You will be graduating soon and have been offered what you consider the job of your dreams. The new position, however, requires some traveling so you will need a car. You currently do not have one. What decision process will you go through to purchase an automobile?

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This purchase would require five purchase decision stages: (1) Problem recognition: the car is needed for the new job. (2) Information search: check internal and external sources. (3) Alternative evaluation: objective and subjective attributes considered from a consideration set. (4) Purchase decision: decision made after judging the alternatives. (5) Postpurchase evaluation: evaluate car in terms of expectations. See Figure 4-1.

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