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A PROJECT REPORT
A STUDY ON CONSUMER BUYING BEHAVIOUR IN TIKONA DIGITAL NETWORKS (P) LTD
In partial fulfillment for the award of the degree
Of
MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
SUBMITTED BY
VISHWA KUMBH
1109670057
UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF
Internal Guide: MS. EVITA SRIVASTAVA
School of Management
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AFFILIATED TOMAHAMAYA TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY, NOIDA
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CERTIFICATE
This is to certify that Vishwa Kumbh is a Post-graduate student of
Vishveshwarya Instituted of Enggnering&technology,Gr.Noida. and
has successfully undergone a Summer Internship Program (SIP), in the topic on
“STUDY ON CONSUMER BUYING BEHAVIOUR IN TIKONA DIGITAL NETWORKS (P)
LTD”, during the period May 2012 to July 2012 with Tikona Digital
networks Pvt. Ltd.
The information submitted is true and original to the best of our knowledge.
DR.SURENDRA TIWARI Name of Supervisor: MS. EVITA SRIVASTAVA
Head of MBA Department Designation: Sr. Asstt Professor
Date: Department: MBA
Vishveshwarya instituted of enggnerring & tecnnology Gr.Noida.
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DECLARATION
I hereby declare that the information presented is correct to the best of my knowledge and the
analysis is as per the norms and guidelines provided for the report. I have utilized the requisite
concepts and applied the required methodologies to analyze the primary data collected to reach the
conclusion present in the report.
I claim the report to my indigenous work and have not been presented anywise for any
purpose ,what-so-ever.
Date Vishwa kumbh
Place (singnature of student)
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ABSTRACT
The project for TIKONA DIGITAL NETWORKS (P) LTD is aimed for successful
functioning of the organization. The researcher collected the primary information required for the
study through a structured questionnaire. Website and books are the main part of secondary data.
The nature of the study was descriptive. The sampling method used is convenience Sampling.
The sampling size was 100 Respondents. This includes only consumers. The researcher while
analyzing converted data made use of simple tabulations, percentage, correlation, chi-square test.
The need of the study is to study the CONSUMER BUYING BEHAVIOUR for successful
functioning of TIKONA DIGITAL NETWORKS (P) LTD.
Finally, the last two chapter deal with the finding from the survey and the suggestion to the
company is given followed by the conclusion.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Training is a real experience. Training for an MBA student, three months of summer training is
practically more resourceful than all the management classes he had in the classroom. It is an
experience, which sees one through his management career. This is mainly attributed to the fact that
during these days of summer training every student comes to know about the real business world.
Herein he learns how to put the lessons and the theories that he has learnt from numerous books at
work. He learns business management in all ways.
Firstly I would like to acknowledge our institute Vishveshwarya Instituted of
Enggnering& technology,Gr.Noida for providing me an opportunity to work on the field of
Marketing. I am also thankful to Dr.S.P Pandey (Director-VIET) on allotting his valuable time
for interaction that helps in attaining proper orientation to the study.
With due respect, I am sincerely thankful to Mr. Abhiram Bajpai (Zonal Sales
Manager, Tikona Digital Networks) and Mr. Bhupendra Singh for the
appropriate guidance, support & cooperation during this internship and in fact without them
navigational assistance life would have been very difficult.
I am also grateful to my faculty guide Mrs. Evita srivastva for guiding, inspiring and
motivating me to work in this area.
Without his line of action, invaluable guidance and time, it would not have been possible for me to
complete this project work.
I would also like to thank all those who directly or indirectly helped me in my training. I would like
to express thanks to all my friends who helped me in time and again in whatever possible ways
during completion of the project as well as those persons from whom I have learned much more in
past that help me in applying my ideas in the project report.
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CONTENTS
ABSTRACT i
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ii
LIST OF TABLES iii
LIST OF FIGURES iv
CHAPTER NO CONTENTS PAGE NO
1 1.1 Introduction
1.2 Statement of the Problem
1.3 Company Profile
1.4 Product Profile
1.5 Objectives Of The Study
1.6 Need For The Study
1.7 Scope Of The Study
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2 2.1 Review of Literature 12
3 3.1 Research Methodology
3.2 Method Of Data Collection
3.3 Tools Of Analysis
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4 4.1 Data Analysis And Interpretation
4.2 Findings Of The Study
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5 5.1 Suggestions
5.2 Conclusion
5.3 Limitation
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Bibliography
Appendix
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LIST OF TABLES
TABLE.NO
CONTENTS PAGE.NO
1 Age Profile of the Sample Population 30
2 Qualification of the Respondents 31
3 Income Level of the customers 32
4 Consumers using internet connection 33
5 Showing the users intending internet connection 34
6 Different uses of Internet 35
7 Showing the users of particular company 36
8 Existing users of Tikona wireless broadband 37
9 Tikona brand awareness 38
10 Source of brand awareness 39
11 Users those who collect information before making purchase 40
12 Word of mouth referrals by friends/ relatives 41
13 Influence of Advertisements on Buying Decision of Consumers 42
14 Preference by consumers regarding the features of brand 43
15 Influence of Different Sources of Information on consumer buying decision
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16 Influence of different attributes of information on consumer buying decision
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17 Satisfaction with Tikona wireless broadband in comparison with other brands
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18 Tikona performance in terms of after sales service 48
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19 Tikona performance in terms of maintenance 49
20 Tikona performance in terms of consumer expectation 50
LIST OF FIGURES
TABLE.NO
CONTENTS PAGE.NO
1 Age Profile of the Sample Population 30
2 Qualification of the Respondents 31
3 Income Level of the customers 32
4 Consumers using internet connection 33
5 Showing the users intending internet connection 34
6 Different uses of Internet 35
7 Showing the users of particular company 36
8 Existing users of Tikona wireless broadband 37
9 Tikona brand awareness 38
10 Source of brand awareness 39
11 Users those who collect information before making purchase 40
12 Word of mouth referrals by friends/ relatives 41
13 Influence of Advertisements on Buying Decision of Consumers 42
14 Preference by consumers regarding the features of brand 44
15 Influence of Different Sources of Information on consumer buying decision
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16 Influence of different attributes of information on consumer buying decision
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17 Satisfaction with Tikona wireless broadband in comparison with other brands
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18 Tikona performance in terms of after sales service 48
19 Tikona performance in terms of maintenance 49
20 Tikona performance in terms of consumer expectation 50
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CHAPTER 1
1.1 INTRODUCTION
Before business can develop marketing strategies, they must understand what
factors influence buyers behaviour and how they make purchase decisions to satisfy their needs and
wants. Buyers are moved by a complex set of deep and subtle emotions.
