the effect of consumers' perception of the country originating a brand is powerful tool used to understand the customer needs, increase the satisfaction and ultimately the profitability of the organization. questionnaire methods designed to gather so many customers, managers and the experts in washing products provide appropriate results by refining and analyzing the data to make decision ...

BACKGROUND Giving cigarettes as gifts is a common practice in China, but there have been few systematic studies of this practice. The present study was designed to estimate the incidence of receiving cigarettes as gifts, correlates of this practice, and its impact on brand selection in a representative sample of urban adult smokers in China. METHODS Data were analyzed from Wave 2 of the Inter...

a key challenge to brand managers is how to gain a better understanding of the relationship between brand and customer loyalty constructs. researchers have recognized that brand identity plays a key role in brand management. the purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of brand identity and brand identification on brand loyalty through perceived value, customer satisfaction, and trust...

a r t i c l e i n f o Brand alliances in the business-to-business domain are becoming increasingly popular. This study investigates the impact of context-related effects on the formation of evaluation perceptions in B2B brand alliances. Assimilation and contrast effects represent the conceptual framework. Employing an experimental design we test the influence of two contextual factors on a rang...

Scholars are interested in exploring strategies for better business-to-business (B2B) brand management because several strategic benefits of having a stronger B2B brand have been revealed. Contributing to this stream of research, this dissertation applies the concept of multiple strategic orientations for the purpose of improving B2B branding. The collective role of the brand, market and entrep...

the recognition and understanding of brand experience by consumers is critical to develop goods and services marketing strategies, since they can be used to predict consumer behaviour. the aim of the present study is to investigate the antecedents and consequences of brand experience in the food industry. information on 400 customers of the mashhad tabarok company was collected by a questionnai...

In the context of the wine industry, we investigate producers’ choice between geographical indications and brand advertising to convey information to consumers. Producers also decide whether or not to select an effort level for improving the quality of their products. We show that if this effort level is selected, a producer will prefer to rely on brand advertising for promoting its products an...

a r t i c l e i n f o Over the last decade, educators, administrators, and policy makers increasingly focus on corporate social responsibility. However, no studies examine the relationships among corporate social responsibility, brand equity, and firm performance. This study uses quantile regression and structural equation modeling to explore the causal linkages among these factors in Taiwanese...

PURPOSE To determine the amount of importance audiologists place on various items related to their selection of a preferred hearing aid brand manufacturer. RESEARCH DESIGN Three hundred forty-three hearing aid-dispensing audiologists rated a total of 32 randomized items by survey methodology. RESULTS Principle component analysis identified seven orthogonal statistical factors of importance....

This research intends to explain more on brand choice particularly related to the consumer s sensitivity towards price changes. Theories and principles of behavioural economics specifically the matching law, are utilised in this study, as they explain more about brand choice. It examines and elucidates why consumers choose a certain product/brand and what influences them to do so. Price, an obv...