Consumer behaviourConsumer behaviour is the study of individuals, groups, or organisations and all the activities associated with the purchase, use and disposal of goods and services. Consumer behaviour consists of how the consumer's emotions, attitudes, and preferences affect buying behaviour. Consumer behaviour emerged in the 1940–1950s as a distinct sub-discipline of marketing, but has become an interdisciplinary social science that blends elements from psychology, sociology, social anthropology, anthropology, ethnography, ethnology, marketing, and economics (especially behavioural economics).
Preference (economics)In economics and other social sciences, preference refers to the order in which an agent ranks alternatives based on their relative utility. The process results in an "optimal choice" (whether real or theoretical). Preferences are evaluations and concern matter of value, typically in relation to practical reasoning. An individual's preferences are determined purely by a person's tastes as opposed to the good's prices, personal income, and the availability of goods. However, people are still expected to act in their best (rational) interest.
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ConsommateurUn consommateur est une personne qui réalise un ensemble d'actes à propos d'un service ou d'un produit depuis son achat jusqu'à son utilisation ultime. Et cela en vue de satisfaire au mieux ses attentes tout au long de la durée normale prévue d'utilisation. Ce terme recouvre abusivement indistinctement différents rôles : acheteur, approvisionneur, utilisateur, usager, bénéficiaire, payeur...
Computer-supported collaborationComputer-supported collaboration research focuses on technology that affects groups, organizations, communities and societies, e.g., voice mail and text chat. It grew from cooperative work study of supporting people's work activities and working relationships. As net technology increasingly supported a wide range of recreational and social activities, consumer markets expanded the user base, enabling more and more people to connect online to create what researchers have called a computer supported cooperative work, which includes "all contexts in which technology is used to mediate human activities such as communication, coordination, cooperation, competition, entertainment, games, art, and music" (from CSCW 2023).
Fundamental analysisFundamental analysis, in accounting and finance, is the analysis of a business's financial statements (usually to analyze the business's assets, liabilities, and earnings); health; and competitors and markets. It also considers the overall state of the economy and factors including interest rates, production, earnings, employment, GDP, housing, manufacturing and management. There are two basic approaches that can be used: bottom up analysis and top down analysis.
Étude de marchéUne étude de marché est une activité d'exploitation marketing destinée à analyser, comprendre et mesurer le fonctionnement réel des forces à l'œuvre dans le cadre d'un marché. Il s'agit d'une activité typiquement mise en œuvre dans le cadre de la démarche du marketing management. Concrètement — une fois établi le périmètre à observer — cela recouvre l'étude des comportements, des appréciations, des besoins et des attentes des demandeurs et offreurs présents sur ce marché, ainsi que celles des conditions selon lesquelles ceux-ci agissent (ou non) pour réaliser les échanges correspondants à la satisfaction de leurs buts et intérêts.
Market timingMarket timing is the strategy of making buying or selling decisions of financial assets (often stocks) by attempting to predict future market price movements. The prediction may be based on an outlook of market or economic conditions resulting from technical or fundamental analysis. This is an investment strategy based on the outlook for an aggregate market rather than for a particular financial asset. The efficient-market hypothesis is an assumption that asset prices reflect all available information, meaning that it is theoretically impossible to systematically "beat the market.