Consumer behaviour is the study of when, why, how, and where people do or do not buy a product.
It blends elements from psychology, sociology, social anthropology and economics. It attempts to
understand the buyer decision making process, both individually and in groups.
Consumer behaviour refers to the mental and emotional process and the observable behaviour of
consumers during searching, purchasing and post consumption of a product or service.
It studies characteristics of individual consumers such as demographics and behavioural variables in
an attempt to understand people's wants. It also tries to assess influences on the consumer from
groups such as family, friends, reference groups, and society in general.
Customer behaviour study is based on consumer buying behaviour, with the customer playing the
three distinct roles of user, payer and buyer. Relationship marketing is an influential asset for
customer behaviour analysis as it has a keen interest in the re-discovery of the true meaning of
marketing through the re-affirmation of the importance of the customer or buyer. A greater
importance is also placed on consumer retention, customer relationship management personalisation,
customisation and one-to-one marketing. Social functions can be categorized into social choice and
welfare functions.
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1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
As we know that customer is the king of any business, It is essential to understand customer
expectations their preferences towards the product and their needs and wants. Without understanding
consumer behaviour no companies can survive.
It serves as a feedback from the consumer and provide the companies the message regarding the
consumer attitudes, companies position, competition, opinions of the consumer regarding the product
etc.
Now a days almost all the companies involves in collecting the data from consumers regarding their
product and brand. They employee marketing people to let them know consumer behaviour.
By keeping all this points in mind, as consumer behaviour plays a vital role for any organization, this
project “A STUDY ON CONSUMER BUYING BEHAVIOUR IN TIKONA DIGITAL
NETWORKS PVT LTD”, does the same.
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1.3 COMPANY PROFILE
Tikona Digital Networks (TDN) is engaged in building the next generation wireless broadband
services for home and enterprise customers in India. TDN has an all India Class-A ISP license
granted by the Ministry of Communications, Govt. of India, for this purpose. TDN envisions a
powerful Broadband-enabled India and will make all possible contribution to make this happen.
TDN would also be building a comprehensive services framework that can deliver leading edge
voice, video, IT applications and multimedia content services over any broadband or IP-centric
network. Such a framework can be outsourced by service providers globally, who desire to offer next
generation services to their customers. TDN has engaged the best-in-class technology partners to
build the required capability frameworks.
Innovation is our driving force and we create environment for the young talent in our company to
conceive and incubate new ideas in order to develop and deliver useful services and solutions for our
customers, thereby sustaining our competitive advantages.
TDN was founded in mid 2008 by veterans from the telecom industry, who have built some of the
largest networks in India for mobile, enterprise, broadband and DTH services. TDN is adequately
funded by top-end global investors and is committed to comply with the highest standards of
corporate governance.
Prakash Bajpai
Founder,MD&CEO
Prakash Bajpai has a rich 31 years of experience in IT and Telecom Industry. He has been
instrumental in building and leading organizations and business with revenueof more than $2billion.
An engineering graduate from Delhi University, Prakash started his career with IBM as an
electronics engineer. He then moved to Phillips, where he was involved in the launch of color TV
transmission in India. He was one of the first few employees of Tata Telecom. His experience cuts
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across geographies as he worked with AT&T Network Systems in the US. Post returning to India, he
spearheaded the Marketing, Sales & Network Planning activities at Tata Lucent Technologies. He
then joined Hughes Telecom as President & CEO where he pioneered India's first Integrated
Broadband Network in Maharashtra & Goa. He also led
Hughes Telecom to launch India's first IPO (US$ 225 m) in the telecom sector. Prior to launching
Tikona, Prakash was the President and CEO at Reliance Communications, where he was responsible
for the Broadband, Enterprise, Data Center, PCO and DTH businesses of the company.
Prakash has also attained graduation from a number of in-house Management Programs conducted
by the AT&T School of Business Management including mini-MBA in Financial Management
Tarun Kumar
Chief Technology Officer
Tarun has over 19 years of industry experience spanning in IT, broadband and digital broadcast
technologies. He has successfully deployed and managed operations of many technology intensive
projects including enterprise and retail broadband BSS, cutting edge Interactive IPTV over metro
Ethernet network, service delivery platforms for New-age products and broadband radio access
networks.
Tarun is an electronics and communication engineer with M Tech (Integrated Electronics) from
Indian Institute of Technology (1990 batch).
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1.4 PRODUCT PROFILE
Tikona sells the services to peoples as a wireless broadband. It employees 4G technology through
which consumers are able to access the internet without any wire but with a high download speed of
2mbps.
Tikona provides this services to consumers via various schemes
Circuit breaker plans
Fixed monthly plans
Unlimited plans
2 MBPS CIRCUIT BREAKER PLANS
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Details CB499 CB299 CB49
Monthly plan charges 499 299 49
Installation charges 500 500 500
Modem rental 0 0 50
Free usage 5000 1000 100
Guaranteed maximum bill amount 999 999 999
Subscription amount 1102 881 661
Maximum PC Registration 8 8 8
Maximum simultaneous PC connections 8 8 8
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FIXED MONTHLY CHARGE PLANS
Details FMC599 FMC799 FMC1499 FMC2499
Monthly plan charges 599 7899 1499 2499
Installation charges 500 500 500 500
Bonus Bandwidth of 2Mbps(MBs/month) 4000 8000 15000 50000
Speed beyond Free usage 256 512 750 1024
Charges during NILL NILL NILL NILL
Subscription amount 1213 1433 2205 3308
Maximum PC Registration 8 8 8 8
Maximum simultaneous PC 2 3 4 5
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UNLIMITED USAGE PLANS
Details UNLTD
549
UNLTD
649
UNLTD
799
UNLTD13
99
UNLTD
3499
UNLTD
1649
Plan charges 549 649 799 1399 3499 1649
Installation
charges
500 500 500 500 500 250
Download speed 300 600 750 1024 2048 300
Subscription
amount
1157 1267 1433 2095 4411 2095
Maximum PC
registration
8 8 8 8 16 8
Maximum
simultaneous
PC connections
2 2 2 4 6 2
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The study the buying behaviour of the consumers Tikona digital network connec-
tion. know how the Company has been encountering the aggressive marketing
strategies of competitors. find out what marketing strategies should be undertaken
to increase the market share of the brand
To understand how these factors influence consumers buying decision. And un-
derstand what consumers consider while going for purchasing a wireless inter-
net broadband connection
understand the consumers perception towards the company. Tikona digital net-
work.
