Italy’s country image and the role of ethnocentrism in Spanish and Chinese consumers’ perceptions
Chapter
Publication Date:
2013
Short description:
Italy’s country image and the role of ethnocentrism in Spanish and Chinese consumers’ perceptions / Bursi, T., Balboni, B., Grappi, S., Martinelli, E., Vignola, M. - In: International Marketing and the Country of Origin Effect. The Global Impact of ‘Made in Italy’ / B. Balboni, L. Battaglia, G. Bertoli, G. Bortoluzzi, T. Bursi, E. Cedrola, A. De Chiara, P. de Luca, A. De Nisco, B. Francioni, S. Grappi, G. Mainolfi, V. Marino, E. Martinelli, M. Matarazzo, F. Musso, M.R. Napolitano, A. Pagano, T. Pucci, R. Resciniti, C. Simoni, D. Vianelli, M. Vignola, L. Zanni ; [a cura di] G. Bertoli, R. Resciniti. - STAMPA. - Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2013. - ISBN 9781781955604. - pp. 45-64
abstract:
The chapter presents the results of a survey aimed to analyze the Country of Origin (COO) effect on consumer buying behavior. A research model testing the COO’s multidimensionality – Country Image (CI), Product Country Image (PCI) and Country Related Product Image (CRPI) – on the Spanish and Chinese consumer intention to buy Italian shoes is applied, verifying the level of product/country of origin’s consistency (FIT), as well as the role of ethnocentrism (CE).
312 questionnaires were collected and processed through structural equations modelling.
Results show that COO influences consumers intention to buy through a causal link within the three dimensions, while CE plays a significant, even if weak, role on COO only in the Spanish context and for the CI and CRPI dimensions. Scientific and managerial implications are derived.
312 questionnaires were collected and processed through structural equations modelling.
Results show that COO influences consumers intention to buy through a causal link within the three dimensions, while CE plays a significant, even if weak, role on COO only in the Spanish context and for the CI and CRPI dimensions. Scientific and managerial implications are derived.
Iris type:
Capitolo/Saggio
Keywords:
Country image, consumer buying behavior, Consumer Ethnocentrism (CE), Spain, China, shoes
List of contributors:
Bursi, Tiziano; Balboni, Bernardo; Grappi, Silvia; Martinelli, Elisa; Vignola, Marina
Book title:
International Marketing and the Country of Origin Effect. The Global Impact of ‘Made in Italy’