A Study on Mobile Phone Buying Behavior Using an Image-Based Survey

Procedia Economics and Finance, Volume 11, 2014, Pages 609–619, Shaping the Future of Business and Society — Symbiosis Institute of Management Studies (SIMS), © 2014 Elsevier B.V.

11 Pages Posted: 15 Dec 2014

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Muazzam Khan

SIBM Pune

Apoorva Kulkarni

Symbiosis Centre for Information Technology

Vijayakumar Bharathi

Symbiosis International University - Symbiosis Centre for Information Technology (SCIT); Symbiosis International University - Symbiosis Centre for Information Technology

Date Written: June 1, 2014

Abstract

Realizing the significance of customer buying behavior in today’s market scenario it is very appropriate to analyse the drivers that trigger the purchasing decision. This research paper identifies and analyses certain critical drivers of mobile phone purchasing decisions and explaining their relevance. Empirical research was conducted in this study through an image-based survey amongst college students in Pune city. In this paper three critical drivers to purchasing decision namely price, brand and brand ambassador were considered. The study adopted text based questions and image based questions to solicit the responses to find whether it had an impact on the responses. The study also ascertained how effectively an image-based survey can be administered to compliment the conventional text-based question survey.

Keywords: critical drivers; image based; text-based; purchasing decision

Suggested Citation

Khan, Muazzam and Kulkarni, Apoorva and Bharathi, Vijayakumar and Bharathi, Vijayakumar, A Study on Mobile Phone Buying Behavior Using an Image-Based Survey (June 1, 2014). Procedia Economics and Finance, Volume 11, 2014, Pages 609–619, Shaping the Future of Business and Society — Symbiosis Institute of Management Studies (SIMS), © 2014 Elsevier B.V. , Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2538240

Muazzam Khan

SIBM Pune ( email )

Symbiosis Knowledge Village
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Pune, Maharashtra 411042
India

Apoorva Kulkarni

Symbiosis Centre for Information Technology ( email )

Plot 15, Rajiv Gandhi InfoTech Park
Pune, MA Maharashtra 411057
India

Vijayakumar Bharathi (Contact Author)

Symbiosis International University - Symbiosis Centre for Information Technology (SCIT) ( email )

Plot 15, Rajiv Gandhi InfoTech Park
Pune, MA Maharashtra 411057
India

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