To determine whether there is any deviation between the features of the brand
and the acceptance of the consumers.
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1.6. NEED & SCOPE FOR THE STUDY
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Before business can develop marketing strategies, they must understand what factors influence
buyers behaviour and how they make purchase decision to satisfy their needs and wants.
This study aims towards collecting information about consumers Psychology towards wireless
internet connection and thus helping Tikona in understanding customers nature and help in de-
veloping strategies which will thus help them in increasing their business.
This study helpful to know in which stage the brand would be in industrial
life cycle.
It is done to understand what consumers consider while going for purchasing a wireless inter-
net broadband connection.
By this study we came to know how the organization retaining and sustaining its customer.
The main purpose of this project is to study consumers buying
behaviour and develop strategies which help Tikona in increasing their market share.
This study is mainly focused on various factors that affect consumers buying decision. Such
as social, psychological and personal.
The survey was conducted among different groups and all possible local areas in Noida were
considered for the study. The sample size was of 100 people who included people from vari-
ous age groups and different income levels. The data was collected through filling of ques-
tionnaire and interview.
The survey helped in understanding the various factors that influenced the buying decisions
of the customers and understanding their needs when it comes to wireless broadband internet
connection.
This study helps to understand the satisfactory level of consumers towards the brand. And
also understanding the consumer attitudes and their buying motives by means of company
brand image.
CHAPTER 2
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2. REVIEW OF LITERATURE
LITERARY REVIEW:
Psychologists have long been interested in the topics of buying and shopping behaviour.
Some major perspectives in psychology such as behaviourism and cognitivism have formulated
different theories to explain buying motivation and behaviour. The behaviourists stress the process of
operant conditioning and individual’s history of reinforcement, while the cognitive approach puts its
accent on individual’s free will and intentional, voluntary action. The views of these two
perspectives can be examined in terms of the nature of buying behaviour and the process of choice.
Based on their different conception about the nature of buying behaviour, the behaviourist and
the cognitive theorists have different views on the process of choice when buying. The behaviourists
propose that consumer choice begins with an external stimulus such as an advertising message or
word-of-mouth communication. Etc. However, the cognitive psychologists adopt a different
approach to explain the process of choice. They consider the choice of buying as a rule-following
behaviour Etc.
To the behaviourists, therefore, choice of buying is simply a behaviour, the only way of acting in
a given set of circumstances defined in terms of controlling contingencies. On the other hand, the
cognitive theorists present choice of buying as an outcome of internal, mental deliberation and
psychological decision. Actually, although the behaviourists and the cognitive theorists have
different ideas of the content of choice, they do share similar view on the unconscious feature of
choice (rather involuntary response to discriminative stimulus and the following of rules).
THEORITICAL REVIEW:
Consumer is the king and it is the consumer who determines what a business is. Therefore, a sound
marketing program should start with a careful analysis of the habits, attitudes, motives and needs of
consumers.
Consumer behaviour is prerequisite though the process is highly complicated. At the same
time, a firm’s ability to establish and maintain satisfying exchange relationships depends on the level
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of understanding of buying behaviour. Thus, buying behaviour is the decision process and acts of
people involved in buying and using products.
Need for Understanding Consumer Behaviour
Knowledge of consumer behaviour would render immense help for planning and implementing
marketing strategies.
Secondly, the proof of establishing consumer orientation in the marketing. This is known only when
marketing mix is developed to include positive answers to the questions listed in the beginning of
this chapter.
Thirdly, by gaining a better understanding of the factors that affect buyer behaviour, marketers are in
a better position to predict how consumers will respond to marketing strategies.
Finally, consumer is the principal—a priori of business. The efficiency with which a free market sys-
tem of enterprise operates, in the last analysis, depends upon the extent of consumer understanding
possessed by the business cannot possibly fulfill its obligations in a meaningful and responsive man-
ner. This is exactly the reason why consumer behaviour is given importance in modern marketing.
Consumer Decision Behaviour
It is a usual behaviour with most consumers to seek the objective of creating
maintaining a collection of goods and services that provides current and future satisfaction.
The various types of consumer decision-making vary considerably and are classified
as follows:
1. Routine response behaviour.
2. Limited decision-making, and
3. Extensive Decision-making.
1. Routine decision behaviour - is usually found in the cases of frequently purchased and low-cost
items. They are also aware of alternative brands, for instance, if you intended to buy a particular
would switch over to a second preferred brand of their choice. Thus, products that are bought
through routine response behaviour are purchased quickly with very little mental effort.
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2. Limited decision-making - is pertinent in the case of purchases made by the consumers less
frequently. The investment needed also will be comparably high. Hence, the consumers may acquire
information about all possible brands and some amount of mental exercises would follow to arrive at
a decision about all possible brands. Thus, limited decision-making requires a moderate amount of
time for information gathering and deliberation.
3. Extensive decision-making _is required when a consumer wants to purchase unfamiliar products
which is totally new, having high unit value and bought preferably once in his life time. Before such
a product is bought, the consumer uses many criteria for evaluating alternative brands and substitute
products and spends much time in seeking information and deciding on the purchase. An interesting
but a notable point in this connection is that the type of decision-making need not necessarily remain
constant. The following illustrates the variations more clearly.
