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Index development from the perspective of product concept for improving emotional value and evaluation of impact on purchasing behavior

Research Project

Project/Area Number 20K22115
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Review Section 0107:Economics, business administration, and related fields
Research InstitutionSaitama University

Principal Investigator

Kato Takumi  埼玉大学, 人文社会科学研究科, 講師 (90882225)

Project Period (FY) 2020-09-11 – 2022-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2021)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,730,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥630,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Keywords商品・サービス開発 / ブランドマネジメント / コンセプト / 感性的価値 / ロイヤルティ / ブランドコンセプト / コンセプト想起 / 解釈レベル理論 / 商品開発 / デザイン / 商品コンセプト / 耐久消費財
Outline of Research at the Start

機能的価値からデザインや顧客経験(user experience, UX)といった感性的価値に競争力の源泉が移っている.当然ながら,多くの企業でその認識が広がっているものの,依然として業績は十分とは言えない状況である.確かにデザイン等を向上することは効果的であるが,それ以上に基となるコンセプトがロイヤルティの獲得には重要であると仮説を立てた.実際,日本企業はコンセプトが曖昧なまま技術を投入することで,不発に終わることが多いと指摘される.そこでコンセプト想起率という新たな指標を提案し,消費者ロイヤルティへの貢献を示すことで,産業界の価値創造の一助となることを期待している.

Outline of Final Research Achievements

With industries becoming technologically advanced, the source of competitiveness has shifted from a functional value, such as performance and durability, to an emotional value, such as design and comfort. To create an emotional value, the concept of a brand should be consistently embodied in a product or service to enhance its appeal. In the brand management of products and services, although performance and design are surveyed as factors of the repurchase or recommendation intention, the concept remains unused. This study clarified that considering reasons behind the repurchase intention of products/services, consumers who recall the concept of the product are more likely to repurchase than consumers who recall the specific characteristics, such as design and performance. As a practical implication, a new index known as concept recall can be adopted as a factor of brand loyalty in brand management.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

商品・サービスの開発には,多くの部門が関係して意思決定が行われる。その際,基準が統一されていなければ,コンセプトが忘れ去られ,いつのまにか技術の追求に目的がすり変わってしまう。しかし,消費者のロイヤルティを獲得するには,コンセプトに共感されることが最も重要であり,デザインや技術はその実現手段に過ぎない。よって,手段の目的化に陥らないためにも,コンセプトを意思決定の中心に置くべきである。これまで,産業界・学術界の双方において,ブランドマネジメントにおいてコンセプトを扱うことは稀であったが,本研究は評価方法と効果を示した。この成果は,学術的知見を拡張し,実務での意思決定を支えることが期待される。

Report

(3 results)
  • 2021 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (15 results)

All 2022 2021 Other

All Journal Article (9 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 9 results,  Open Access: 1 results) Presentation (5 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 4 results) Remarks (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] Brand storytelling on websites: The role of empathy on repurchase intentions for PCs and smartphones (in press)2022

    • Author(s)
      Takumi Kato
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Promotion Management, Taylor & Francis

      Volume: -

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Brand concept drives loyalty toward Starbucks; Empirical analysis from a comprehensive perspective of concept, product, place, and staff in Japan2022

    • Author(s)
      Takumi Kato
    • Journal Title

      Central European Management Journal, Walter de Gruyter

      Volume: 30 Issue: 1 Pages: 70-90

    • DOI

      10.7206/cemj.2658-0845.70

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] An empirical study of brand concept recall as a predictor of brand loyalty for Dyson2022

    • Author(s)
      Takumi Kato
    • Journal Title

      Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, Springer

      Volume: 443 Pages: 76-86

    • DOI

      10.1007/978-3-031-04126-6_7

    • ISBN
      9783031041259, 9783031041266
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Does concept recall in brand image show high loyalty?: An experimental study on the Apple MacBook2022

    • Author(s)
      Takumi Kato
    • Journal Title

      Marketing and Smart Technologies. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, Springer

      Volume: 279 Pages: 69-77

    • DOI

      10.1007/978-981-16-9268-0_6

    • ISBN
      9789811692673, 9789811692680
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Brand concept rather than brand image? Consumer-oriented evaluation items that should be managed as factors of brand loyalty2021

    • Author(s)
      Takumi Kato
    • Journal Title

      Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, 381,Springer.

      Volume: 381 Pages: 401-411

    • DOI

      10.1007/978-3-030-93677-8_35

    • ISBN
      9783030936761, 9783030936778
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Contribution of concept recall to brand loyalty: An empirical analysis of design and performance2021

    • Author(s)
      Takumi Kato
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Consumer Behaviour, Wiley-Blackwell

      Volume: - Issue: 4 Pages: 1-10

    • DOI

      10.1002/cb.1983

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Brand loyalty explained by concept recall: recognizing the significance of the brand concept compared to features2021

    • Author(s)
      Takumi Kato
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Marketing Analytics, Springer.

      Volume: 9 Issue: 3 Pages: 185-198

    • DOI

      10.1057/s41270-021-00115-w

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Concept-based brand management during competition for emotional value: Methodology of the evaluation and implementation in the organization2021

    • Author(s)
      Takumi Kato
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of the 2021 5th International Conference on Business and Information Management, ACM

      Volume: - Pages: 105-111

    • DOI

      10.1145/3483794.3483811

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Relationship Between Concept Recognition of a Product/Service Brand and Willingness to Pay2021

    • Author(s)
      Takumi Kato
    • Journal Title

      International Symposium on Affective Science and Engineering

      Volume: ISASE2021 Issue: 0 Pages: 1-4

    • DOI

      10.5057/isase.2021-C000005

    • NAID

      130008046276

    • ISSN
      2433-5428
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] Customer experience factors contributing to brand loyalty to Disney Resorts: An empirical analysis of concept, casts, attractions, and characters2022

    • Author(s)
      Takumi Kato
    • Organizer
      2022 American Marketing Association Winter Academic Conference
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] コンセプト想起によるブランドマネジメント:性能・デザインと比較した再購入意向への寄与度2021

    • Author(s)
      加藤拓巳
    • Organizer
      日本経営工学会 2021年 春季大会
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Relationship between concept recognition of a product/service brand and willingness to pay2021

    • Author(s)
      Takumi Kato
    • Organizer
      International Symposium on Affective Science and Engineering 2021
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Contribution of concept recall to brand loyalty: Empirical analysis compared to design and performance2021

    • Author(s)
      Takumi Kato
    • Organizer
      14th Academy of Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Knowledge Conference
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Concept-based Brand Management during Competition for Emotional Value: Methodology of the Evaluation and Implementation in the Organization2021

    • Author(s)
      Takumi Kato
    • Organizer
      5th International Conference on Business and Information Management, ACM
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Remarks] Excellent Oral Presentation Winners, ICBIM 2021

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2020-09-29   Modified: 2023-01-30  

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