Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/309643 
Year of Publication: 
2017
Citation: 
[Journal:] International Journal of Management and Economics [ISSN:] 2543-5361 [Volume:] 53 [Issue:] 3 [Year:] 2017 [Pages:] 67-81
Publisher: 
De Gruyter Open, Warsaw
Abstract: 
This empirical study analyzes the cultural basis of the United States market response to imported Spanish products that seem to violate strongly-held cultural taboos. Survey responses were obtained from students in two contrasting majors, Art and Business, in two distinct cities and universities, i.e. Little Rock at the University of Arkansas, and Dominguez Hills at California State University. The study focused on a baby doll marketed to piggy-back on the new movement towards breastfeeding babies. Although accepted in its original European market, the United States media reports strong moral objections to this product among U. S. citizens. The toy was overwhelmingly rejected in some, but not all, population sub-groups. This study attempts to discern the cultural basis for product rejection by comparing responses between regions, college majors, genders and gender/major combinations. Differences in acceptance between groups are correlated with specific cultural constructs.
Subjects: 
culture-based
import rejection
taboo
taboo-infringing
international marketing
Spain
USA
culture dimensions
gender
International Journal of Globalization and Small Business
JEL: 
F18
F19
M30
M31
M39
Y9
Z10
Z13
Z19
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Document Type: 
Article

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