Very High Moderate Very Low
Factors Influencing Consumer Buying Behaviour
Several factors determine the buying behaviour of consumers. These factors may be
classified as follows:
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Extended Consumer Decision-makingLimited Consumer Decision-makingRoutine Consumer Decision-making
Level of Prior Experience
Frequency of Purchase
Amount of Perceived Risk
Time Pressure
Degree of Search
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(1) Personal Factor:
These include factors unique to a particular person. Numerous personal factors influence
purchase decisions:
(a) Demographics
Individual characteristics such as age, sex, race, ethnicity, income, occupation and family life
cycle are called demographics. These have a bearing on who is involved in family decision-making.
(b) Life styles
Life style means an individual’s pattern of living expressed through activities, interests and
opinions. Life style patterns include the ways people spend-time, the extent of their interaction with
others, and their general outlook on life and living, people partly determine their own life styles and
partly these are shaped by personality and demographics.
(c) Situation. Situational factors are influences resulting from circumstances, time and
location that affect the consumer buying behaviour.
(2) Social factors: The factors that other people exert on buying behaviour are called social
factors. These factors are as follows
(a) Roles and Family Role means the activities that a person is supposed to perform. A
person occupies several positions and, therefore, he/she has many roles.
(b) Reference Group A reference group is any group that exercises a positive are three
major types of reference groups—membership, aspiration and dissociative. A reference group may
serve as an individual, point of comparison and source of information.
(c) Opinion leader
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The reference group members who provides information about a specific share that
interests members of the group is called opinion leader. An opinion leader is likely to be most
influential when consumers have high product involvement buy low product knowledge, when they
share the attitudes and values of the opinion leader and when the product details are numerous and
complicated.
(d) Social Class
A social class means an open group of individuals with similar social rank. Quite
often people in a society are classified into upper, middle and lower classes on the basis of their
income and occupation. Consumers belonging to a particular social class tend to have common
behavioural patterns. They may have similar attitudes and values.
(e) Culture and Sub-cultures
Culture is the aggregate of customs, beliefs, values, and objects that a society uses to
cope with its environment and passes on to future generations. Our culture determines what we want
and wear,. It also influences how we buy and use products. Cultural changes affect marketing mix.
(3) Psychological factors:
Factors that operate within individuals and determine their general behaviour are as
follows:
(a) Perception
Perception is the process of selecting, organizing and interpreting information to
derive meaning. Different people perceive the same thing at the same time in different ways.
(b) Motives
A motive means an internal force that orients a person’s activities towards need
satisfaction. A set of motives affects a buyer’s actions. Motives that influence where a person buys
products on a regular basis are known as patronage motives. These include location, price, variety,
service and behaviour of sale people. Marketers use depth interviews, projection and other methods
to know and understand the motives of buyers
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(c) Learning
Changes in an individual’s behaviour due to information and experience are called
learning. A consumer tends to repeat purchase actions which create satisfaction. Inexperienced
buyers use price as an indicator of quality more advertisements, salespersons, friends and relatives.
They also learn by buying and using products.
(d) Attitudes
Attitude refers to an individual’s enduring evaluation, feelings and behavioural
tendencies toward an object or idea. An individual’s attitudes remain generally stable and do not vary
from moment to moment. Attitudes play a significant role in determining consumer behaviour.
(e) Personality
Personality refers to a set of internal traits and distinct behavioural tendencies that
result in consistent patterns of behaviour. An individual’s personality is the outcome of heredity and
personal experiences. It makes the individual unique.. Personality influences the type of brand and
products purchased.
(f) Self-concept
Self-concept of self-image means a person’s perception or view of himself.
Individuals develop and alter their self=concept through interaction of social and psychological
dimensions. Research shows that a buyer purchases products that reflect and enhance the self-
concept. A person’s self-concept may also influence selection of products category and brand.
Consumer Buying decision Process
The process which consumers proceed while making their buying decisions is known as the
consumer buying decision process. This process consists of five stages a s shown in following fig.
Arrows connect all the elements in the decision process and show the impact of
demographics, social factors, and psychological factors upon the process.
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Arrows show feedback. (a) Shows the impact of social and psychological factors
(b) Shows the impact of a purchase on social and psychological factors such as social
class.
Roles and Family
The stages in consumer buying decision process are below:
1. Problem Recognition
A buyer recognizes the problem when he becomes aware of the desired state and an actual condition. The
speed with which a consumer recognizes the problem can be quite fast or slow. Sometimes, a person has a
problem or need but is unaware of it. Marketers use advertising, personal selling and other methods to help
trigger recognition of such needs or problems.
2. Information search
After recognizing the problem or need, a buyer search for product information that can resolve the
problem or satisfy the need. There are two types of information search. In the internal search which is our self
and external search which consists of friends, relatives, and media. Marketers repeat advertisements and use
visuals to increase consumer learning of information.
3. Evaluation of alternatives
A successful information search yields a number of brands that a buyer views as possible alternatives.
This group of products/brands is called the buyer’s evoked set. Various objective and subjective
characteristics that are important to the buyer are used to evaluate the alternatives. Cost and warranty are
examples of objective criteria whereas brand image and style are examples of subjective
characteristics.
4. Purchase
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Stimulus Problem Awareness
Information Search
Evaluation of
Alternatives
Purchase Decision
Post-purchase
Behaviour
Person Specific Influences
Social & Psychological Influences
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In this stage the buyer chooses the product or brand to be bought. Product availability may
influence which brand is purchased. The terms of sale (price, delivery, warranty, maintenance
agreement, installation and credit arrangement) are settled finally, the actual purchase takes place.
5. Post-purchase behaviour
After the purchase, the buyer begins evaluating the product to ascertain if its actual
performance meets the expectations. Many criteria used in evaluating alternatives are applied again
for this purpose. The outcome of this stage is either satisfaction of dissatisfaction. Shortly after
purchasing an expensive product, a buyer doubts whether he make the right decision.
Buying Motives of Consumers
A buying motive means what induces a customer to buy a product. There is a buying motive
behind every purchase. But the motive may differ from one buyer to another. Buying motives may be
classified as follows:
1. Internal and External Motives
Internal buying motives are inherent in the minds of consumers. They arise from the basic
needs like hunger, safety, comfort, pleasure, etc. internal buying motives may be rational or
emotional.
