Date of Award
2008
Degree Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration
Abstract
The research objective of this dissertation is to develop and validate a scale measure of consumer ubiquity that indicates the individuals' propensity to shop online "anytime, anywhere" given a wireless, internet-based ubiquitous marketplace. Through a focus group, two surveys and a set of experiments we generate items, construct and validate a ten-item three-dimension scale and apply it for segmentation and targeting with different mobile advertising strategies. The scale demonstrates sufficient validity as a predictor of proactive mobile shopping behavior, but its applications in terms of segmentation and targeting for mobile advertising are more complex. Though the more ubiquitous consumers show greater openness towards mobile advertising, their responsiveness to the advertisements differ based on the type of advertising strategy used and the location where they receive the advertisement.
Recommended Citation
Banerjee, Syagnik, "Consumer ubiquity or anytime anywhere consumption: Scale development and validation" (2008). Open Access Dissertations. Paper 2215.
https://digitalcommons.uri.edu/oa_diss/2215
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