Publications
Publications
- November 2003 (Revised April 2004)
- HBS Case Collection
Why Consumers Don't Buy: The Psychology of New Product Adoption
Abstract
Looks at the consumer psychology of new product adoption. Identifies a key reason why consumers do not adopt innovations as quickly as developers think they should--an irrational resistance to behavioral change. Identifies strategies for firms to manage and overcome this resistance.
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Citation
Gourville, John T. "Why Consumers Don't Buy: The Psychology of New Product Adoption." Harvard Business School Background Note 504-056, November 2003. (Revised April 2004.)