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Course title Consumer Behaviour
Course code EBC2041
ECTS credits 6,5
Assessment Whole/Half Grades
Period
Period Start End Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri
4 3-2-2025 30-3-2025 X X
Level Intermediate
Coordinator Kelly Geyskens
For more information: k.geyskens@maastrichtuniversity.nl
Language of instruction English
Goals
Consumer Behaviour aims at providing students with a better understanding of basic consumer buying behaviour in order to be able to describe, explain, and predict how consumers will behave under various marketing conditions and actions.
Description
Consumers and their needs are at the core of marketing. The past decades have witnessed a shift from a mere sales- and product-oriented approach (whereby marketing was a matter of pushing already existing product lines and creating awareness for those products) to a consumer-oriented approach (whereby products fit identified needs of well-delineated consumer segments, i.e. products need to be “positioned”). In order to be able to anticipate today’s rapid changes in consumers’ motives and needs, a decent understanding of the underlying mechanisms is a sine qua non. The objective of this course is to introduce the student to the principles of consumer behaviour. We start from formal theories and concepts and discuss their usefulness in developing effective marketing strategies. Most sessions will be organised around the consumer’s purchase decision process, consisting of Need Arousal, Information Search and Processing, Brand Evaluation and Attitude Development, Purchase, Consumption and Postpurchase Evaluation. Other sessions address specific consumer-specific or environmental variables that affect this decision process.
Literature
Consumer behavior textbook. Academic articles.
Prerequisites
This course has been cancelled for the pre-master International Business specialisation Strategic Marketing.
See the Bachelor Education and Examination Regulations for more information.

The following rule applies to pre-master International Business specialisation Strategic Marketing students who started the programme prior to academic year 2023-2024.
TRANSITIONAL REGULATION (EBC2041):
Students who have not been able to successfully complete "Consumer Behaviour" (EBC2041) before 2024-2025, do not comply with the requirement to successfully complete the pre-master in two academic years. Therefore, no additional examination options will be available.
Teaching methods (indicative; course manual is definitive) Presentation / Lecture / Assignment / Groupwork
Assessment methods (indicative; course manual is definitive) Final Paper / Participation / Written Exam
Evaluation in previous academic year For the complete evaluation of this course please click "here"
This course belongs to the following programmes / specialisations
Bachelor Economics and Business Economics - Economics Year 3 Business Elective(s
Bachelor Economics and Business Economics - Emerging Markets Year 3 Elective Course(s)
Bachelor Economics and Business Economics - Economics and Management of Information Year 2+3 Elective Course(s)
Bachelor Economics and Business Economics - International Business Economics Year 3 Business Elec(s) - Maj Inf Mgmt
Bachelor Economics and Business Economics - International Business Economics Year 3 Business Elec(s) - Maj Macro
Bachelor Economics and Business Economics - International Business Economics Year 3 Business Elec(s) - Maj Micro
Bachelor Economics and Business Economics - International Business Economics Year 3 Core Course(s) - Maj Marketing
Bachelor International Business - Emerging Markets Year 3 Elective Course(s)
Bachelor International Business Year 3 Business Elec(s) - Maj Accounting
Bachelor International Business Year 3 Business Elec(s) - Maj Finance
Bachelor International Business Year 3 Business Elec(s) - Maj Inf Mgmt
Bachelor International Business Year 3 Business Elec(s) - Maj Org
Bachelor International Business Year 3 Business Elec(s) - Maj SCM
Bachelor International Business Year 3 Business Elec(s) - Maj Strategy
Bachelor International Business Year 3 Core Course(s) - Maj Marketing
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