Effects of "Owned-by" Versus "Made-in" for Willingness to Buy Australian Brands

This paper aims to examine the effects of economic nationalistic tendencies on consumer’s willingness to buy bi-national brands (i.e. product brands that involve affiliations of two or more countries - such as branded and made in Australia but owned by the French or the United States). By examining...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Cheah, Isaac, Phau, Ian
Other Authors: Svetlana Bogomolova
Format: Conference Paper
Published: Australian and New Zealand Marketing Academy 2012
Online Access:http://www.anzmac.org/conference_archive/2012/papers/430ANZMACFINAL.pdf
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/30216
Description
Summary:This paper aims to examine the effects of economic nationalistic tendencies on consumer’s willingness to buy bi-national brands (i.e. product brands that involve affiliations of two or more countries - such as branded and made in Australia but owned by the French or the United States). By examining the Australian consumer’s economic nationalism towards bi-national brands, the study’s findings revealed a high level of economic nationalism present that resulted in the Australian consumers’ unwillingness to buy bi-national brands. More importantly, results showed that the Australian consumer’s are not any more receptive to bi-national brands as such domestic affiliations have not diluted the economic nationalistic sentiment.