Customer’s 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 they pe...

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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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Language:	English
Published:	IDOSI Publication 2013
Subjects:	H Social Sciences (General) HB Economic Theory
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spelling	iium-309942014-07-14T04:39:05Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/30994/ Customer’s 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 H Social Sciences (General) HB Economic Theory 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 2013-04 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/30994/1/Customer%27s_Perception_Towards.pdf Sarwar, Abdullah Al-Mamun and Azam, S. M Ferdous and Haque, A. K. M. Ahasanul and Sleman, Ghassan and Nikhashemi, Seyed Rajab (2013) Customer’s perception towards buying Chinese products: an empirical investigation in Malaysia. World Applied Sciences Journal , 2 (2). pp. 152-160. ISSN 1818-4952 http://www.idosi.org/wasj/wasj22(2)13/1.pdf
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spellingShingle	H Social Sciences (General) HB Economic Theory Sarwar, Abdullah Al-Mamun Azam, S. M Ferdous Haque, A. K. M. Ahasanul Sleman, Ghassan Nikhashemi, Seyed Rajab Customer’s 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	Customer’s perception towards buying Chinese products: an empirical investigation in Malaysia
title_short	Customer’s perception towards buying Chinese products: an empirical investigation in Malaysia
title_full	Customer’s perception towards buying Chinese products: an empirical investigation in Malaysia
title_fullStr	Customer’s perception towards buying Chinese products: an empirical investigation in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Customer’s perception towards buying Chinese products: an empirical investigation in Malaysia
title_sort	customer’s perception towards buying chinese products: an empirical investigation in malaysia
publisher	IDOSI Publication
publishDate	2013
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/30994/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/30994/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/30994/1/Customer%27s_Perception_Towards.pdf
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Customer’s perception towards buying Chinese products: an empirical investigation in Malaysia

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