The influence of Country-of-origin on consumers’ perceptions and buying decisions is an extensively researched area. The goal of this study is to clarify the factors affecting the consumers’ purchasing decision of electronic consumer products. Furthermore this research aims to investigate the differences of these factors between developed countries, BRIC countries and the Four Asian Tigers with focus on the Country of origin and brand. The research uses a questionnaire to collect data and the one-way ANOVA to analyze the data. Significant differences in the importance of factors influencing the purchasing decision of consumer electronics have been found, which suggests that the influence of quality cues of consumer electronics differs based on the economic maturity of a country group’s market. Furthermore it was found that brand and country-of-origin have great influence on the purchasing decision when buying consumer electronics.
The influence of Country-of-origin on consumers’ perceptions and buying decisions is an extensively researched area. The goal of this study is to clarify the factors affecting the consumers’ purchasing decision of electronic consumer products. Furthermore this research aims to investigate the differences of these factors between developed countries, BRIC countries and the Four Asian Tigers with focus on the Country of origin and brand. The research uses a questionnaire to collect data and the one-way ANOVA to analyze the data. Significant differences in the importance of factors influencing the purchasing decision of consumer electronics have been found, which suggests that the influence of quality cues of consumer electronics differs based on the economic maturity of a country group’s market. Furthermore it was found that brand and country-of-origin have great influence on the purchasing decision when buying consumer electronics.