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This study presents the construct of consumer regional ethnocentrism, which relates to consumer opinions over whether or not it is acceptable and ethical to purchase products from other regions. Although the majority of previous s...
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This study presents the construct of consumer regional ethnocentrism, which relates to consumer opinions over whether or not it is acceptable and ethical to purchase products from other regions. Although the majority of previous studies consider the analysis of consumer ethnocentrism as an international marketing subject affecting the purchase of domestic and foreign products, we consider it necessary to discuss this influential factor in an inter-regional context. Based on the social identity theory, we put forward an antecedents and consequences of regional ethnocentrism model and we also analyze the effect of three moderating variables on some of the relationships contained in the model. Our results, obtained from a representative sample of 138 consumers from Galicia (Spain), support the aforementioned model and show that consumer ethnocentrism is an important factor regarding the intention to purchase not only foreign products but also non-regional products. Other studies should verify the reliability of the Consumer Ethnocentric Tendencies Scale (CETSCALE) in other regional contexts. Companies operating within different regional contexts need to be made aware that consumers with greater ethnocentric tendencies will be more likely to buy their products if they know that they have been produced in their own region or by a regional company. This exploratory paper contributes to existing literature as it is the first of its kind to analyze the construct of consumer ethnocentrism at a regional level, using a representative population sample
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In the marketing literature, the influence of a place-of-origin indication on the evaluation of products has been studied with little consideration for the image of the place of origin as a separate construct. Although effects of ...
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In the marketing literature, the influence of a place-of-origin indication on the evaluation of products has been studied with little consideration for the image of the place of origin as a separate construct. Although effects of a place-of-origin indication have been found, it is still unclear what components make up the image of a place of origin, and how they determine consumers' evaluations of products originating from that place. In this paper, we propose and empirically test a conceptual framework that addresses these issues. More specifically, we examine how the image of a region influences the perceptions of and preferences for products.
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We analyse binding constraints to productivity growth in the UK's regions outside London and the greater South East. These analyses challenge a number of common arguments about the UK's regional economic inequality problem. We fin...
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We analyse binding constraints to productivity growth in the UK's regions outside London and the greater South East. These analyses challenge a number of common arguments about the UK's regional economic inequality problem. We find little evidence consistent with the hypotheses (ⅰ) that low shares of university graduates remain the primary constraint on growth for the UK's regions; (ⅱ) that there is a generalised issue with access to finance for firms outside the South East; or (ⅲ) that low or falling regional migration rates are to blame for the persistence of the UK's regional economic inequalities. Instead, we find evidence consistent with (ⅰ) a specific relative shortage of STEM degrees; (ⅱ) binding transport infrastructure constraints within major non-London conurbations; (ⅲ) a failure of public innovation policy to support clusters beyond the South East, in particular through the regional distribution of public support for Research and Development (R&D); and (ⅳ) missed opportunities for higher internal mobility due to London's overheating housing market. We also find some suggestive evidence consistent with constraints on access to early-stage equity financing for high-growth-potential SMEs in certain regions.
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This study aims to analyses and determine the dominant factors that influence regional spending and its impact on gross regional domestic products and to analyses the direct and indirect effects of regional own revenue, general al...
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This study aims to analyses and determine the dominant factors that influence regional spending and its impact on gross regional domestic products and to analyses the direct and indirect effects of regional own revenue, general allocation fund and revenue sharing fund on gross regional domestic products mediated by regional expenditure. Data uses panel data with 17 Regency / Municipality in Southeast Sulawesi and observation period for 2015-2017. Data analysis used path analysis with AMOS 18.0 program and indirect effect test using the Sobel test. The results of the study conclude: a) General Allocation Funds and Revenue Sharing Funds significantly affect Regional Expenditures, while Regional Own Revenues are insignificant; b) Regional Own Revenue and Revenue Sharing Fund significantly affect the Gross Regional Domestic Product, while the General Allocation Fund is not significant; c) Regional Expenditure significantly mediated the effect of General Allocation Funds and Revenue Sharing Fund on Gross Regional Domestic Products, while Regional Expenditures do not significantly mediate in the influence of Regional Own Revenue on Gross Regional Domestic Product. Whereas to increase the gross regional domestic products in Regency / Municipality in Southeast Sulawesi, it is better to regulate Regional Expenditure allocations sourced from the General Allocation Fund.
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Foreign growth can induce changes in production structures across domestic regions through international trade. With a two-country model with the explicit incorporation of two regions in the home country, we show that effects of f...
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Foreign growth can induce changes in production structures across domestic regions through international trade. With a two-country model with the explicit incorporation of two regions in the home country, we show that effects of foreign growth on exports and production to be possibly asymmetric among home regions. This foreign-growth effect is especially prominent in Asia with China emerging as the largest trading country. We empirically test our theoretical hypothesis with the data set of Japanese regions. We find evidence that the growth of Asian countries leads to a change in the regional structure of exports and production in Japan. With respect to an adjacent Asian country, the growth of a foreign country exerts opposite effects on production among Japanese regions.
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We describe a DNA binding assay for isolation of specific sequence(s) recognized by protein of interest directly from genomic or cosmid DNA. In our assay, the protein is fused to the glutathione-S-transferase and bound to glutathi...
