As hypothesized, product evaluations were highest for highlydeveloped countries, followed by newlyindustrialized, newlymarketizing, and developing country groups. Ozsomer and others published country of origin effects on product evaluations. This study examines the effects of country of origin and brand name cues on consumer evaluations of uninational and binational products and estimates of the perceived values of such cues. Test bias and test fairness in psychological testing. Previous research has demonstrated the influence of ambient scents on consumer purchasing decision and product evaluation. This study examines the effects of country of origin coo cues on product evaluation and purchase intention by considering the role of product knowledge. View your products performance as operators interact with them. The purpose of this paper is to identify and assess the factors which influence the consumers purchase intentions towards automobiles in pakistan. The role of social norms in consumers evaluations of brands. Effects of countryrelated affect on product evaluations. Star cruise malaysia and royal caribbean lines usa were selected as the brands and countries for the study. Applying the theory of reasoned action tra, this study proposes that coo influences purchase intention through attitudes and. Such coobased equity might even extend to other product categories due to stereotypical bias. The influence of culture, product types and product presentation format on chinese.
The significant impact of the country of origin effect on product perception was also proved. Respondents provided quality, attitude and purchase. John liefeld and marjorie wall 1993,the effects of intrinsic, country of origin and price cues on product evaluation and choice, in e european advances in consumer research volume 1, eds. Country of origin, consumer behaviour, cognition, product evaluation introduction the country of origin of a product, normally communicated through the. This research examined the effects of country of origin and product category on product evaluations for 21 countries and 18 products. Recent research has focused on the antecedent of the country of origin effect hung, 1989. Designmethodologyapproach data were collected from residents of a large north american metropolitan. Research suggests that the consumer may use country of origin as a cue when evaluating a product, particularly if heshe lacks more detailed knowledge of the product. The role of country of origin in product evaluations. A subset of source effects is referred to as country of origin effects, or the extent to which the place of manufacturing influences product evaluations. The issue is important for countries especially resourcepoor, developing countries that need to increase manufactured exports and for firms that source products in countries different from where sold. For products offered by binational or multinational brands, brand origin and country of manufacture are often different, and we assert that this difference can act as a source of.
Investigation of the effects of scent marketing containing coo information on product evaluations 2 abstract background. Interactive effects of country of origin and product category. From personal interviews with a regional quota sample of household residents, the study found the salience of country of origin in product evaluations under. When attribute information was unambiguous, experts based their evaluations on attribute strength, whereas novices relied on country of origin. Companies from all around the world are impacted by the country of origin effect constantly when preparing their strategies for international markets as well as when serving their home markets. However, the question of how much influence the country of origin provides in product and service evaluations remains unanswered and a number of other major issues have yet to be resolved. Furthermore, due to the relation between coo and brand origin bo, possible resulting brand misclassifications can affect the image of a country both positively and negatively. In prior studies, the effects of country of origin coo on purchase intention have been explained by signaling theory, the elaboration likelihood model and categorization theory. Anastasia savkina european master in business studies.
Country of origin effects refer to the extent to which the place of manufacturing influences product evaluations. Marketing inferences are drawn, and implications for future research are developed. First, this research demonstrates the interactive effects of country related affect cra and country related product crp associations on product evaluations. The study also found that the joint impact of country of origin and product category on product evaluations is moderated by countryproduct familiarity, supporting previous findings regarding summaryconstruct and countryhalo effects. Specific products used for evaluation in this study were automobiles. A pakistani university teachers perspective a thesis submitted to university of salford in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of doctor of philosophy amna shahzad salford business school, university of salford, manchester, july, 2014. Effects of subcultural differences on country and product evaluations. Apr 22, 2016 country of origin coo, which may refer to where a brand is based brand origin or where a product is manufactured country of manufacture, is an important cue consumers consider when evaluating products. This research also examines how and to what extent objective and subjective knowledge affect consumers information processing when coo cues are present. Narayana 1981 employed the semantic differential format used by nagashima in the 1970 study. This study examines coo in terms of the fit between. The process of examining a system or system component to determine the. Consumer perception of product quality and the country of origin effect1 consumer attitudes to local and foreign products and the likely country of origin effect in buy local and made in. The effects of the country of origin on the evaluation of products.
