Customers’ perception towards buying Chinese products: an empirical investigation in Malaysia

The emergence of Chinese products and its growing popularity has been a phenomenon for social science researchers. In addition, the "cheap" image of Chinese products together with their product quality have raised the issue to investigate further why customers buy Chinese products and what...

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Main Authors: Sarwar, Abdullah Al-Mamun, Azam, S.M. Ferdous, Haque, A. K. M. Ahasanul, Sleman, Ghassan, Nikhashemi, Seyed Rajab
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spelling iium-344772014-01-19T09:25:53Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/34477/ Customers’ perception towards buying Chinese products: an empirical investigation in Malaysia Sarwar, Abdullah Al-Mamun Azam, S.M. Ferdous Haque, A. K. M. Ahasanul Sleman, Ghassan Nikhashemi, Seyed Rajab HF5001 Business. Business Administration The emergence of Chinese products and its growing popularity has been a phenomenon for social science researchers. In addition, the "cheap" image of Chinese products together with their product quality have raised the issue to investigate further why customers buy Chinese products and what they perceive before buying. A number of studies already been conducted on the effect of country-of-origin image on customers' purchase behavior which are mostly in the context of developed countries. Hence, this study attempts to fill the gap that rarely been studied on the consumer's perception towards buying Chinese products especially on the Malaysian context. The present study has enhanced the understanding of how the customers perceive the Chinese products while making the buying decision. It explores how different perception tools can positively influence their purchase decision. In addition, this study provides practical insights into how the customers use and perceive different product information in different perspectives which may be alien to their cultural background. This study suggests that, the Malaysian consumers are very conscious about quality and price of Chinese products. Therefore, marketers of Chinese product in Malaysia should be very careful about the price, quality and technology advancement of product they are offering in the market place. Finally, although many significant findings have been reported in this study, there are several other tangible and intangible issues that can be improved in future studies IDOSI Publication 2013 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/34477/1/Customers%E2%80%99_Perception_towards_Buying_Chinese_Products__An_Empirical_Investigation_in_Malaysia.pdf Sarwar, Abdullah Al-Mamun and Azam, S.M. Ferdous and Haque, A. K. M. Ahasanul and Sleman, Ghassan and Nikhashemi, Seyed Rajab (2013) Customers’ perception towards buying Chinese products: an empirical investigation in Malaysia. World Applied Sciences Journal , 22 (2). pp. 152-160. ISSN 1818-4952
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topic HF5001 Business. Business Administration
spellingShingle HF5001 Business. Business Administration
Sarwar, Abdullah Al-Mamun
Azam, S.M. Ferdous
Haque, A. K. M. Ahasanul
Sleman, Ghassan
Nikhashemi, Seyed Rajab
Customers’ perception towards buying Chinese products: an empirical investigation in Malaysia
description The emergence of Chinese products and its growing popularity has been a phenomenon for social science researchers. In addition, the "cheap" image of Chinese products together with their product quality have raised the issue to investigate further why customers buy Chinese products and what they perceive before buying. A number of studies already been conducted on the effect of country-of-origin image on customers' purchase behavior which are mostly in the context of developed countries. Hence, this study attempts to fill the gap that rarely been studied on the consumer's perception towards buying Chinese products especially on the Malaysian context. The present study has enhanced the understanding of how the customers perceive the Chinese products while making the buying decision. It explores how different perception tools can positively influence their purchase decision. In addition, this study provides practical insights into how the customers use and perceive different product information in different perspectives which may be alien to their cultural background. This study suggests that, the Malaysian consumers are very conscious about quality and price of Chinese products. Therefore, marketers of Chinese product in Malaysia should be very careful about the price, quality and technology advancement of product they are offering in the market place. Finally, although many significant findings have been reported in this study, there are several other tangible and intangible issues that can be improved in future studies
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author Sarwar, Abdullah Al-Mamun
Azam, S.M. Ferdous
Haque, A. K. M. Ahasanul
Sleman, Ghassan
Nikhashemi, Seyed Rajab
author_facet Sarwar, Abdullah Al-Mamun
Azam, S.M. Ferdous
Haque, A. K. M. Ahasanul
Sleman, Ghassan
Nikhashemi, Seyed Rajab
author_sort Sarwar, Abdullah Al-Mamun
title Customers’ perception towards buying Chinese products: an empirical investigation in Malaysia
title_short Customers’ perception towards buying Chinese products: an empirical investigation in Malaysia
title_full Customers’ perception towards buying Chinese products: an empirical investigation in Malaysia
title_fullStr Customers’ perception towards buying Chinese products: an empirical investigation in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Customers’ perception towards buying Chinese products: an empirical investigation in Malaysia
title_sort customers’ perception towards buying chinese products: an empirical investigation in malaysia
publisher IDOSI Publication
publishDate 2013
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/34477/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/34477/1/Customers%E2%80%99_Perception_towards_Buying_Chinese_Products__An_Empirical_Investigation_in_Malaysia.pdf
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