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Influence of cultural factors on brand drivers of customer equity - Research on cultural differences between the US and China

  • School of Management, Harbin Institute of Technology
  • School of Economics and Management, Harbin Engineering University

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Abstract

While adapting to the cultural environment of target market country has become the key to success for international enterprises, little attention is paid to the influence of culture on customer equity management. The literature review of this paper introduces the theories of cultural differences and customer equity driving factors, analyzes brand and cultural factors and compares differences between Chinese and American culture. On base of these, the influences of culture on brand drivers of customer equity are analyzed and research hypothesisses are presented. At last a field survey is finished in the mobile communication market in the US and China and the research hypothesisses are verified by using log-linear model, therefore the results has certain directive significance to cross-cultural customer equity management.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2009 International Conference on Management Science and Engineering - 16th Annual Conference Proceedings, ICMSE 2009
Pages744-751
Number of pages8
DOIs
StatePublished - 2009
Externally publishedYes
Event2009 16th International Conference on Management Science and Engineering, ICMSE 2009 - Moscow, Russian Federation
Duration: 14 Sep 200916 Sep 2009

Publication series

Name2009 International Conference on Management Science and Engineering - 16th Annual Conference Proceedings, ICMSE 2009

Conference

Conference2009 16th International Conference on Management Science and Engineering, ICMSE 2009
Country/TerritoryRussian Federation
CityMoscow
Period14/09/0916/09/09

Keywords

  • Brand drivers
  • Cultural differences
  • Cultural factors
  • Customer equity

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