A Comparative Case Study of Global Marketing and Ethnocentrism ...
A Comparative Case Study of Global Marketing and Ethnocentrism ...
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Results from the modified CETSCALE <strong>and</strong> the qualitative interviews show that<br />
Internet marketing does indeed allow for the same cross-cultural <strong>and</strong> ethnocentrism<br />
issues that are inherent in traditional marketing. It neither overcomes ethnocentric<br />
marketing, nor makes it worse. Merely, it acts as yet another tool through which<br />
marketers can manipulate messages being sent to consumers. Key findings in the<br />
results also show that people are sensitive to ethnocentric presentations in marketing,<br />
<strong>and</strong> cross-culturally marketed websites demonstrate varying levels <strong>of</strong> cultural<br />
sensitivity. Furthermore, certain marketing factors, such as language <strong>and</strong> image, have<br />
the most significant impact on the cultural sensitivity <strong>of</strong> a website.<br />
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