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Ethnography for Marketing and Consumer Research

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  • Venkatesh, Alladi
  • Crockett, David
  • Cross, Samantha
  • Chen, Steven

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This is intended to assist researchers in employing ethnographic methods in marketing and consumer research. It is our response to the demands of practitioners, students, and academics who want to know more about ethnographic research, but who may not have had a formal training or exposure. Ethnographic research is an instantiation of what is sometimes referred to as interpretive research. Ethnography is increasingly used to explore marketing and consumer issues, designing products, services and systems that improve people’s daily lives. We offer a step-by-step approach to conducting ethnography in business and consumer settings with some examples. We also provide a framework and some general principles.

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  • Venkatesh, Alladi & Crockett, David & Cross, Samantha & Chen, Steven, 2017. "Ethnography for Marketing and Consumer Research," Foundations and Trends(R) in Marketing, now publishers, vol. 10(2), pages 61-151, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:now:fntmkt:1700000043
    DOI: 10.1561/1700000043
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    Keywords

    Ethnographic methods; Qualitative research; Interpretive research;
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    JEL classification:

    • D12 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis
    • M31 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Marketing and Advertising - - - Marketing
    • Z13 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification

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