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Impact Of Negative Word Of Mouth On Firm Value, Jaihyun Jeon, Byung-Do Kim, Junhee Seok Oct 2020

Impact Of Negative Word Of Mouth On Firm Value, Jaihyun Jeon, Byung-Do Kim, Junhee Seok

Asia Marketing Journal

With the development of information and communication technology and spread of smart devices, online information exchange has become a daily routine. Accordingly, the management and utilization of online word of mouth (WOM) has become an important issue for companies. Numerous studies have examined the impact of online WOM on firm performance. This study analyzes the impact of negative word of mouth (NWOM) on firm value, considering the influence of corporate social responsibility (CSR) activity and research and development (R&D) investment. Using a hierarchical linear model, we find that 1) NWOM has a negative impact on firm value, 2) CSR activities …


Effect Of Cause-Related Marketing In The Chinese Market: Moderating Effects Of Product Type And Regional Characteristics, Haejin Seo, Tae Ho Song, Wang Li Oct 2020

Effect Of Cause-Related Marketing In The Chinese Market: Moderating Effects Of Product Type And Regional Characteristics, Haejin Seo, Tae Ho Song, Wang Li

Asia Marketing Journal

Although companies perform societal marketing activities across different cultural regions, previous research was predominantly centered on a specific cultural region-the West. To address this limitation in the literature, the current research examines societal marketing in the Chinese market considering cultural characteristics. China has become the largest market in the world with great potential growth for its vast consumer base. Since there is heterogeneity among regions in China, it is imperative to divide China into several markets for better understanding. Thus, this study investigates different responses of Chinese regional (coastal vs. inland) consumers toward Cause-related Marketing (CM). Our findings reveal that …


How Can Customer Experience On Cdj Be Shaped?: Can Rose Be Tamed?, Sang Mi Lee, Sang Man Han Oct 2020

How Can Customer Experience On Cdj Be Shaped?: Can Rose Be Tamed?, Sang Mi Lee, Sang Man Han

Asia Marketing Journal

With the development of Information Technology, customers require promptly higher quality products and services. Companies try to make newly digital marketing strategies, but there are no empirical researches on them. This article empirically presents a new perspective that companies can shape the customer decision journey ahead by coordinating customer experience. In this article, based on Elaborated Likelihood Model (ELM) theory, customer experience consists of the emotional or cognitive experience. We surveyed about 200 subjects (N = 217) in their 20s and 30s based on the International Music Industry Association"s Music Listening 2019 report, then analyzed four different models (before personalization-cognitive …


Marketing Knowledge Management And Innovation Performance: Examining The Moderating Role Of Business Environmental Volatility, Yinnan Li, Jongsung Kim, Young Woo Lee Oct 2020

Marketing Knowledge Management And Innovation Performance: Examining The Moderating Role Of Business Environmental Volatility, Yinnan Li, Jongsung Kim, Young Woo Lee

Asia Marketing Journal

This study empirically examines the link between marketing knowledge management and innovation performance focusing on the moderating role of business environmental volatility. We define marketing knowledge management as the integration of knowledge generation, knowledge dissemination and knowledge storage. Using a unique data set that consists of 439 employees at 156 firms in China, we find that knowledge dissemination and knowledge storage have a positive effect on innovation performance. Also found is the negative moderating effect of business environmental volatility on innovation performance. Our findings suggest that firms should strengthen their marketing knowledge management to improve innovation performance and stay flexible …


Understanding Brand Image From Consumer-Generated Hashtags, Keeyeon Ki-Cheon Park, Hye-Jin Kim Oct 2020

Understanding Brand Image From Consumer-Generated Hashtags, Keeyeon Ki-Cheon Park, Hye-Jin Kim

Asia Marketing Journal

Social media has emerged as a major hub of engagement between brands and consumers in recent years, and allows user-generated content to serve as a powerful means of encouraging communication between the sides. However, it is challenging to negotiate user-generated content owing to its lack of structure and the enormous amount generated. This study focuses on the hashtag, a metadata tag that reflects customers’ brand perception through social media platforms. Online users share their knowledge and impressions using a wide variety of hashtags. We examine hashtags that co-occur with particular branded hashtags on the social media platform, Instagram, to derive …


Asia Marketing Journal Vol.22 No.3 목차 Oct 2020

Asia Marketing Journal Vol.22 No.3 목차

Asia Marketing Journal

No abstract provided.


