葡萄酒消费行为影响因素分析

葡萄酒是一种健康的酒精饮料,在我国潜在消费市场巨大,发展前景良好。葡萄酒的消费行为受外在因素、内在因素、营销因素三个方面的影响。葡萄酒企业制定营销计划应以消费者为中心,针对葡萄酒消费市场的特点以及消费者的需求,巧妙灵活、广泛宣传葡萄酒健康功能、美容功能、社交功能,刺激消费者的购买欲望,建立消费者对葡萄酒的认知度和忠诚度。同时,结合我国传统文化、各区域历史、民族、饮食等文化,建立具有中国特色的葡萄酒文化,使葡萄酒真正的走进消费者的生活中。     

Determinants of SME International Marketing Communications

ABSTRACT

This research article discusses the factors affecting international marketing communications in small- and medium-size enterprises (SMEs). International commitment and brand adaptation in overseas markets were found significantly influencing the effectiveness of international marketing communications. The results suggest that international marketers need to have resources input, such as human and financial, to drive international marketing communications. Brand adaptation also needs to be performed in order to achieve a better international marketing communications. There are two factors affecting international marketing communications suggesting international marketers of SMEs need to be concerned with both internal resource and external factors in international ventures.     

Package graphic design and communication across cultures: An investigation of Chinese consumers' interpretation of imported wine labels

Package graphic design is a powerful tool for brand communication. Yet, an important question is how the designs are understood across cultures. A considerable amount of research has focused on cross-cultural marketing communications, prompting discussions on the emergence of global consumer cultures, which make package standardization possible or, conversely, the awareness of cultural differences, which has suggested that package localization is necessary. No research, however, has considered this question from a design-centered perspective and examined whether some package graphic designs are more likely than others to remain intelligible across cultures. This research proposes that packages using motivated signs in their graphic designs are more likely to be intelligible across cultures than packages using arbitrary signs. To explore this proposition, eight imported wine labels were analyzed through a semiotic study (study 1). Then, two studies investigated the interpretations of the wine labels by Chinese consumers. The results indicate that the labels that were classified as “motivated” succeeded in conveying the desired brand meanings to the Chinese respondents (study 2: N = 1391) even when they were not familiar with the wine brand culture (study 3: N = 795). The research presents a theoretical contribution by introducing the concept of sign motivation to the marketing literature and nuancing the classic assumption that visual signs convey different meanings across cultures. It also presents a managerial contribution by presenting a conceptual framework and methodology for the analysis of whether or not a graphic design is likely to be intelligible across cultures. It therefore provides guidelines for the design of packages for international markets.     

Barriers to internationalization: A study of small and medium enterprises in India

Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) play a significant role in the growth of the economy. Many SMEs have set up activities beyond their home markets, and their role is more important in contributing to future growth. They are confronted with international competition and forced to compete in international markets. In this study, authors have categorized obstacles to firm internalization as internal and external barriers. The three dimensions of external barriers include governmental and economic political/legal barriers, procedural, and currency barriers, and task and socio-cultural barriers. The internal barriers considered for the purpose of the study were informational barrier, managerial barriers, financial barriers, and marketing barriers. Authors have used adapted scale from previous researches in these domains. Database accumulated the SMEs that were involved in manufacturing activities in the state of Rajasthan, India. The measurement model is a confirmatory factor analysis. The measures used within this study were within the acceptable levels supporting the reliability of the constructs. The analysis of the data revealed that there was moderate correlation between the external and internal factors. Within the external factors, procedural and currency barriers showed the highest obstacle for SMEs in their pursuit for internationalization followed by task and socio-cultural factors. Results specified that the entrepreneurs were not able to handle and manage foreign exchange fluctuations due to their lack of knowledge in this field.     

