When Consumers Are Highly Involved with the Purchase of an Expensive

question 28

Multiple Choice

When consumers are highly involved with the purchase of an expensive product and they perceive significant differences among brands,they most likely will undertake ________.

• A) habitual buying behavior
• B) complex buying behavior
• C) reflective buying behavior
• D) dissonance-reducing buying behavior
• E) variety-seeking buying behavior

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Payback Period

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Discount Rate

The discount rate that's critical in the process of valuing future cash flows today, within the framework of discounted cash flow analysis.

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