External buying motives are those which a customer learns or acquires from his environment.
Social status, social acceptance, achievement, etc. are examples of such motives. Income, education,
occupation, religion, culture, family and social environment influence external motives.
2. Rational and Emotional Motives
Buying motives are those which are based on logical reasoning and consideration of
economic consequences. They include the cost, durability and dependability of the product/service.
Emotional buying motives are based on personal feelings. These motives include ego,
prestige, love and affection, status, pride, etc.
3. Product and Patronage Motives
Product motives are of two types-primary and secondary. Primary buying motives are
the reasons due to which consumers buy one class of products rather than another. These motives
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arise directly from human needs and wants. These include the desire for health, beauty, knowledge,
relaxation, recognition, etc.
Secondary or selective buying motives induce consumers to buy certain kinds of products.
These include desire for convenience, dependability, durability, economy, versatility, etc.
CHAPTER 3
3.1 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
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The purpose of the research methodology is to describe the research procedure. This includes the
overall design, the sampling procedure, the data collection method analysis procedures. This section
is important because it is hard to discuss methodology without using technical terms. Yet, most of
the reader will not understand the technical language. This study was made based on primary data.
Distributing the questionnaire to the respondents collected the data. The questionnaire containing
questions relating to socio- economic status of the respondents.
RESEARCH DESIGN:
A research design is the specification of methods and procedure for acquiring the information
needed to structure or to solve problem. It is the overall operational pattern of frame work of the
project that stipulates procedures.
A research design is therefore defined as “A plan, structure and strategy of investigation
conceived so as to obtain answers to research question and control vacancies.”
Descriptive Research Design:
Descriptive research is contract to explorative research is marked by the prior
formulation of specific research question. The problem, perhaps as a result of an exploratory study,
before the project is initiated. He should be able to define clearly what he wants to measures and to
setup appropriate and specific means for measuring it. Descriptive research design includes surveys,
fact findings, and enquiries of different kinds.
The main characteristic of this method is that researcher has no control over the variable. He can
only report what has happened or what is happening. Most EX-POST FACTO research projects are
used for descriptive studies in which the researcher seeks to measure such items. Descriptive
research will be applicable to the existing problems.
RESEARCH INSTRUMENT
The research instrument used in this study “structured questionnaire”. Structured questionnaire are
those questionnaire in which there are predetermined question relating to the aspect for which the
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researcher collects data. The questions are presented with exactly the same wording in the same
order to all the respondents.
QUESTIONNAIRE DESIGN
The structured questionnaire for appraisal system with the following types of questionnaire open
ended, multiple choice, types of questions.
AREA OF STUDY
The area of study is confined to customers of TIKONA Digital Networks (P) Ltd, New delhi.
SAMPLING METHOD
The sampling method involved is convenient sampling method.
CONVENIENT SAMPLING
Convenient sampling is also known as purposive are deliberate sampling. This
sampling method involves purposive or deliberate selection of particular unit of the universe for
constituting a sample which represents the universe. When population elements are selected for
inclusion in sample based on the case access, it can be called convenience sampling.
SAMPLE
Sample denotes only a part of the conclusions are drawn on the basis of entire universe.
SAMPLE SIZE
The sample size is restricted to 100 customers. The sample questionnaire consists of closed ended
quetionnaire.
3.2 DATA COLLECTION METHODS
DATA SOURCES
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Data sources can be classified into two types namely.
*Primary data
*Secondary data
PRIMARY DATA
Primary data consists of original information collected for specific purpose. In
this study, primary data has been used. To obtain the primary data a well structured both open ended
and close ended questionnaire was prepared to get the response. The respondents were given up the
questionnaire and made them fill it to get their response.
SECONDARY DATA
Secondary data can be defined as the information already existing some where having
been collected for some other purpose. In this study the secondary information is obtained from the
various books, articles and from the company.
TOOLS FOR DATA COLLECTION
The following tools were used for data collection.
A. Questionnaire
B. Personal interview
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Simple percentage analysis
Chi-square test.
Correlation Analysis
SIMPLE PERCENTAGE ANALYSIS:
Simple percentage analysis is used for analysis of the data that is collected for
research work, simple percentage are often used in data presentation for the simplify, numbers,
through the use of percentages, the data are reduced in standard form with base equal to which it
facilitates the relative comparisons.
Simple percentage method = no. of respondents / total no. of samples * 100.
CHI-SQUARE TEST:
The chi-square test is one of the most useful non-parametric tests used in statistical
analysis. The chi-square test was first used by Karl Pearson in 1900; it is used to compare the
observed and expected frequencies. It is important to keep in mind that the chi-square test only tests
whether two variables are independent. It cannot address questions of which is greater or less. Using
this chi-square test, we cannot evaluate directly the hypothesis, the test can only test whether the two
variables are independent or not.
A set of expected frequencies is desired under the assumption that the null hypothesis is
true. This test enables us to find of the deviation of the expected frequency from theoretical ones is
just by chance or due to the inadequacy of the theory to fit the data.
Oi (I = 1, 2, 3,….., n) be the set of observed frequencies and
Is E i (I = 1, 2, 3……, n) be the set of expected frequencies, then Karl Pearson’s chi-
square statistics is given by
N
X2 = ∑ ( Oi –Ei )2 /Ei
I=1/Ei
This statistics has a constraint that
n n
∑ Oi = ∑ Ei
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i=1 i=1
If the above calculated X2 value is less than the tabulated X2 the value, we accept the null hypothesis.
While comparing the calculated value of X2 with the table value we have to determine the degree of
freedom. The degrees of freedom may be considered as the number of independent observations in
the sample minus number of k observations which can be estimated using the independent
observations . The degree of freedom
V=n-k n n
Since we have that ∑ Oi = ∑ Ei = N, the total frequency, can find one observation say
nth i=1 i=1
Observation using the remaining (n-1) observations, ∑n=n-∑Ei, = 1, 2, 3….n-1
Hence, the above-defined chi-square has n-1 degrees of freedom. The observed chi-square value
should be compared with the tabulated chi-square with (n-1) degrees of freedom.
