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<strong>Challenges</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Era</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Globalization</strong><br />

Edited by Emmanuel Obuah<br />

Fourth, evidence from our evaluation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> various approaches for pr<strong>of</strong>il<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> ESC consumer shows<br />

that none <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> exist<strong>in</strong>g approaches survived <strong>the</strong> 5S evaluation criteria. Accord<strong>in</strong>gly, to mitigate this<br />

shortcom<strong>in</strong>g, this review posit <strong>the</strong> S-P-P Model, which is an <strong>in</strong>tegrated and robust approach for pr<strong>of</strong>il<strong>in</strong>g<br />

<strong>the</strong> ESC consumer segment.<br />

Implication and limitation.<br />

Consequent upon <strong>the</strong> shortcom<strong>in</strong>gs <strong>of</strong> previous approaches for pr<strong>of</strong>il<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> ESC consumer, this paper<br />

posits <strong>the</strong> S-P-P approach. Studies to be executed on country-specific bases (especially <strong>the</strong> countries <strong>in</strong><br />

SSA) should be executed draw<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>sight from <strong>the</strong> S-P-P approach. Though not yet tested, it is envisaged<br />

that <strong>the</strong> S-P-P model will provide robust, detailed, constructive, and penetrat<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>sight about <strong>the</strong> ESC<br />

consumer. This paper provides a very useful <strong>in</strong>sight about <strong>the</strong> ESC segment generally, thus provid<strong>in</strong>g<br />

ESC companies with background <strong>in</strong>formation on how best to target <strong>the</strong> ESC consumer segment; while<br />

encourag<strong>in</strong>g context/country-specific study that employs <strong>the</strong> S-P-P approach to unearth <strong>the</strong> pr<strong>of</strong>ile <strong>of</strong> this<br />

consumer segment. This review is not exhaustive <strong>in</strong> that it did not review methodological issues (such as<br />

sampl<strong>in</strong>g, measurement <strong>in</strong>strument, and scale development) that underp<strong>in</strong> each <strong>of</strong> pr<strong>of</strong>il<strong>in</strong>g approaches.<br />

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