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  • 25 Oct 2016
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'Be Careless with That!' Availability of Product Upgrades Increases Cavalier Behavior Toward Possessions

Keywords: by Silvia Bellezza, Joshua M. Ackerman, and Francesca Gino; Telecommunications
  • 29 Mar 2017
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The Story of Why Humans Are So Careless With Their Phones

          Silvia Bellezza is an assistant professor of marketing at Columbia Business School. Joshua M. Ackerman is an assistant professor of psychology at University of... View Details
Keywords: by Josh Neufeld; Consumer Products; Retail
  • 18 Oct 2016
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October 18, 2016

the insights it provides. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51754 2016 Journal of Marketing Research 'Be Careless with That!' Availability of Product Upgrades Increases Cavalier Behavior Toward Possessions By: View Details
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  • 2015
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'Be Careless with That!' Availability of Product Upgrades Increases Cavalier Behavior Toward Possessions

By: Silvia Bellezza, Joshua M. Ackerman and Francesca Gino
Consumers are often faced with the opportunity to purchase a new, enhanced product (e.g., a new phone), even though the device they currently own is still fully functional. We propose that consumers act more recklessly with their current products and are less concerned... View Details
Keywords: Carelessness; Product Upgrade; Justification; Loss; Consumer Behavior; Attitudes; Product; Ownership
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Bellezza, Silvia, Joshua M. Ackerman, and Francesca Gino. "'Be Careless with That!' Availability of Product Upgrades Increases Cavalier Behavior Toward Possessions." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 15-077, April 2015.
  • October 2017
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'Be Careless with That!' Availability of Product Upgrades Increases Cavalier Behavior Toward Possessions

By: Silvia Bellezza, Joshua M. Ackerman and Francesca Gino
Consumers are often faced with the opportunity to purchase a new, enhanced product, such as a new phone, even though the product they currently own is still fully functional. We propose that consumers act more recklessly with their current products when in the presence... View Details
Keywords: Carelessness; Product Upgrade; Ownership; Justification; Consumer Behavior; Attitudes; Property
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Bellezza, Silvia, Joshua M. Ackerman, and Francesca Gino. "'Be Careless with That!' Availability of Product Upgrades Increases Cavalier Behavior Toward Possessions." Journal of Marketing Research (JMR) 54, no. 5 (October 2017): 768–784.
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