CORRELATION ANALYSIS:
Correlation analysis deals with the association between two or more variable . It does not tell
anything about cause and effect relationship.
Correlation value shall always lie between +1 and -1. it shows there is perfect positive correlation
between variables. When r=0, there is no correlation.
r =cov (x,y) /s.d (x)* s.d(y)
r-correlation Coefficient
x & y are variables
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The data after collection has to processed and analyzed in accordance with the outline laid down for
the purpose at the time of developing the research plan. This is essential for a scientist study and for
ensuring that we have all the relevant data. Processing implies editing, coding, classification and
tabulation of collected data so that they acquiescent to analysis.
The term analysis refers to the computation of certain measures along with searching for
patterns of relationships that exits among data groups. Thus, “In the process of analysis, relationships
or difference supporting of conflicting with original or hypothesis should be subjected to statistical
tests of significance to determine with that validity data can be said to indicate any conclusions.”
Analysis of data in general way involves no: of closely related operation that performed with
the purpose of summarizing the collected data and organizing them in such manner that the answers
the research questions.
1. Age Profile of the Sample Population
2.
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TABLE NO: 1 Age Profile of the Sample Population
Attributes No.of Respondents Percentage
Less than 18 Years 9 9
Between 18-23 Years 23 23
Between 23-28 Years 46 46
Between 28-45 Years 14 14
More than 45 Years 8 8
FIGURE NO: 1 Age Profile of the Sample population
05
10152025
3035404550
Less than 18Years
Between 18-23 Years
Between 23-28 Years
Between 28-45 Years
More than 45Years
Age group of respondents
Per
cen
tag
e
Inference:
It is found that 69% of respondents are in the age group 18-28 years, 14% are in the age group of
28 to 45 years, only few respondents are in age group who are less than 18 years and more than 45
years.
3. Qualification of the Respondents
4.
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TABLE NO: 2 Qualification of the Respondents
Attributes No.of Respondents Percentage
10th pass or below 8 8
Higher Secondary level 18 18
Graduate 42 42
Post Graduate 32 32
FIGURE NO: 2 Qualification of the Respondents
05
10
15202530
354045
Belowsecondary
level
HigherSecondary
level
Graduate PostGraduate
Qualification
Per
cen
tag
e
Inference:
It is found that 26% of the respondents are below higher secondary level, 42% are graduates
and 32% are post graduates.
3.Income Level of the customers
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TABLE NO: 3 Income Level of the customers
Attributes No. of Respondents Percentage
Less than 10,000 14 14
10,000-20,000 24 24
20,000-40,000 34 34
Greater than 40,000 28 28
FIGURE NO: 3 Income Level of the customers
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
Less than10,000
10,000-20,000
20,000-40,000
Greater than40,000
Monthly Income
Per
cen
tag
e
Inference:
It is found that 14% of the respondent’s monthly income is less than Rs. 10000, 24% is in
between 10000 and 20000, 34% is in between 20000 and 40000, 28% is greater than 40000.
4. Do you have an internet connection?
TABLE NO: 4 Showing the users of internet connection
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Attributes No.of Respondents Percentage
Yes 69 69
No 31 31
FIGURE NO: 4 Showing the users of internet connection
Inference:
It is found that 69% of the respondents are having internet connection and 31% are not having
internet connection.
5. If No, are you looking for an internet connection?
TABLE NO: 5 Showing the users intending internet connection
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31%
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Attributes No.of Respondents Percentage
Yes 65 65
No 35 35
FIGURE NO: 5 Showing the users intending internet connection
Inference:
It is found that 65% of the respondents who are not having internet connection are looking for
internet connection, while 35% don’t have any idea of purchasing a new one.
6. For what purpose do you use internet?
TABLE NO: 6 Different uses of Internet
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Attributes No.of Respondents Percentage
Research/Studies 8 8
Job search 22 22
Emails 35 35
Chatting 25 25
Downloading 10 10
FIGURE NO: 6 Different uses of Internet
Inference:
It is found that 8% of the respondents use internet for research, 22% for searching jobs, 35%
for checking mails, 25% for chatting and 10% for downloading.
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35%
25%
10%
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7. Which internet connection you are using currently?
TABLE NO: 7 Showing the users of particular company
Atttributes No.of Respondents Percentage
Airtel 25 25
Bsnl 33 33
Reliance 18 18
Mts 9 9
Others 15 15
FIGURE NO: 7 Showing the users of particular company
25%
33%
18%
9%
15%
AirtelBsnlRelianceMtsOthers
Inference:
It is found that 25% of the respondents use airtel service, 33% are using BSNL, 18% are
using reliance, 9% are using MTS and 15% are using other services.
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8. Have you used Tikona wireless broadband?
TABLE NO: 8 Existing users of Tikona wireless broadband
Attributes No.of Respondents Percentage
Yes 25 25
No 75 75
FIGURE NO: 8 Existing users of Tikona wireless broadband
25%
75%
YesNo
Inference:
It is found that 25% of the respondents are using Tikona and 75% are not the users of Tikona
product.
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9. If No, are you aware of the Tikona wireless broadband?
TABLE NO: 9 Tikona brand awareness
Attributes No.of Respondents Percentage
Yes 87 87
No 13 13
FIGURE NO: 9 Tikona brand awareness
87%
13
YesNo
Inference:
It is found that 87% of the respondents are aware of Tikona and only 13% are
unaware of the existence of Tikona product.
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10. If Yes, how do you came to know about this brand?
TABLE NO: 10 Source of brand awareness
Attributes No.of Respondents Percentage
Pamphlets 8 8
Newspaper/magazines 31 31
Sales Executives 42 42
Any other source 19 19
FIGURE NO: 10 Source of brand awareness
8%
31%
42%
19%
PamphletsNewspaper/magazinesSales ExecutivesAny other source
Inference:
It is found that 8% of the respondents came to know about the brand through TV ads, 31%
through newspapers, 42% through sales executives, 19% through other sources.
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11. Did you collect any information before making purchase?
TABLE NO: 11 Users those who collect information before making purchase
Attributes No.of Respondents Percentage
Yes 90 90
No 10 10
FIGURE NO: 11 Users those who collect information before making purchase
90%
10%
YesNo
Inference:
It is found that 90% of the respondents collected information before making a purchase
decision while 10% did not collect any information.
