МІКРОЕКОНОМІЧНИЙ АНАЛІЗ ПОВЕДІНКИ СПОЖИВАЧІВ ІЗ ПОГЛЯДУ ТЕОРІЇ ПОКОЛІНЬ В УМОВАХ ЦИФРОВІЗАЦІЇ

Abstract

The article examines the determinants of consumer behaviour characteristics amid information and communication technologies and their use in all social spheres. The relevance of the study is due to the fostering of digital economy and its interference into the social spheres, including transformation of consumer preferences and values when making purchasing decisions. The objective of the article is to determine consumer behaviour characteristics belonging to different generations. The transformation of structure, but directly of the consumption character in the digital economy has been analyzed. The analysis of socio-economic and historical preconditions` impact on the consumers` value orientations have been carried out. Within the theory of generations` framework, the issue of social groupings` (generations`) stability selection, their periodization and main values` figuring out have been considered. One of the key values that determines their affiliation to a society, a certain generation, and, accordingly, forms a certain microeconomic model of consumer behaviour is cosmopolitanism in the growing pace of information and communication technologies distribution and the availability of Internet resources. The most important feature of consumer behaviour in the formation and development of the digital economy which characterizes all generations – vertical trust – trust in public authorities and the media and horizontal trust – trust in information obtained from the inner circle and social networks, has been studied. Social networks` and environment`s impact on purchasing decisions in terms of generations – X and Y has been examined. The growing level of access to information, the range of consumer opportunities to maximize goods` utility through individual approach to supply have been analyzed. The peculiarities of market transformation and its focus on consumer preferences and values, digital technologies resources to reduce transaction costs when buying and selling, the prerequisites for shifting consumption from the long term to the short term have been identified.