumers.

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…marketers can cut their market research budget and, rather… rely on readily available public information.

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A key prerequisite to finding absolute values is exposure to diverse sources and perspectives.

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Even when the topic is factual, absolute values are less likely to be exposed when people only search for facts that support their prior beliefs.

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This is how it often starts: Someone notices that they are in the dark, and they do something about it.

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There’s an unquenchable demand among consumers for information that might help them make better decisions.

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…it is important for businesses to watch for new technologies, track the information sources used by consumers, and adjust their strategies and tactics.

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Conventional wisdom holds that people’s choices can be greatly influenced by the context or the framing of an offer.

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The new information environment around us allows consumers to predict much more accurately the experienced quality (or absolute value) of products and services they consider getting.