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GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
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MBA - SEMESTER 3 - EXAMINATION - WINTER 2018
Subject Code: 3539211 Date:07/12/2018
Subject Name: Consumer Behavior (CB)
Time: 10:30 am — 1:30 pm Total Marks: 70
Instructions:
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- Attempt all questions.
- Make suitable assumptions wherever necessary.
- Figures to the right indicate full marks.
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| Q.1 | Define following terms. 14 |
- Rational Motive
- Dogmatism
- Absolute Threshold
- Subliminal Perception
- Extensive Decision Making Buying
- Opinion Leadership
- Consumer Socialization
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| Q.2 | (a) At present New Business startups are getting more popularity among 07 fresh post graduates of B-schools due to policies and economic environment supporting the same. Explain importance of Social Media Marketing and consumer behavior for new startups. |
| (b) Describe types of Qualitative Research with suitable examples. 07 |
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| (b) What are some rituals‘(religious, educational, social) that you have 07 --- Content provided by FirstRanker.com --- experienced? How Indian culture is different from rest of the world forany of the marketer? |
| Q.3 | (a) Describe Freudian and Neo-Freudian Theories in detail. Which of 07 these both; is more applicable for current digital age; to understand young shoppers’ mindsets? |
| (b) How Perception takes place in individual’s mind about products and 07 brands? How one organizes the things remembered and perceived and --- Content provided by FirstRanker.com --- use this knowledge while buying as per interpreted in one’s evoke set? |
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| Q.3 | (a) Explain components of communication. 07 |
| (b) How regional and religious sub cultures differ from one another in 07 India? Consider two states of India to exemplify the strategic differences as per consumption behavior of different sub cultures. |
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| Q.4 | (a) Narrate Tri-Component Attitude Model. 07 |
| (b) Explain Family Life Cycle Stages and consumption pattern as per the 07 stages. |
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| Q.4 | (a) Explain ‘Theory of Trying to Consume’ and Theory of ‘Attitude — 07 Towards-the-Ad Model’. |
| (b) Explain practical applications of different self-image concepts. 07 |
| Q.5 | CASE STUDY: --- Content provided by FirstRanker.com --- Mark Christian: a fresh MBA wishes to join his uncle Jimmy’s FemalePerfume Brand “Pink Fairy” based at Gandhinagar. Jimmy has captured the market of Ahmedabad, North Gujarat and South Gujarat. He wishes to expand the market across metros and all major cities of India for his brand “Pink Fairy” and he also wishes to launch new --- Content provided by FirstRanker.com --- products in his product line. There are many established brands inIndia presently which are advertising their brands on almost all the platforms as TV, FM radio, Billboards and News Paper advertisements. They have reached in the top of the mind slot of the customers due to repeated attractive advertisements. Some of the --- Content provided by FirstRanker.com --- brands like “Fogg” has done well as strong punch line like “Kya chalraha hai?” Due to constraint of investment Mark suggested Jimmy to cover rural and sub-urban areas of the nation. Now both are in the dilemma for effective market segmentation and targeting for the brand. |
| (a) Explain types of Segmentation. Which-type is applicable for the case? 07 How? | |
| (b) Narrate criteria for effectivetargeting of market segments. How it is 07 --- Content provided by FirstRanker.com --- applied to this case? |
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| Q.5 | (a) What would you suggest to Jimmy and Mark as per your knowledge of 07 Consumer Behavior and Segmentation? |
| (b) For Positioning of the brand Pan India; suggest your ideas for effective 07 communication and advertising strategies. |
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