Consumer cosmopolitanism in the age of globalization

Cosmopolitans are individuals with a distinctive kind of extended national and international orientation, a global vision and sense of belonging to the world. These people are sophisticated and importantly engaged in the cultures outside of local geographical boundaries. Information about cosmopolit...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Prince, Melvin.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: [New York, N.Y.] (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) : Business Expert Press, 2012.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:2012 digital library.
Consumer behavior collection.
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Table of Contents:
  • About the contributors
  • Acknowledgments
  • Preface
  • Introduction: the changing world and cosmopolitan consumers
  • Part I. Globalization and the cosmopolitan consumer
  • 1. Cosmopolitanism as a journey: the construct and dynamics of change / Hugh M. Cannon and Attila Yaprak
  • 2. The global nexus of transversal values and cosmopolitan consumers: understanding the intersection of values and consumers that cross over cultures, contexts, and countries / J. Walker Smith
  • Part II. What are cosmopolitans made of ?
  • 3. Becoming and being a cosmopolitan consumer / Mark Cleveland and Michel Laroche
  • 4. Relative national identity and consumer product evaluations / Aditi Grover and Philip Ramsey
  • 5. Cosmopolitans go shopping: a phenomenological inquiry into how cosmopolitans relate to global and local brands / Siok Kuan Tambyah and Darius Chen
  • Part III. Consumer cosmopolitans: the new marketing role
  • 6. Segmentation strategies for cosmopolitan consumers / Petra Riefler
  • 7. Communications and cosmopolitanism / Robert Halsall
  • 8. Relationship marketing to cosmopolitan consumers / Melike Aktas Yamanoglu and Besime Pinar Ozdemir
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index.