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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CONSUMER BEHAVIOR Consumer behavior is the study of consumers and the processes they use to choose‚ use‚ and dispose of products and services. A more in depth definition will also include how that process impacts the world. Consumer behavior incorporates ideas from several sciences including psychology‚ biology‚ chemistry and economics. (Tim Friesner). This following analysis will point out the differences between holiday decision-making and traditional problem-solving model of consumer decision-making
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communication strategy. Keywords: Working wife‚ Perception‚ Norm‚ Schwartz Value‚ Household Purchase Decision‚ Family Decision Making Process 1. Introduction Family is an important unit of analysis in consumer decision-making field (Xia et al.‚ 2006)‚ but the vast interest in family as unit of analysis in research has not happened only until recently (So and Yao‚ 2006). Family is a main reference group when individual family member is
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Reginald Jones D03342926 Consumer Behavior Week 7- Course Project “Nivea Active 3” Market Analysis As one of the leading international skin care companies we are close to consumers‚ offering them compelling‚ innovative products. With more than 125 years of experience in skin care and one of the world’s most modern research centers‚ Beiersdorf stands for innovative and high-quality cosmetic products. Our brands are trusted universally - from NIVEA‚ one of the world’s largest skin care
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– To understand a Filipino consumer‚ businesses should focus on 4 factors: beauty‚ hygiene‚ health and convenience. These are the "key trends that would explain [Filipinos’] buying behavior‚” stressed Luz Barra‚ commercial director of consumer knowledge and insights firm‚ Kantar Worldpanel. READ: Factors influencing Filipinos’ decision to buy‚ according to Nielsen In a media briefing on Thursday‚ September 4‚ Barra detailed why these matter to the local consumer: Filipinos like to look
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ABOUT CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR Consumer behavior is an applied discipline. Its application exists at two different levels of analysis. One is at the micro level perspective and other at the macro level perspective. Micro level seeks application of the knowledge faced by the individual‚ firm or an organization. The macro perspective applied knowledge of consumer include the aggregate level of problem faced by large groups or by society as a whole. Buying behavior is an attempt to understand and predict
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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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Marketers expend considerable effort to have consumers learn about their products. Therefore it is vital that we understand how consumers‚ and that includes us‚ learn. Learning: Learning refers to any change in the content or organisation of long-term memory. Consumer behaviour is largely learned behaviour. Learning is defined as any change in the content or organisation of long-term memory. Consumers must learn almost everything related to being a consumer: product existence‚ performance‚ availability
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Groups-Friends- Because Friends determine your behavior because they are part of your daily environment.we become more like the people we hang out with.http://www.dailytitan.com/2011/05/do-friends-influence-your-behavior/ Family- Parents –because they are generally the first‚ and often the most enduring‚ influence in people’s political decisions. They vote what their parents vote because they were the ones who first taught us what sort of behaviors were expected of someone in our society. The more
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Consumer Behavior Target Market: The market I choose to target were health cautious men who are care about what they eat and working out. The reason I choose this market was because eel is a very healthy food if prepared right. I am going to change the option of ell and how it’s seen to a health food choice food in salads‚ rice‚ veggies‚ and other foods. Demographics: * Men – more likely to try new things and aren’t as stand off about eels current perspective * Ages 20-35
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