Wear Your Heart On Your Sleeve: Exploring Moral Identity As A Moderator Across Csr Authenticity, Consumer Admiration, And Engagement In The Fashion Industry, Edward Jung, Suna La Jul 2020

Wear Your Heart On Your Sleeve: Exploring Moral Identity As A Moderator Across Csr Authenticity, Consumer Admiration, And Engagement In The Fashion Industry, Edward Jung, Suna La

Asia Marketing Journal

A rapidly shifting, hyper-sensitive modern fashion industry, coupled with an increasingly developing global environmental concern, has seen to an ever-imperative role for corporate social responsibility (CSR) to play in the successful operation of fashion companies. This study primarily investigates effective measures for successful CSR implementation in both corporate and consumer domains, looking at Patagonia, an exemplar company with an environmental mission, to understand the central contributions of active consumer engagement to the success of CSR initiatives. We explore consumer admiration as a concept necessary to elevate CSR practices from image maintenance to genuine engagement and advocacy, and how such admiration …


The Role Of Imagery Vs. Analytical Advertisement On New Products Evaluation, Juyon Lee, Wujin Chu Jul 2020

The Role Of Imagery Vs. Analytical Advertisement On New Products Evaluation, Juyon Lee, Wujin Chu

Asia Marketing Journal

Combining prior theories on innovation newness with information processing style (imagery vs. analytical), this study presents a theoretical framework; develops hypotheses; and makes predictions on how analytical versus imagery ads influence consumers differently depending on the newness level of products. The study shows that consumers are more likely to evaluate RNPs (radicallyinnovative new products) positively when they are advertised with imagery cues. Compared with analytical advertisements, imagery advertisements increased advertising effectiveness, product evaluation, and purchase intention of RNPs. These effects were demonstrated by using stimuli from two product categories consisting of washing machines and cars.
In particular, in advertisement for …


Asia Marketing Journal Vol.22 No.2 목차 Jul 2020

Asia Marketing Journal Vol.22 No.2 목차

Asia Marketing Journal

No abstract provided.


The Effect Of Consideration Set On Market Structure, Jun B. Kim Jul 2020

The Effect Of Consideration Set On Market Structure, Jun B. Kim

Asia Marketing Journal

We estimate a choice-based aggregate demand model accounting for consumers" consideration sets, and study its implications on market structure. In contrast to past research, we model and estimate consumer demand using aggregate-level consumer browsing data in addition to aggregatelevel choice data. The use of consumer browsing data allows us to study consumer demand in a realistic setting in which consumers choose from a subset of products. We calibrate the proposed model on both data sets, avoid biases in parameter estimates, and compute the price elasticity measures. As an empirical application, we estimate consumer demand in the camcorder category and study …


Vying With Ikea: Hanssem’S Competitive Advantage At Marketing Frontier, Sang Yong Kim, Seung Min Lee Jul 2020

Vying With Ikea: Hanssem’S Competitive Advantage At Marketing Frontier, Sang Yong Kim, Seung Min Lee

Asia Marketing Journal

HANSSEM is a furniture company that leads the market of residential space in Korea. The goal of this case study is to focus on how HANSSEM copes with IKEA, the world"s largest furniture retailer after entering the Korean market in December 2014. IKEA’s entry into Korea is possible to destroy the existing orders in the retail industry and reduce the profit of incumbent local players by realigning industry relationships. However, HANSSEM achieved rapid growth with the largest market share in the furniture market through its internal capabilities.
The authors propose the main success factors in three ways: (1) residents-database including …


