Purpose – The importance of packaging design and the role of packaging as a vehicle for consumer communication and branding are necessarily growing. To achieve communication goals effectively, knowledge about consumer psychology is important so that manufacturers understand consumer response...

Purpose – Aims to view two key issues, the importance of country‐of‐origin (COO) and perceptions of individual brands across different segments of consumers, and whether price cutting helps overcome negative perceptions. Design/methodology/approach – Uses conjoint methods to investigate...

The study investigates factors that effect E-commerce adoption rate by Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) in Thailand. Based on Rogers’ Innovation Diffusion theoretical framework, five perceived characteristics of innovation are considered as factors affect E-commerce adoption rate....

Understanding what attributes are sought by casino visitors during their visit to a casino can enable casino operators to enhance the quality of service elements. This study assessed the important casino attributes that casino visitors seek when visiting a casino. The study also seek to identify...

Describes application of qualitative in-depth interviewing to understand concepts in a new cultural context and assess. Discussion of the qualitative methodology in Thailand to assess customer perceptions of internet-based services vs. interpersonal services

Businesses need to retain long-term relationships with their customers. However, crisis creates uncertainty and consumers change consumption behavior, usually reducing expenditure for non-essentials. Much of the little work on marketing communications during crisis recommends keeping up efforts...

This research examines the role of University Social Responsibility (USR) in gaining inclusion in the brand consideration set for private universities in Thailand. USR may impact directly, or through brand image. Marketing communications is also important; our model shows it having an impact on...

Country-of-origin (COO) perceptions are an important issue as NIC/LDC products penetrate markets in developing countries. Brand managers may face unwillingness to buy their products if their home country has strong negative perceptions. Six consumer surveys from Finland show that Thai products...