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Domestic country bias, country-of-origin effects, and consumer ethnocentrism: A multidimensional unfolding approach

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This study uses a multidimensional unfolding approach to examine the preference patterns of U.K. consumers for domestic products and those originating from specific foreign countries for eight product categories. Results indicate that the observed variability in preferences is linked to consumer ethnocentrism. However, the latter's capability in explaining consumer bias in favor of domestic products is dependent both on the specific country of origin and the particular product category. Implications of the findings are considered and future research directions identified.

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George Balabanis (g.balabanis@city.ac.uk) is a senior lecturer at City University in London. He has published articles in several journals including theJournal of International Business Studies, theBritish Journal of Management, International Marketing Review, theEuropean Journal of Marketing, andInternational Business Review.

Adamantios Diamantopoulos (a.diamantopoulos@lboro. ac.uk) is a professor of marketing and business research at Loughbough University Business School, United Kingdom. His main research interests are in international marketing and research methodology. His work has been published, among others, in theJournal of Marketing Research, theJournal of International business Studies, theInternational Journal of Research in Marketing, theInternational Jorunal of Forecasting, and theJournal of Business Research.

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Balabanis, G., Diamantopoulos, A. Domestic country bias, country-of-origin effects, and consumer ethnocentrism: A multidimensional unfolding approach. J. of the Acad. Mark. Sci. 32, 80–95 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1177/0092070303257644

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