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12. Have your friends/ relatives opinions influenced you to buy Tikona wireless broadband?
TABLE NO: 12 Word of mouth referrals by friends/ relatives
Attributes No.of Respondents Percentage
Strongly agree 33 33
Agree 26 26
Neutral 11 11
Disagree 23 23
Strongly disagree 7 7
FIGURE NO: 12 Word of mouth referrals by friends/ relatives
33%
26%
11%
23%
7%
Strongly agreeAgreeNeutralDisagreeStrongly disagree
Inference:
It is found that 33% of the respondents strongly agree that friends had a major influence in
purchase decision, 26% agree, 11% are neutral, 23% are disagree and 7% strongly disagree that
friends had a major influence in purchase decision.
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13. Has the advertisement insisted major influence in your buying decision?
TABLE NO: 13 Influence of Advertisements on Consumer’s buying decision
Attributes No.of Respondents Percentage
Strongly agree 23 23
Agree 11 11
Neutral 22 22
Disagree 9 9
Strongly disagree 35 35
FIGURE NO: 13 Influence of Advertisements on Consumer’s buying decision
23%
11%
22%9%
35%
Strongly agreeAgreeNeutralDisagreeStrongly disagree
Inference:
It is found that 23% of the respondents strongly agree that advertisement had a major influence
in purchase decision, 11% agree, 22% are neutral, 9% are disagree and 35% strongly disagree that
advertisement had a major influence in purchase decision.
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14. What are the features you look in a product before making purchase decision? Give
preferences.
TABLE NO: 14 Preference by consumers regarding the features of brand
Particulars Strongly
agree
Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly
disagree
Brand Credibility 32 28 16 14 10
Price & Discount 36 24 14 14 12
After Sales
Service
38 32 12 10 8
Value for Money 28 34 16 14 8
Add on features 26 32 28 8 6
FIGURE NO: 14 Preference by consumers regarding the features of brand
32%
30%
17.2%
12%
8.8%
Strongly agreeAgreeNeutralDisagreeStrongly disagree
Inference:
It is found that 32% of the respondents strongly agree that features had a major influence in
purchase decision, 30 % agree, 17.2% are neutral, 12% are disagree and 8.8% strongly disagree that
friends had a major influence in purchase decision.
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15. Whom do you consult while buying a wireless internet broadband connection?
TABLE NO: 15 Influence of Different Sources of Information on consumer buying decision
Attributes No.of Respondents Percentage
Friends 43 43
Relatives 21 21
Internets 12 12
Newspaper/Magazines 19 19
Any other source 5 5
FIGURE NO: 15 Influence of Different Sources of Information on consumer buying decision
43%
21%
12%
19%5%
FriendsRelativesInternetsNewspaper/MagazinesAny other source
Inference:
It is found that 43% of the respondents are influenced by their friends, 21% by relatives, 12% by
internets, 19% by newspapers and 5% by Any other source while making purchase decision.
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16. Rate the following attributes according to the importance you give while buying a wireless
internet broadband connection?
TABLE NO: 16 Influence of different attributes of information on consumer buying decision
Attributes No.of Respondents Percentage
Brand name of the company 5 5
Net Speed 25 25
Area wise Connectivity 10 10
Price of the product 15 15
Monthly Tariff plans 45 45
FIGURE NO: 16 Influence of different attributes of information on consumer buying decision
5%25%
10%
15%
45% Brand name of the
companyNet SpeedArea wise ConnectivityPrice of the productMonthly Tariff plans
Inference:
It is found that 5% of the respondents are influenced by brand name of the company, 25% by
net speed, 10% by area wise connectivity, 15% by price of the product, and 45% by monthly tariff
plans available while making purchase decision.
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17. How satisfied are you with Tikona wireless broadband compared with the others
substitutes available in the market?
TABLE NO: 17 Satisfaction with Tikona wireless broadband in comparison with other brands
Attributes No.of Respondents Percentage
Highly satisfied 12 12
Satisfied 28 28
Neutral 53 53
Dissatisfied 5 5
Highly dissatisfied 2 2
FIGURE NO: 17 Satisfaction with Tikona wireless broadband in comparison with other brands
12%
28%
53%
5% 2%
Highly satisfiedSatisfiedNeutralDissatisfiedHighly dissatisfied
Inference:
It is found that 12% of the respondents are highly satisfied with product, 28% are
satisfied, 53% are neutral, 5% are dissatisfied and 2% is highly dissatisfied with product.
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CHI-SQUARE TEST:
Particulars Strongly
agree
Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly
disagree
Total
Brand
Credibility
32 28 16 14 10 100
Price &
Discount
36 24 14 14 12 100
After Sales
Service
38 32 12 10 8 100
Value for
Money
28 34 16 14 8 100
Add on
features
26 32 28 8 6 100
Total 160 150 86 60 44 500
NULL HYPOTHESIS: H0
There is no significant difference between the features of the brand and the acceptance of the
consumers.
ALTERNATIVE HYPOTHESIS: H1
There is significant difference between the features of the brand and the acceptance of the
consumers.
Calculated value of chi-square=19.528
Tabulated value of chi-square at 5% level of significance=26.3
Since Tabulated value > Calculated value
Null Hypothesis Accepted. There is no significant difference between the features of the brand
and the acceptance of the consumers.
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CORRELATION ANALYSIS:
NULL HYPOTHESIS:
There is no significant difference in the purchase influenced by the word of the mouth
referrals of friends and the purchase influenced by the advertisements.
ALTERNATIVE HYPOTHESIS:
There is significant difference in the purchase influenced by the word of the mouth referrals of
friends and the purchase influenced by the advertisements.
X Y XY X2 Y2
33 23 759 1089 529
26 11 286 676 121
11 22 242 121 484
23 9 207 529 81
7 35 245 49 1225
100 100 1739 2464 2440
r= cov(x,y)/s.d(x)*s.d(y)
r= -0.578
Since the value of r is negative,
Alternative hypothesis get accepted. There is significant difference in the purchase influenced
by the word of the mouth referrals of friends and the purchase influenced by the
advertisements.