Effect Of Social Norm On Consumer Demand: Multiple Constraint Approach, Sungjee Choi, Inwoo Nam, Jaehwan Kim Apr 2020

Effect Of Social Norm On Consumer Demand: Multiple Constraint Approach, Sungjee Choi, Inwoo Nam, Jaehwan Kim

Asia Marketing Journal

The goal of the study is to understand the role of social norm in purchase decisions where demand is revealed in the form of multiple-discreteness. Consumers are socially engaged in various activities through the expectation from others in their community. Actions or decisions are likely to reflect this influence. This implicit or explicit social norm is revealed as the rules, regulations, and standards that are understood, shared, endorsed, and expected by group members. When consumers’ decisions are in distance from the norm, they come to face discomfort such as shame, guilt, embarrassment, and anxiety. These pressure act as a constraint …


The Detrimental Effect Of Customer Demotion On Customer Profitability In Hierarchical Loyalty Programs, Woojung Chang Apr 2020

The Detrimental Effect Of Customer Demotion On Customer Profitability In Hierarchical Loyalty Programs, Woojung Chang

Asia Marketing Journal

Firms employing hierarchical loyalty programs (HLPs) periodically demote customers from higher to lower status level to divest from unprofitable customers and boost profitability. However, existing literature lacks objective evidence on how customer demotion affects demoted customers’ future purchase behaviors and ultimately profitability for the firm. Moreover, customers in the HLP’s higher position may respond to customer demotion differently from those in the HLP’s lower position. Drawing upon emotions and equity theories, this study quantifies how the profits that customers contribute to the firm change after customer demotion, and compares demoted customers’ behavioral reactions from top-tier with those from bottom-tier based …


Muscling My Way To My Positive Future: Physical Exertion Of Strength And Preference For Risk, Eunice Kim Cho, Hee-Kyung Ahn Apr 2020

Muscling My Way To My Positive Future: Physical Exertion Of Strength And Preference For Risk, Eunice Kim Cho, Hee-Kyung Ahn

Asia Marketing Journal

Building on the growing literature on how physical bodily expressions influence psychological processes, the authors propose that exerting physical strength decreases risk perceptions and increases preference for risky options by increasing perceptions of control or agency. The present research is based on the belief of “no pain, no gain”, that when an individual exerts physical strength and effort, he believes he can be the agent in bringing about the desired outcome. Because of this automatic association between exerting physical strength and the sense of being in control of the outcome, the authors hypothesize that even in situations where the outcome …


Happiness From What We Have And What We Experience: Attribute Non-Alignability Increases Anticipated Satisfaction From Experiential Purchases, Minhee Kim, Hee-Kyung Ahn Apr 2020

Happiness From What We Have And What We Experience: Attribute Non-Alignability Increases Anticipated Satisfaction From Experiential Purchases, Minhee Kim, Hee-Kyung Ahn

Asia Marketing Journal

This research examines how processing type and alignability moderate the effect of product type on satisfaction (i.e., happiness). It is well known that there are two types of processing―deliberative and intuitive processing. Based on the previous literature that the intuitive processing is compatible with experiential purchases and the deliberative processing is fit with material purchase, the current research demonstrates that processing type moderates the effect of product type on happiness. Moreover, we hypothesize that alignability moderates the effect of product type on anticipated satisfaction. As expected, participants in the intuitive processing condition reported greater happiness from their experiential purchases than …


Asia Marketing Journal Vol.22 No.1 목차 Apr 2020

Asia Marketing Journal Vol.22 No.1 목차

Asia Marketing Journal

No abstract provided.


