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The purpose of this report is to identify the various types of perceived risks and its effects on a consumer's search process.
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1. Introduction 1.1 Purpose The purpose of this report is to identify the various types of perceived risks and its effects on a consumer's search process. 1.2 Background With regards to product use/consumption, there are positive and negative consequences to which consumers refer to as possible benefits or potential risks. These risks, known as perceived risks concern the undesirable product consequences that consumers try to avoid when buying and using products. Perceived risk is a concept originally introduced to the marketing literature by Bauer (1960). Figure 1 below indicates the two types of risk models and their subsections. "Types of Perceived Risk" and "Risk Handling & Information Search" will be explained with further details in the later sections of this report. According to Bauer (1960, p. 24), perceived risk is defined as the uncertainty and possible adverse consequences which a person thinks will attach to buying (or using) a product. One reason for Bauer's definition...
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