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4.2 FINDINGS OF THE STUDY
Majority of the respondents are in the age group of 18 to 28 years. This group forms the ma-
jor target segment of Tikona Broadband.
Majority of the respondents who use internet connections are educated people who have com-
pleted either graduation or post graduation.
Mostly respondents whose monthly income is greater than Rs.20000 are using internet con-
nection.
70% of the respondents are having internet connections at home.
65% of the respondents who are not having internet connection are looking for internet con-
nection, while 35% don’t have any idea of purchasing a new one.
Majority of the respondents use internet for chatting, downloading and checking mails. Only
few use it for searching jobs and research purposes.
Majority of the respondents are using reputed broadband services like BSNL, Reliance, Air-
tel. Only few use new services like MTS and others.
While majority of the respondents are aware of the existence of Tikona Broadband, only few
respondents have used it.
Majority of the respondents came to about this brand through sales executives and pamphlets
issued along with newspapers.
Majority of the respondents collect all the relevant information necessary before making pur-
chase.
Nearly 60% of the respondents are influenced by their friends and relatives while making a
purchase decision.
Majority of the respondents are not influenced by the advertisements while making purchase
decision.
Monthly tariff plans and net speed are the important factors taken into consideration while
making purchase decision.
40% of the customers are satisfied with Tikona broadband while only 7% are dissatisfied
with this product, all others response is neutral.
40% of the respondents are satisfied with after sales service while only very few are dissatis-
fied with the after sales service.
40% of the customers are satisfied with the maintenance of Tikona broadband while only 7%
are dissatisfied, all others response is neutral
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Nearly 50% of the respondents are satisfied as the product meets the expectation of the cus-
tomers while 43% of the respondents feel neutral.
There is no significant difference between the features of the brand and the acceptance of the
consumers.
There is significant difference in the purchase influenced by the word of the mouth referrals
of friends and the purchase influenced by the advertisements.
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Most of the respondents came to know about this brand only through sales executives. Steps
can be taken to improve the awareness of the product among people.
Majority of the respondents are using reputed brands like BSNL, Reliance etc. Steps can be
taken to make Tikona a reputed brand.
Tikona is bought by majority of the people for its low tariff plan and high net speed. This
shall be maintained.
Further this brand is available only in major cities like Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai etc.
Steps can be taken to promote the product in other parts of India.
Advertisements play a meager role in influencing people in making a purchase decision. Only
friends and relatives play a major role in influencing people. Steps can be taken to improve
advertisements in television and radio to promote the product.
Respondents are satisfied with the after sales service of the product, feel that the product is
easy to maintain and also the product meets the expectation of the customers. This shall be
maintained.
5.2 CONCLUSION
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Consumer behaviour plays a vital role recent days so the researcher carefully under takes the
survey of consumers to find out its effect on TIKONA DIGITAL NETWORKS PVT LTD on the
basis of that survey.
All the things are mostly favourable to Tikona, the Tikona should continue the same strategy.
Tikona should concentrate on sales promotional activities & recruits additional number of employees
in service department in order to provide uninterrupted service to consumers.
Tikona have a good brand image among consumers so in order to retain the consumers and to
sustain the image it is recommended that the organization should follow the suggestions as given
above in the project.
.8. LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY
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This study is restricted to marketing area.
Time is the major limitation of this study .
This study is performed only for a period of 90 days.
Convenience sampling is used in this study.
Less number of consumer’s are taken as sample in this study i.e. 100 Respondents.
Information collected is ineffective for consideration becasuse due to less number of samples.
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ANNEXURES
QUESTIONNAIRE
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Respected madam/sir,
As a part of my project I would like to gather some information from you
Which will help me in an in depth study of project. The information provided by
You will be kept confidential and will be used for academic purpose only. I would
be obliged if you co-operate with me in filling the questionnaire.
1. Name ………………………………………………….
2. Gender
a) Male
b) Female
3. Age
a) Less than 18 years
b) Between 18-23 years
c) Between 23-28 years
d) Between 28-45 years
e) More than 45 years
4. Qualification of the Respondents
a) 10th pass or below
b) Higher secondary level
c) Graduate
d) Post Graduate
5. Monthly Income of the Family
a) Less than Rs. 10,000
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b) Between Rs. 10,000-Rs. 20,000
c) Between Rs. 20,000-Rs. 40,000
d) More than Rs. 40,000
6. Do you have an internet connection?
a) Yes
b) No
7. If No, are you looking for an internet connection?
a) Yes
b) No
8. For what purpose do you use internet?
a) Research/Studies
b) Job Search
c) Emails
d) Chatting
e) Downloading
9. Which internet connection you are using currently?
a) Airtel
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b) Bsnl
c) Reliance
d) Mts
e) others
10. Have you used Tikona wireless broadband?
a) Yes
b) No
11. Are you aware of the Tikona wireless broadband?
a) Yes
b) No
12. If Yes, how do you came to know about this product?
a) Advertisements
b) Newspapers/ Magazines
c) Company Sales Executives
d) Any other source
13. Do you collect any information before making purchase?
a) Yes
b) No
14. Have your friends/ relatives opinions influenced you to buy Tikona wireless broadband?
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a) Strongly agree
b) Agree
c) Neutral
d) Disagree
e) Strongly disagree
15. Has the advertisement insisted major influence in your buying decision?
a) Strongly agree
b) Agree
c) Neutral
d) Disagree
e) Strongly disagree
16. What are the features you look in a product before making purchase decision?
Give preferences.
a) Brand credibility
b) Price and discount
c) After sales services
d) Value for money
e) Add on features
17. Whom do you consult while buying a wireless internet broadband connection?
a) Friends
b) Relatives
c) Internets
d) Newspaper/ Magazines
e) Any other source
18. Rate the following attributes according to the importance you give while buying a wireless
internet broadband connection?
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a) Brand name of the company
b) Net Speed
c) Area wise Connectivity
d) Price of the product
e) Monthly Tariff plans
19. How satisfied are you with Tikona wireless broadband compared with the others substitutes
available in the market?
a) Highly satisfied
b) Satisfied
c) Neutral
d) Dissatisfied
e) Highly dissatisfied
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