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We describe a DNA binding assay for isolation of specific sequence(s) recognized by protein of interest directly from genomic or cosmid DNA. In our assay, the protein is fused to the glutathione-S-transferase and bound to glutathione-Sepharose beads. Then the immobilized fusion protein can be used to search for DNA fragment(s) that interact specifically with the protein of interest. As an example of such an approach, we identified and cloned a few prokaryotic oriC regions using the initiator DnaA protein fused to the glutathione-S-transferase.
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Labour productivity change at constant prices is the mainstream
indicator of regional competitiveness. However, it
hides and overlooks some relevant sources of competitiveness
that may partly explain the Solow paradox. First, i...
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Labour productivity change at constant prices is the mainstream
indicator of regional competitiveness. However, it
hides and overlooks some relevant sources of competitiveness
that may partly explain the Solow paradox. First, it mixes
productivity improvements from technological progress with
those from relocating activities to more productive sectors.
Second, it partially overlooks novelties and qualities embedded
in new products and the effects of market power. This
paper proposes a methodology to disentangle the different
effects and to apply it to recent development of European
regions. Results highlight the highly heterogeneous competitive
strategies of regions, and the persistent discrepancy
between Eastern and Western ones.
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Purpose This research has three research objectives. First, this research will demonstrate that the link between consumers' attitude towards a region and their intention to purchase products from that region is not direct but indi...
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Purpose This research has three research objectives. First, this research will demonstrate that the link between consumers' attitude towards a region and their intention to purchase products from that region is not direct but indirect. Second, this research will establish that perceived value of regional products and consumers' preference for these products are mediating variables of the relationship between consumers' attitude towards a region and their intention to purchase regional products. Lastly, this research will highlight cognitive (through perceived value) and affective (through preference) routes or paths, from consumers' attitude towards a region to their purchase intention of products from that region. Design/methodology/approach As previous works in the authors' field of research, the authors conducted a field study, combined with a questionnaire survey. 398 consumers responded to the authors' questionnaire in a hypermarket (belonging to the retailer Systeme U) in Vendee (a region in France). The authors measured their attitude towards this region, their preference for regional food products and their purchase intention of these products as well as the perceived value of regional food products. Findings The perceived value of regional products and consumers' preference for these products are full mediating variables of the relationship between consumers' attitude towards a region and their intention to purchase products from that region. Research limitations/implications This research supplements prior works. It shows that the link between consumers' attitude towards a region and their intention to purchase regional products is indirect. Consumers' purchase intention of regional products is not directly attributable to their attitude towards the region of origin of these products. Regional products and their features have to be reintegrated into this equation. Practical implications This study identifies several routes or paths to explain consumers' purchase intention of regional products. A cognitive route or path, from consumers' attitude towards a region to their purchase intention of products from that region, mediates by perceived value. An affective route or path, from consumers' attitude towards a region to their purchase intention of products from that region, mediates by preference. A hybrid path that combines cognitive and affective paths, as this research established a link between perceived value and preference. Originality/value This research foregrounds regional products and their features, too often neglected in favour of consumers and their characteristics.
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Surveys were conducted of symptomatic potato plants in late season crops, from the major potato production regions in Northern Tunisia, for infection with six common potato viruses. The presence of Potato leafroll virus (PLRV), Po...
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Surveys were conducted of symptomatic potato plants in late season crops, from the major potato production regions in Northern Tunisia, for infection with six common potato viruses. The presence of Potato leafroll virus (PLRV), Potato virus Y (PVY), Potato virus X (PVX), Potato virus A (PVA), Potato virus S (PVS) and Potato virus M (PVM) was confirmed serologically with virus infection levels up to 5.4, 90.2, 4.3, 3.8, 7.1 and 4.8%, respectively. As PVY was prevalent in all seven surveyed regions, further biological, serological and molecular typing of 32 PVY isolates was undertaken. Only one isolate was shown to induce PVYOtype symptoms following transmission to tobacco and to react only against anti-PVYOC antibodies. Typical vein necrosis symptoms were obtained from 31 samples, six of which reacted against both anti-PVYN and anti-PVYOC antibodies showing they contained mixed isolates, while 25 of them reacted only with anti-PVYN antibodies. An immunocapture RT-PCR molecular test using a PVYNTN specific primer pair set in the 5'NTR/P1 genomic region and examination of recombinant points in three genomic regions (HC-Pro/P3, CI/NIa and CP/3'NTR) showed that all 25 serotype-N PVY isolates were PVYNTN variants with similar recombinations to the standard PVYNTN-H isolate. This is the first report of the occurrence of the PVYNTN variant and its high incidence in late season potatoes in Tunisia.
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We explore the regional engagement of universities in non-core regions in a Global South context and uncover how new universities form and institutionalize regional ties. Through case studies of five new universities in India, we ...
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We explore the regional engagement of universities in non-core regions in a Global South context and uncover how new universities form and institutionalize regional ties. Through case studies of five new universities in India, we identify three routes - personal, organizational and brokered - through which new universities form regional ties, and four logics - incrementalism, social responsibility, legitimation and rationalization - through which these ties become embedded. We unpack and combine each of the routes and logics into a framework that explains how new ties are formed and developed between a new university and its surrounding non-core region.
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