Are Sustainable Consumers Health Conscious? A Segmentation Study of Wine Consumers

As a result of consumers’ increasing concerns with ethical, environmental, and health issues, sustainable consumption and production have become a popular topic of recent academic research and industry practices. The current study sought to provide in-depth insights into consumers’ views on sustainability by simultaneously examining their environmental and social awareness and behavior, health-conscious lifestyles, and diets; as well as the perceived importance of social and nutrition information on wine labels. Based on empirical data obtained through a web-based survey distributed to consumer panels in three markets – the US, the UK, and Germany – this research segmented wine consumers into four categories: Apathetic Consumers; Health-Conscious Diners; Holistic Perfectionists; and Ethical Advocates. The findings indicate that in general wine consumers are mindful about the environmental problems, social responsibility of companies, ethically produced and sustainably sourced products. The majority adhere to healthy lifestyles and watch their diets. Nevertheless, with the exception of only one cluster (Holistic Perfectionists), wine consumers do not actively seek social, environmental, or nutritional information on wine labels. This study shows that, at least currently, the preferences for the social factors are unlikely to outweigh dominating traditional wine purchase drivers, such as price, brand, country of origin, and grape variety. Industry implications for tailored marketing strategies are discussed.     

Professional Occupations,Knowledge-Driven Firms,and Entrepreneurship: A National and Regional Analysis

The worldwide dominance of Western nations in commercial knowledge-intensive services has declined between 1995 and 2010, but the slippage in revenue was only from 88 to 79 percent. The European Union and North America remain the two largest regions in consumption and in exporting. Four professional service sectors—accounting, law, engineering, and management consultancy—have shown stability or even growth in the past decade. Entry and expansion requirements in these fields, at home and abroad, constitute barriers for both individual professionals and companies. Entrepreneurship is evident in these sectors, as small and medium size enterprises have maintained their viability against large firms. Only accountancy shows a high degree of concentration, but competition in this sector, too, is expected from the emerging economies, especially China. Professional service firms of the West have forged strong linkages with both domestic and foreign clients via relationship marketing. Technology is an important factor via automation. Although each of the four sectors is facing both external and internal challenges, they continue to grow and appear to be meeting the challenges in part by more innovation and transparency.     

影响跨国公司股权安排选择的因子分析 --以世界500强在粤子公司为例

改革开放以来,跨国公司进入中国的股权安排选择发生了较大的变化,新增独资企业已成为首选投资方式.跨国公司股权安排选择是跨国公司综合评估公司内部因素和东道国环境约束作出的战略决策.在回顾前人对股权安排影响因素理论和实证研究的基础上,文章对世界500强在粤子公司进行了实证研究,“企业内部因”子、“产业因子”、“中方合伙人因子”、“东道国环境因子”和“市场定位因子”这五个因子的共同作用影响着跨国公司在华的股权安排选择.     

The impact of internal,external, and competitor factors on marketing strategy performance

ABSTRACT

Strategy formulation is commonly understood as the match between a firm’s internal resources and skills and its external environment. Marketing strategy performance is the function of a dynamic, interactive process incorporating internal firm resources, external environmental factors, and competitive actions. The study aims to assess the impact of competitor actions on marketing strategy performance. We develop a model that accommodates the effects of 29 variables (comprising internal marketing strategy variables, external environmental factors and competitors’ marketing mix variables) on business performance. We empirically test the model using simultaneous equation modelling of time-series data on UK car manufacturers collected from publically available resources and annual reports. The results show that external factors, in particular competitors’ marketing mix elements, have a greater influence on a company’s business performance than internal (marketing and non-marketing) strategy variables. Implications for marketing theory and management are discussed.     

论营销理念在我国会计师事务所中的运用

随着我国市场经济的发展 ,市场营销日益受到广泛关注。作为会计服务市场主体的会计师事务所 ,也开始意识到营销的重要性。现阶段我国会计师事务所运用营销思想尚有不足之处 ,分析会计服务市场营销理念的特定内涵 ,即会计师事务所营销的实质就是关系营销 ,通过协调、优化与内外各关系主体的关系 ,调动各种积极力量 ,以确立竞争优势 ,赢得市场先机。     

内部控制、学历水平与高管腐败:理论框架与实证

本文将内部控制、学历水平与高管腐败纳入到一个统一的分析逻辑和理论框架之中.研究结论显示,企业内部控制和人口统计学意义上的高管学历特征,是影响高管腐败的两个显著因素.其中内部控制作为主变量在抑制高管腐败过程中具有显著效应;而高管学历水平作为调节变量在内部控制抑制企业腐败的过程中具有调节效应.进一步基于要素层次的研究结果表明,内部控制对于高管腐败的防控作用是介由内部环境、信息与沟通、内部监督三个要素的改善而实现的.以上结论形成对于现有文献的有益补充,实现了对反腐败理论的延伸拓展,而且对寻找有效的腐败治理政策也具有实践意义.     

