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Country image: an exploratory study on Turkish exporters' image of Turkey
(1995) Özdil, Sefa
The globalization of markets, growing international trade, and emergence of trade blocs increase the importance of international marketing. These developments also underscore the significance of country-of-origin information as a reference in the competitive positioning of products. Exporters are one of the participants in the creation of country image. Exporters' perceptions, thoughts and beliefs about origin country play a considerable role in their market penetration strategy which, in turn, affects customer's perceptions, thoughts and beliefs. In this study we will try to find out exporters' image of their country, Turkey, and their products, how it affects their business, compare it with the foreign customers' image of Turkey,and analyze the findings from the perspective of exporters' marketing strategy in general.
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Image of Turkey in the minds of Singaporians
(1995) Dicle, Coşkun K.
It has been suggested in numerous academic studies that country image forms a crucial part of consumers' product evaluations. Moreover, country image has been found to be negative for developing countries such as Turkey. However, the possibility of changing these negative images and associations through a clear understanding of the aspects of the image, sheds light on to the aim of this study. The main purpose of this study is to clearly lay out Turkey's image and current position in Singapore, extracting the favorable and unfavorable associations Singaporians have. In providing rich information with positioning implications, and a framework for future repositioning efforts, the aim is to enable Turkish stakeholders in developing suitable and effective international marketing strategies towards the region in question.