Category Archives: Behavioural Economics

Amazon mobile: the interface dictates the behaviour

Posted on March 25, 2013 by

Amazon’s legendary user experience costing them profit? Now there’s an irony… Continue reading →

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Book review: Decoded, Phil Barden

Posted on March 5, 2013 by

If Phil Barden is right, all students of marketing should switch to psychology today. Continue reading →

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Is asking “why” a reckless act?

Posted on November 17, 2011 by

“People are rational? Nope. People make good witnesses of their own lives? Nope. People will give you the same answer before and after lunch? Er…nope.” Tom Ewing on the Marketing Society’s blog The consensus on how humans make decisions has … Continue reading →

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Behavioural economics – implications for research and planning

Posted on June 27, 2011 by

I’ve been thinking about what behavioural economics (BE) means for research and planning. How do incorporate ‘decision science’ into research? How do we line up our recommendations so that they can easily be picked up by others trying to inculcate … Continue reading →

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Understanding consumers

Posted on January 6, 2011 by

Most of the issues market research seeks to answer are complex: overlapping several methods that cover attitudes, behaviour and context give us the best chance of getting us to a solution.
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