COUNTRY OF ORIGIN OF A PRODUCT ON CONSUMERS’ BUYING BEHAVIOR By FIREW KIFLE GUDERO Bachelor of Arts in Business Management Jimma University Jimma‚ Ethiopia July 2001 Submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate College of the Oklahoma State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE May‚ 2009 COPY RIGHT BY FIREW KIFLE GUDERO MAY 2009 THE EFFECT OF COUNTRY OF ORIGIN OF A PRODUCT ON CONSUMERS’ BUYING BEHAVIOR Thesis Approved: Dr. Todd J
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more and more customers. According to Moos‚ K.V.‚ “ The symbolic values associated with brand names have become the basis for product differentiation with leading strategies attempting to emulate key factors that are conductive to key behaviors associated with consumer purchasing patterns”.(2005). The clothing market across the world have seen a number of changes over the past decade with the emergence of a number of fashion brands in the industry and with the use of effective branding strategies
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Introduction Consumer behavior is the study of individuals‚ groups‚ or organizations and the processes they use to select‚ secure‚ and dispose of products‚ services‚ experiences‚ or ideas to satisfy needs and the impacts that these processes have on the consumer and society. It blends elements from psychology‚ sociology‚ social anthropology and economics. It attempts to understand the decision-making processes of buyers‚ both individually and in groups. It studies characteristics of individual
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Executive Summary History Ever since Apple Inc. was established‚ they never had a straight way to reach success‚ but today Apple. Inc is the one of the largest and most successful technological companies around the world. Their main key to success is that they have a good management team that is led by founder Mr. Steve Job. They have had some issues that may have had some bad influence to their recent success‚ such as gross margins that were not increasing despite falling component prices‚ but
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our case the competitive advantages of Apple is differentiation and innovation‚ high quality‚ great customer responsiveness‚ high level of marketing and having strong sales department. By recruiting Steve Jobs Apple did its first steps. They have done a good research and according to the results offered their production. By having good marketing and sales and good customer responsiveness Apple gained loyal customers. This means that Apple has good capabilities and resources. Moreover‚ Apple has done
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CONSUMER BEHAVIOR – UNIT ONE INTRODUCTION OF CONSUMER Earlier consumer were related to the monetary exchanges disregarding the service sectors but these days the consumers are not only limited to the values of money but alsoto intangible objects like services from hospitals‚ telecommunications‚ academic institutions etc. Any organizations’ potential audience or general public can be considered as consumers. Examples of such may fit to the citizen of the nation to the Election commission or
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An Empirical Study of Consumer Switching from Traditional to Electronic Channel: A Purchase Decision Process Perspective Alok Gupta* (agupta@csom.umn.edu) Bo-chiuan Su (bsu@mgt.ncu.edu.tw) Zhiping Walter (Zhiping.Walter@cudenver.edu) ALOK GUPTA (agupta@csom.umn.edu) is an Associate Professor of the Department of Information and Decision Sciences‚ Carlson School of Management‚ University of Minnesota‚ USA. He received his PhD in Management Science and Information Systems from the University of Texas
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in the tourism industry focused on what tourists buy‚ when they buy‚ where they buy‚ and how they buy‚ but not so much on why they buy. This question of “why” brings us to a micro-level analysis tourism development. In this context among other things‚ the literature explains the self concept literature in consumer research which helps to explain the psychological underpinnings of travel self-congruity that involves a process of matching a tourist’s self-concept to a destination visitor image. Traditional
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Nature scope and importance of consumer behavior Consumer Behavior Meaning :Consumer behavior is defined as “The dynamic interaction of affect and cognition behavior by which human beings conduct the exchange aspects of their lives .This means that the buying actions of consumers are greatly affected by their thought process and their feelings experienced . Importance of consumer behavior : • Ever increasing intensity of competition • More aggressive competitors emerging with
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Principles of Consumer Behavior: Consumer behavior is dynamic. It involves thinking‚ feeling as well as actions of consumers‚ consumer groups and society. The study of consumer behavior looks at how people buy‚ what they buy‚ when they buy and why they buy it. It examines the buyer decision process‚ both individually and in groups. It also examines characteristics of individual consumers such as demographics and behavioral variables in an attempt to understand people’s wants and assess consumer influences
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