基于扎根理论的农业物流生态圈协同影响因素分析

农业物流生态圈作为一种先进的发展模式,可通过各子系统的相互协作达到双赢,解决传统农业发展面临的产业联动性差、技术水平低下、运营模式落后等问题,推动农业供给侧结构性改革。而考虑到农业物流生态圈涉及主体众多,其协同受多种因素共同作用,需要构建农业物流生态圈协同影响因素框架,以为农业物流生态圈协同研究提供指标体系。基于扎根理论这一质性研究方法,利用Nvivo11.0软件对访谈文本及相关文献资料进行深度分析,得到112个初始概念,进而由初始概念概括出39个范畴,提炼出15个副范畴,最终归纳出协同环境、协同机制、协同能力、协同意愿、扰动因素五个主范畴,形成农业物流生态圈协同影响因素框架。在这个框架中,协同环境可定义为外驱因素,协同机制、协同能力可定义为内驱因素,协同意愿可定义为中介因素,且各因素并非直接对农业物流生态圈产生影响,而是主要通过三条路径进行,其一是外驱因素→中介因素→农业物流生态圈协同,其二是内驱因素→中介因素→农业物流生态圈协同,其三是扰动因素对内驱因素和外驱因素进行调节。     

Marketing in Chinese Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs): The State of the Art in a Chinese Socialist Economy

This paper adopts the context-embedded approach to examine the marketing practices of 307 small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the People’’s Republic of China by comparing the survey findings with that of Hong Kong and Guangdong SMEs. Chinese SMEs focus on regional markets to avoid direct competition with Hong Kong SMEs in the international markets and also their Guangdong counterparts in the turbulent nationwide market. To market their own brands, Chinese SMEs have to analyze the market and use superior marketing strategies in the competitive markets. Chinese SMEs do not attain the superior competitive positions as that of their Guangdong counterparts, but they use customer satisfaction surveys and claims investigation to help develop excellence in product performance. Also, Chinese SMEs have to provide value-added products and services and also a well-rounded marketing competitive strategy to gain market shares. The traditional state-owned enterprise structure in China facilitates the development of hierarchical organizational structure and joint decision making process. Thus, care should be taken in assuming that marketing tools and techniques are equally applicable across all places, even in similar cultural contexts. Socio-cultural influences and mediating environmental factors should be considered when attempting to understand the marketing practices of Chinese small firms, specifically when China is in transition to a socialist market economy.     

Integrated marketing communications in the Australian and New Zealand wine industry

Integrated marketing communications and the management of brands is a vital area for research in many industries. The global wine industry is facing significant changes including: retail concentration; proliferation of brands and labels; fragmenting consumer markets; and over-production. Improving the planning, implementation and integration of marketing communications activities is essential for the survival of brands and companies operating under these conditions. This research reports on findings into marketing communications integration in the context of the Australian and New Zealand wine industries. The research employs Duncan and Moriarty's (1997) abbreviated Integrated Marketing Audit to examine key communications issues and demonstrates that a higher level of integration is associated with better brand-related performance.     

温度对黄酒生产的影响

在黄酒生产中,有很多因素会影响黄酒的品质,因此黄酒生产对外界因素有着较多的要求。其中较为主要的是温度对黄酒品质的影响。基于此,本文结合黄酒的主要生产过程,探讨温度对黄酒生产的影响,从而正确认识和探究黄酒恰当的生产温度,确保黄酒生产质量的稳定及技术的有效提升。     

The Internet and Internationalization of Smaller Manufacturing Enterprises

Abstract

One of the most frequently discussed topics in the current international business literature is the impact of the Internet on the internationalization of smaller manufacturing enterprises (SMEs). The study was carried out through a mail survey of the top executives of 125 Wisconsin firms. It examined 10 research hypotheses on internal and external factors which had been identified by previous research to influence the internationalization of SMEs through the Internet. Research findings conclude that the scope of internationalization of SMEs through the Internet is affected by internal factors, such as managements' perceptions of the effectiveness of their web sites as a marketing tool, lack of experience, and SMEs' potential usage of the Internet.     

