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Dimensions of Real and Virtual Consumer Experiences

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  • Katarzyna Dziewanowska

    (University of Warsaw, Faculty of Management)

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The purpose of this paper is to present the extended literature review on consumer experiences in online and offline shopping environment leading to identification of key dimensions of consumer experiences and providing an overview of current state of research in the identified areas. The paper begins with a brief introduction to the experience economy as a concept and to how consumer experiences are defined and understood. In the second part of the paper, theoretical and empirical research on models and measurement tools of consumer experiences in the shopping context is presented and discussed. The last section of the paper presents selected studies on consumer shopping experiences in online and offline retail context in each of previously defined dimensions.

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  • Katarzyna Dziewanowska, 2015. "Dimensions of Real and Virtual Consumer Experiences," Faculty of Management Working Paper Series 42015, University of Warsaw, Faculty of Management.
    • Handle: RePEc:sgm:fmuwwp:42015
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    Keywords

    consumer; experience; ecperience economy; dimensions; models; store; shopping; online; offline; real; virtual;
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    • M00 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - General - - - General
    • M30 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Marketing and Advertising - - - General
    • M31 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Marketing and Advertising - - - Marketing
    • M21 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Economics - - - Business Economics
    • O30 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - General

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