"Owned by...": Country of Origin’s New Cue
Author(s)
Mort, Gillian Sullivan
Duncan, Matthew
Griffith University Author(s)
Year published
2003
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This study identifies and explores a new country of origin (COO) cue, "owned by. . . ." The importance of three extrinsic cues "owned by . . . ," "made in . . . " and price was examined using conjoint analysis. Data were collected from a sample of 268 undergraduate students familiar with color televisions. Segments were formed using cluster analysis and analyzed using multiple discriminant analysis. "Owned by . . . " was found to be important and distinct from the "made in . . . " cue. Segments based on the two COO cues were identified using importance weights and individual utilities. When segments were formed using ...
View more >This study identifies and explores a new country of origin (COO) cue, "owned by. . . ." The importance of three extrinsic cues "owned by . . . ," "made in . . . " and price was examined using conjoint analysis. Data were collected from a sample of 268 undergraduate students familiar with color televisions. Segments were formed using cluster analysis and analyzed using multiple discriminant analysis. "Owned by . . . " was found to be important and distinct from the "made in . . . " cue. Segments based on the two COO cues were identified using importance weights and individual utilities. When segments were formed using individual utilities the individual difference construct, economic nationalism, provided discriminatory power while consumer ethnocentrism did not, supporting the hypothesis that economic nationalism and consumer ethnocentrism differ. Practitioners can now use "owned by . . . " knowing that it forms an important and distinct marketing tool. Limitations and future research are discussed. [
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View more >This study identifies and explores a new country of origin (COO) cue, "owned by. . . ." The importance of three extrinsic cues "owned by . . . ," "made in . . . " and price was examined using conjoint analysis. Data were collected from a sample of 268 undergraduate students familiar with color televisions. Segments were formed using cluster analysis and analyzed using multiple discriminant analysis. "Owned by . . . " was found to be important and distinct from the "made in . . . " cue. Segments based on the two COO cues were identified using importance weights and individual utilities. When segments were formed using individual utilities the individual difference construct, economic nationalism, provided discriminatory power while consumer ethnocentrism did not, supporting the hypothesis that economic nationalism and consumer ethnocentrism differ. Practitioners can now use "owned by . . . " knowing that it forms an important and distinct marketing tool. Limitations and future research are discussed. [
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Journal Title
Journal of International Consumer Marketing
Volume
15
Issue
3
Subject
Marketing