Product evaluation and purchase intention : impact of country-of-origin and experience in living in a foreign country

This article presents the results of an experiment that compares the perceptions of product quality and purchase intentions of foreign versus home products by Chinese consumers who have had experience living in a western society compared to those living in China. The results indicate experience does...

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Main Authors: Wong, Chui Yim, Garma, Romana, Polonsky, Michael Jay
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sunway University College 2007
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http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/45/1/product_purchase.pdf
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author Wong, Chui Yim
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description This article presents the results of an experiment that compares the perceptions of product quality and purchase intentions of foreign versus home products by Chinese consumers who have had experience living in a western society compared to those living in China. The results indicate experience does affect purchase likelihood for home versus foreign products. Chinese, generally, find country of parts as the best cue in evaluating product quality and purchase intentions.
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spelling sunway-452012-10-15T07:17:16Z http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/45/ Product evaluation and purchase intention : impact of country-of-origin and experience in living in a foreign country Wong, Chui Yim Garma, Romana Polonsky, Michael Jay HF Commerce TX Home economics This article presents the results of an experiment that compares the perceptions of product quality and purchase intentions of foreign versus home products by Chinese consumers who have had experience living in a western society compared to those living in China. The results indicate experience does affect purchase likelihood for home versus foreign products. Chinese, generally, find country of parts as the best cue in evaluating product quality and purchase intentions. Sunway University College 2007 Article PeerReviewed text en http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/45/1/product_purchase.pdf Wong, Chui Yim and Garma, Romana and Polonsky, Michael Jay (2007) Product evaluation and purchase intention : impact of country-of-origin and experience in living in a foreign country. Sunway Academic Journal, 4. pp. 13-26. http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/52/
spellingShingle HF Commerce
TX Home economics
Wong, Chui Yim
Garma, Romana
Polonsky, Michael Jay
Product evaluation and purchase intention : impact of country-of-origin and experience in living in a foreign country
title Product evaluation and purchase intention : impact of country-of-origin and experience in living in a foreign country
title_full Product evaluation and purchase intention : impact of country-of-origin and experience in living in a foreign country
title_fullStr Product evaluation and purchase intention : impact of country-of-origin and experience in living in a foreign country
title_full_unstemmed Product evaluation and purchase intention : impact of country-of-origin and experience in living in a foreign country
title_short Product evaluation and purchase intention : impact of country-of-origin and experience in living in a foreign country
title_sort product evaluation and purchase intention : impact of country-of-origin and experience in living in a foreign country
topic HF Commerce
TX Home economics
url http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/45/
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http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/45/1/product_purchase.pdf