企业开展电子商务存在的问题与对策

电子商务给企业带来了新的商机 ,但取得良好经济效益者较少。这既有来自企业内部的因素 ,又包括来自企业外部环境的制约因素 ,但内因是主要的。解决这些问题 ,要求企业开展电子商务应以能够加强企业核心竞争力为原则 ,以企业信息化为开展电子商务的基础条件 ,从企业实际出发 ,研究如何利用电子化手段为企业业务流程提供服务 ,研究如何利用电子商务在提供服务的过程中实现业务增值     

制造业服务化战略竞争优势构建的理论框架——基于制造业的多案例分析

制造业服务化作为传统制造业企业重构竞争优势的重要战略手段受到学界高度关注,但对于以生产制造为主导的传统制造业企业应如何成功构建服务化战略竞争优势,企业在竞争优势构建中需要具备哪些关键资源或能力等问题,现有研究鲜有涉及。鉴于此,以我国三家具有代表性的典型制造业企业为例,运用扎根理论研究方法,分析影响制造业服务化战略竞争优势构建的内外部关键因素,构建以“企业关键资源—企业独特能力—企业竞争优势”为框架的概念模型。研究发现,支持制造业服务化提供物开发与提供的内外软性无形关键资源是成功构建制造业服务化战略竞争优势的基础,而基于企业这些内外部关键资源衍生的能够支持客户特定情境服务需求的企业独特能力是成功构建制造业服务化战略竞争优势的关键,即制造业企业不仅要储备和培植以具有路径依赖、因果关系模糊的软性无形资源为主的内外部关键资源,而且要强化基于关键资源的企业独特能力的开发和培育。此外,组织内部管理层和员工层两个不同组成部分服务导向价值观的秉持对作用于制造业服务化战略竞争优势构建的企业独特能力有正向调节影响作用,即管理层和员工层秉持的服务导向价值观正向调节影响企业独特能力的强弱。     

Private labels ain’t bona fide! Perceived authenticity and willingness to pay a price premium for national brands over private labels

Abstract

As private labels are consolidating their gains in national markets, a conventional recommendation to national brand manufacturers would most likely be to invest more in marketing in order to increase the perceived quality gap between national brands and private labels. It is assumed that the quality gap would boost consumer willingness to pay a price premium for national brands over private labels. Differing from this conventional approach, the current study focuses on the perceived authenticity gap between national brands and private labels, to explore whether and how this factor influences the effect of marketing and manufacturing variables on willingness to pay. This relationship is relevant in milieus where consumers might take brand authenticity rather than quality perceptions to guide their brand evaluations. The current study finds that the perceived authenticity gap mediates the effect of only some particular conventional marketing tools on willingness to pay. The study suggests that national brand managers should take the presence of private labels in the national markets as an opportunity to exploit the dynamics of authenticity evaluations, rather than as a threat.     

Purchase Attributes of Wine Consumers with Low Involvement

Abstract

The past decade has seen a dramatic increase in wine consumption. With this increase comes the need to understand how consumers choose wine. Wine consumers have different types of experiences and expectations, and a one bottle fits all method of catering to wine consumers is not an appropriate marketing strategy. Consumer segmentation based upon involvement with wine is critical to understanding buying behaviors. This study used factor analysis and logistic regression to identify the wine novice and what marketing cues they use to purchase wine. The results identified key marketing cues wine novices use to purchase wine and revealed yet another involvement category: the emerging wine learner.     

重庆房地产企业营销沟通渠道研究

本文通过研究目前重庆房地产企业营销沟通的现状,深入了解到目前房地产企业在营销沟通渠道中存在的问题,并针对这一问题,有针对性地提出了新型的营销沟通渠道模型。同时,作者还分析了该模型的特点和功能。这一新型的营销沟通渠道模型从消费者需求的角度出发,从外而内地开展营销工作。站在消费者角度去展开营销,从而实现企业与消费者双赢的局面。