Consumers’ Emotional Bonds with Foreign Countries: Does Consumer Affinity Affect Behavioral Intentions? Eva M. Oberecker and Adamantios Diamantopoulos ABSTRACT The construct of consumer affinity‚ which captures country-specific favorable feelings toward particular foreign countries‚ was recently introduced in the international marketing literature. In this study‚ the authors conceptually advance the consumer affinity construct and develop a measurement instrument for capturing affinity feelings
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Understood Complexity: Ibsen’s ‘An Enemy of the People’ E:CO Issue Vol. 11 No. 3 2009 pp. 1-15 Academic Understood Complexity: Ibsen’s ‘An Enemy of the People’—On Complexity‚ Sense-Making‚ Understanding‚ and Exit/Voice/Loyalty Tom Eide Diakonhjemmet University College‚ NOR ‘Understood complexity’ is a term of Albert Hirschman (1976) whose economicpolitical theory of ‘exit’ (‘vote with your feet’) versus ‘voice’ (feedback or use your influence for change) (1970)‚ has often been
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1) Executive Summary: Zain (formerly known as Fastlink)‚ was established in 1994‚ to launch mobile services in Jordan. Zain quickly became the foremost telecom company in the country‚ owning over twenty six outlets strategically located around the Kingdom. It also relies on indirect outlets by providing logistical support to dealers‚ thus its brand is visible all over‚ building momentum and strength‚ and becoming one of the first recognizable brands nationally. The Jordanian telecommunications
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2004. “The Umayyad Hydraulic System at Amman Citadel-Collection‚ Storage‚ Distribution‚ Use and Sewage”‚ in Orient-Archäologie Band 13. Proceedings of Men of Dikes and Canals. International Conference on The Archaeology of Water in the Middle East. Petra June 1999. German Archaeological Institute Oriental Section. (Bienert‚ H. & Haesser‚ J. Eds). pp. 243260. VML Ed. Rahden. Arce‚ I‚ 2003a. ”From the Diaphragm Arch to the Ribbed Vault. An Hypothesis for the Birth and Development of a Building Technique”
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CHRYSLER CORPORATION: NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN DAIMLER AND CHRYSLER ∗ In January 1998‚ Jürgen Schrempp‚ CEO of Daimler-Benz A.G.‚ approached Chrysler Corporation Chairman and CEO‚ Robert Eaton‚ about a possible merger‚ acquisition‚ or deep strategic alliance between their two firms. Schrempp argued that: The two companies are a perfect fit of two leaders in their respective markets. Both companies have dedicated and skilled work forces and successful products‚ but in different markets and different
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Garmin Ltd. Case Analysis Nathan Feather July 8‚ 2010 Table of Contents Executive Summary.............................................................................................................................................. 6 Background and Description of Major Issues ............................................................................................ 7 Company Background .........................................................................................................
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Managing the International Value Chain in the Automotive Industry Strategy‚ Structure‚ and Culture Stefan Schmid‚ Philipp Grosche Table of contents Foreword Authors Acknowledgments International value chains: Current trends and future needs‚ as exemplified by the automotive industry 1. Internationalizationofthevaluechainintheautomotiveindustry 2. Configurationandcoordinationascrucialdimensionsinshapinginternational valuechains 3. Bestpracticesandoptionsformanagingtheinternationalvaluechain
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Top of Form Egypt Culture Name Egyptian; Arab Egyptian; Arab Alternative Names Official name: Arab Republic of Egypt Previously: The United Arab Republic. Before 1952: The Egyptian Kingdom Orientation Identification. Egypt is the internationally used name but not the name used by the people of the country. It derives from the Greek Aegyptos‚ which in turn probably comes from ancient Egyptian words referring to the land ( Hut-ka-ptah‚ or "house of the essence [ka] of Ptah‚" a local
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Criminology LW3CRY Introduction Criminology is a 20-credit option taught using a mixture of lectures and seminar classes. There will be 25 lectures‚ mostly in the autumn term‚ followed by 5 seminar classes in the spring term‚ and lectures and seminar classes will follow the same structure. Lectures will provide an overview and explanation of an area to facilitate individual learning; seminar classes will consist of discussion of questions and issues raised in advance. Active participation in
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in South Asia (2006-2009) that was jointly funded by the Economic and Social Research Council and the Department for International Development (RES-167-25-0110). The project team comprised: Soumita Basu‚ Gitanjali Priti Bhatia‚ Samita Bhattarai‚ Petra Brhlikova‚ Erin Court‚ Abhijit Das‚ Stefan Ecks‚ Ian Harper‚ Patricia Jeffery‚ Roger Jeffery‚ Rachel Manners‚ Allyson Pollock‚ Santhosh M.R.‚ Nabin Rawal‚ Liz Richardson‚ and Madhusudhan Subedi. Martin Chautari (Kathmandu) and the Centre for Health
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