The country of origin may be an important element in the perceptions consumers have of products and services especially where little other information is known. The mitigating influence of personal relevance on product evaluations. Apr 01, 2020 product evaluations products listed in this index reference a product evaluation report that specifies limitations for use of the product as well as specified installation methods. Country of origin in the research literature the widespread availability of foreign goods over the last several decades has spurred a large research literature into the effects of product origins. Source and country of origin effects source effects occur when the receiver of the message evaluates the message on the basis of status or image of the sender. Countryoforigin effects on product evaluations springerlink. Introduction as the recent growth of globalization and the widespread of international trade, many firms have explored opportunities for distributing their products around the world. We determine the impact of source on respondents assessment of the quality and relevance of selected research abstracts. The study of country of origin coo effects examines how consumers perceive products emanating from a particular country. Download limit exceeded you have exceeded your daily download allowance.
This research has shown that knowing a products country of origin coo can significantly impact product evaluations, purchase intention etc. Ethnocentrism, features, product quality, country of origin, product knowledge, face saving and conformity and purchase intention. This dissertation examines the influence of the country of origin of products on. The impact of the country of origin coo has been in the center of interest of marketers and academics for several decades already. Countryoforigin effects on consumer product evaluation. First, country of origin may activate concepts and knowledge that affect the interpretation of other available product attribute information. When a product s country of origin is presented in the context of information about specific attributes of the product, it potentially could have several direct and indirect effects on product evaluations. The effects of intrinsic, countryoforigin and price cues on. In addition, the study identified an intermediary effect the default heuristic effect which is proposed. Product evaluations offers sophisticated tools for the foodservice marketer. Countryoforigin effects on product evaluations econpapers.
It is also found that while there were some indications that a positive brand name does reduce the component origin effects, brand names effect on assembly origin is much stronger and obvious. Countryoforigin effects on consumer buying behaviours. The influence of the country of origin image, product knowledge and product involvement on consumer purchase decisions. Although useful, the existing evidence for country of origin effects is limited in two ways. Countryoforigin effects on product evaluations article pdf available in journal of international business studies 1. Second, the cognitive mechanisms that mediate country of origin effects on product evaluations. Country of origin effects on product evaluations article pdf available in journal of international business studies 1. Objectives the source of research may influence ones interpretation of it in either negative or positive ways, however, there are no robust experiments to determine how source impacts on ones judgment of the research article. Pdf countryoforigin effects on product evaluations. First, much of this evidence is based on single cue studies, with country of origin the only information cue available to respondents bilkey and nes 1982. Consumer purchase intention toward products made in. In analyzing, attempt was made from cognitive perspective of country of origin and the processing of consumers prior knowledge about a country s products and not about the country itself. The analysis reveals that the occurrence of a country of origin effect in terms of a halo effect, a summaryconstruct effect, a.
Jun 01, 2002 this study examines country of origin co and brand effects on consumers quality perceptions, attitudes, and purchase intentions with respect to a serviceindustry product. In this part, the main concentration would be upon the consumer evaluation. Dramatically increase success rates of new product launches. Since 1965, it has been extensively studied by researchers. Consumers purchase intentions towards automobiles in pakistan. While past research has conceptualized country of origin as having multiple dimensions, the affective dimension has received limited attention verlegh and steenkamp 1999. Firms can counter negative source effects by deemphasizing their foreign origins. Countryoforigin effects for uninational and binational. The country of origin not only had a direct influence on product evaluations, but also appeared to stimulate subjects to think more extensively about other product attribute. A framework for managing country of origin effects martin s. In four experiments, this research examines the effect of country related affect cra on the evaluations of products originating from the country. However, none of these theories explains the role social norms play in coo effects. Matching product catgeory and country image perceptions. Country related affect cra systematically influences product evaluations depending on the valence as well as the warmth or competence associations of cra.
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