Country-of-origin effects and antecedents of industrial brand equity

Does the country-of-origin effect matter to industrial brand equity in international business-to-business (B2B) markets? The effect of a product's country-of-origin (COO) on both industrial buyers' and consumers' perceptions and evaluations has been one of the most widely studied phenomena in the fields of international business, marketing, and consumer behavior since the 1960s. Although many country-of-origin studies focus on consumer behavior in developed countries and acknowledge that the processes and stages of economic development by which consumers use COO information may differ in developing countries, the fact that there has been little research to investigate the effects of COO could explain the variations in international buyers' evaluations of industrial brand equity in the newly-industrialized economies, such as Taiwan. Taiwanese firms are now formidable global B2B market players by successfully transforming themselves from manufacturing mainly low-value and labor-intensive goods to producing many high value-added products that require advanced technology, equipment and significant business expertise. With the adoption of advanced technology and equipment, an important question is whether unique and innovative fastener products from Taiwan have generated the country-of-origin effects in international B2B buyers' minds. The main finding is that the country-of-origin of fasteners has not yet become an important antecedent of industrial brand equity in the case of the fastener industry in Taiwan.     

Fostering international brand loyalty through committed and attached relationships

The relationship-building approach, focused on the building of brand-to-consumer relationships conducive to brand loyalty formation, has become an extensively investigated topic in international brand management studies. However, the theoretical development of this approach manifests obvious diversities, causing managerial uncertainty about how to take appropriate strategic actions to put the relationship-building approach to best use. The current study, orchestrating the main concepts derived from three relationship-building paradigms with necessary adaptations and modifications, develops and validates the Relationship-Building for Strategic Brand Management Model. Its most noteworthy contribution lies in the coalescence of pragmatic utilitarianism, emotionalism and social symbolism, orienting the relationship-building approach to correspond to the principle of holistic consumer experience management. As explicated by the model, committed and attached relationships built upon the relationship foundation mirroring the holistic essentiality of holistic consumer experience are convertible into powerful driver of international brand loyalty. The model structure and causal path pattern prove to be applicable to different international product brand categories in different regions. Strategic implications are deduced from the research findings, which the international brand manager may take into consideration to maximize the effectiveness of relationship-building strategies for fostering brand loyalty in the international market.     

广告、品牌壁垒与消费者选择

传统产业经济学研究的进入壁垒一般是基于厂商在生产领域内的非对称优势壁垒,如规模经济、产品差异化等;或制度性壁垒,如政策、法律等。但是,在供给过剩的条件下,生产领域中的非对称优势会被迅速模仿并最终失去壁垒作用,而基于消费者选择行为的品牌机制,将会成为一种新的壁垒形式,即品牌壁垒。对于品牌壁垒的形成途径,本文从广告形成品牌壁垒的线索出发进行了理论评述,进一步的,我们证明产品转化为商品的过程也存在着成本,而由选择成本决定的品牌机制,可以提高产品转化率,在厂商内部实现转化效率,从而获得非对称优势。在商品过剩及消费者选择的条件下,由品牌构筑起的进入壁垒对于防止新进入者的进入显得更为持久更为有效,同时这也将成为厂商竞争最重要的壁垒形式之一。     

品牌竞争提升制造业能级的路径探究

随着越来越多的国际品牌登陆中国,国内本土制造业品牌是逐渐被兼并,还是收购其他企业壮大实力谋求更大的发展,已成为一个很现实的问题.制造业企业可以通过塑造品牌竞争力,提升制造创新能力、促进制造品牌规模优势发展,实现制造企业向现代企业制度转型,打造具有地域特色的区域制造业品牌和国际品牌,从而提升制造业能级.根据品牌竞争和制造...     

连锁品牌空间定位模型及经济分析

本文通过建立引入连锁品牌空间定位系数、价格、选择成本的需求函数,并以此模型解释了连锁品牌空间定位的决策是通过空间定位系数和品牌信用度共同作用而实现的。同时对连锁品牌空间定位问题分为同一连锁品牌不同商圈、同一连锁品牌同一商圈、不同连锁品牌同一商圈这三种情况进行了解释分析,并对一些现实进行了论证。在理论分析的基础上,本文提出了连锁品牌空间定位的空间定位系数—品牌信用度二维模型,并分别从选择高空间定位系数商圈和提高品牌信用度建设方面为现实中的连锁品牌提供了相应的策略。     

品牌体验、信任与满意

本文探讨了消费者品牌体验对消费者品牌满意的影响,同时探讨了消费者品牌体验各维度之间的关系。品牌信任在消费者品牌体验对消费者品牌满意的影响中起中介作用。本文采用了结构方程模型。建议企业多增加品牌体验的措施以增加消费者的品牌体验,从而提升消费者对品牌的满意度。     

基于品牌生态学视角的会议品牌建设研究

相比较于一般的服务品牌,会议品牌具有特殊的官方色彩、品牌态度取决于宏观因素、品牌评价来自于服务过程、增值的间接性和品牌延伸相关度低等特征。这些特征决定了在研究会议品牌时,应着重考虑其与外界环境之间的共生关系。因此,参考品牌生态学的分析路径,对研究当前我国会议品牌管理的现状将大有裨益。     

广义虚拟品牌价值的经济学比较研究

西方品牌理论从企业微观视角逐步形成了以广义虚拟品牌价值为核心的现代品牌理论体系,从经济学视角比较分析广义虚拟品牌价值尤显重要.从信息经济学来看,广义虚拟品牌价值是信号的沉淀成本;从政治经济学来看,广义虚拟品牌价值是商品价值的转移;从消费经济学来看,广义虚拟品牌价值是消费者效用最大化的结果;从投入产出经济学来看,广义虚拟...     

消费者对产品评价影响因素之研究——品牌形象与知觉风险所扮演的中介角色

消费者对产品之概念,经常因个人之人格特质、习惯、偏好及受环境的影响,产生极大的差异化,且随着产品不断创新,使消费者对产品属性逐渐产生信息不对称之情形,故在选购产品时无法有明确的标的做为参考之依据,因而往往受到外部线索或外在刺激之影响进行购买行为。以往研究外部线索的相关议题中,皆只谈到单一外部线索或两种外部线索对产品评价进行讨论,因此本研究将过去学者所提到之外部线索加以整合形成概念性架构,加以探讨外部线索对消费者购买行为之影响。本研究共发放350份问卷,有效回收问卷253份,利用结构方程模式(SEM)以验证性因素分析检验各构面之效度,检定结果各构面均具有足够的收敛效度与区别效度,并进一步验证整体模式配适度,验证结果显示整体模式配适标准达检定水平,表示本研究的理论模型可获得支持,且代言人可信度、享乐主义、促销活动、品牌形象等外部线索对产品评价皆有正向显著的影响,分析结果亦显示品牌形象对享乐主义与产品评价之间具有中介效果,及知觉风险对品牌形象与产品评价之间亦具有中介效果,更凸显了品牌形象与知觉风险所扮演的重要角色。另外,从本研究发现,消费者在搜寻外部线索时,品牌形象在消费者心中占了相当重要的地位,过去惯用的营销手法...     

虚拟品牌社区成员参与的影响机制研究——基于畅快体验的视角

虚拟品牌社区是一个有效的传播平台,也是企业顾客关系管理的有效途径,而促进社区参与是虚拟品牌社区成功运营和发展的重要前提.基于体验的视角,建立包含社区价值、畅快体验、品牌认同的社区成员参与的影响机制模型,并对虚拟品牌社区成员参与的动机进行实证研究,得出结论:互动价值对社区参与有积极的影响作用;畅快体验在互动价值对社区参与...