What Brings Customer Gapjil? The Intertwined Effects Of Perceived Economic Mobility, Self-Other Referent Priming, And Temporal Focus, Yongju Kwon, Youjae Yi Jan 2020

What Brings Customer Gapjil? The Intertwined Effects Of Perceived Economic Mobility, Self-Other Referent Priming, And Temporal Focus, Yongju Kwon, Youjae Yi

Asia Marketing Journal

The current research brings the spotlight onto customer Gapjil toward service employees. In an attempt to understand what brings Gapjil, the present article investigates the intertwined effects of perceived economic mobility (PEM), self-other referent priming (SORP), and temporal focus on Gapjil. Study 1 shows that PEM increases Gapjil among self-referent primed people, but not among other-referent primed people. Study 2 examining the role of temporal focus (present vs. future) reveals that the effect found in study 1 is replicated in the present focus, but the effect is reversed in the future focus. We explain this dynamic pattern of the 3-way …


The Effect Of Population-Level Learning On Entry Likelihood In The Mobile Game Industry, Dusan Seong, Sahangsoon Kim Jan 2020

The Effect Of Population-Level Learning On Entry Likelihood In The Mobile Game Industry, Dusan Seong, Sahangsoon Kim

Asia Marketing Journal

Population-level learning has traditionally been used to provide an explanation for the underlying mechanism of industry change. But it has yet to examine the impact on strategic decisions such as market entry. This conceptual paper aims to provide an insight into how population-level learning affects entry likelihood by acting as a tool for interpreting population-level changes. We study this in the context of the fast-paced mobile gaming industry where population-level information is salient and develop a set of propositions with regard to the likelihood of entry.


The Causes Of Guilt In Ready-Meal Users: A Focus On Cooking Instructions And Consumers’ Health Locus Of Control, Hyunsook Shin, Dongmin Lee, Jeeyoung Lim, Moon Jan 2020

The Causes Of Guilt In Ready-Meal Users: A Focus On Cooking Instructions And Consumers’ Health Locus Of Control, Hyunsook Shin, Dongmin Lee, Jeeyoung Lim, Moon

Asia Marketing Journal

Although ready meals have recently increased their market share in the Korean food industry, a literature review found that the use of ready meals triggers feelings of guilt in homemakers. Such guilt arises as a result of several factors apparently related to consumers’ health. Consequently, levels of guilt might be expected to vary depending on consumers’ perceived health locus. The present study aims to examine (a) how health locus affects guilty feelings about ready-meal consumption, (b) how the effect varies in relation to the consumption of different types of ready meal, and (c) the relationship between consumers’ guilty feelings and …


The Effect Of Product Experience Through Virtual Reality On Product Evaluation, Eunmi Jeon, Youngjee Han, Hyunjin Woo Jan 2020

The Effect Of Product Experience Through Virtual Reality On Product Evaluation, Eunmi Jeon, Youngjee Han, Hyunjin Woo

Asia Marketing Journal

With the development of new technologies, virtual reality (VR) is emerging as a new consumer marketing platform. Yet, only a few studies have investigated VR in the consumption context. The current research explores how experiencing a product through VR influences consumer attitude and purchase intention for the product. Although assessing products in real life is believed to be more diagnostic than that through VR, the present research revealed that experiencing a product through VR could lead to a more positive attitude toward and higher purchase intention for the product. We also demonstrated that “enjoyment” has a mediating effect while evaluating …


Liability Of Newness, Startup Capabilities And Crowdfunding Success, Sahangsoon Kim Jan 2020

Liability Of Newness, Startup Capabilities And Crowdfunding Success, Sahangsoon Kim

Asia Marketing Journal

Though crowdfunding has emerged as a cost-effective means to market innovative products and a channel for financial resource acquisition, our understanding about what makes a successful crowdfunding is still limited. This study is motivated by the presence of the inconsistency that both entrepreneurs and investors pay more attention to capabilities required for developing prototype products rather than capabilities needed to deliver the promised products in crowdfunding. By drawing insights from studies about liability of newness and legitimacy in institutional theory, this study argues that startups can overcome the liability of newness, earn investor trust, and successfully complete crowdfunding campaigns by …


Asia Marketing Journal Vol.21 No.4 목차 Jan 2020

Asia Marketing Journal Vol.21 No.4 목차

Asia Marketing Journal

No abstract provided.