Research About Mechanism Of Regional Image Impacting On Purchasing Behavior Of Its Characteristic Products

Characteristic products are the unique resources of every region,whosedevelopment and utilization can accelerate the upgrade of regional economicdevelopment and comprehensive competitiveness. In conditions of market-orientedeconomy,marketing of any product must be directly or indirectly focus on consumerbehavior. And products are provided to satisfied consumers further to meet their materialand spiritual desire. Only the characteristic competitive advantage is created, the shareof product sales could be enhanced effectively.As one of the regional value carrier,regional image affect the characteristicproducts purchasing behavior. Research on that is both important to staff engaged inmarket surveys and corporate marketing strategy and static formulation.Research on consumer purchasing behavior is about the course of perceiving,selecting,purchasing and using products or services to meet the needs of individuals orgroups. Purchasing decision is the most directly expression of recognition and acceptanceof the product. The reason why consumers decide to choose a product is the belief that itcan bring him more utility or value than competing products. And that depends more onthe consumers'perception of the product. The key of consumer purchasing behavior iscomparison among perceived values, and the trade-off between perceived gains andlosses.Characteristic products consumer purchasing behavior is the result from theassessment between perceived quality and risk. They can be influenced by externalfactors, and interactions are also exist between them. Regional image is external clue ofthe product. This conclusion has been recognized by the scholars and also been proved bythe emprical research results. The affection of regional image to perceived value andrisks is more obvious for the specificity of characteristic products.Characteristic product is assumed as an isolated unit in most researches aboutcharacterstic product purchasing behavior. Their angle of view is mostly based onproduct marketing, which results in that present research of characteristic productpurchasing behavior focuses too much on assessing the product itself and neglects theinfluence of regional image to the product assessing and purchasing behavior. All above cause the deviation between research conclusion and the real market situation.This study reviewed the literatures about regional image,characteristic products andconsumer purchasing behavior firstly,and then cleared up the researches of effects ofregional image on product purchasing behavior. Based on a great lot of literaturesreviews and concludes,the study put forward the research frame,included several facetsas follows:1. the factors of regional image based on consumer perceivedThe factors of regional image based on consumer perceived is the facets what theregional image exhibit based on consumer perceived,and this is differ from the regionalimage based on the function department of government and the decision-maker.2. the mechanism of regional image on characteristic products perceivedHow does regional image effect on perceived quality and value of characteristicproducts?What is the intension differ from validity of the factors of regional imageeffect?3. the strategy of advancing characteristic products purchasing behavior by regionalimageHow to shape and advance regional image?How to spread the information toconsumer perceived by the proper channel?How to institute the integral strategy andtactic?Aim at the three facets,the study plots out the factors of regional image,buildsthe mechanism model of regional image to characteristic products perceived,and putsforward the measures of shaping the regional image,actualizing the marketing strategy,spreading the regional image.Comparing the former studies,the paper shows the following innovation:1. The current study lack of the plotting out the factors of regional image fromconsumer perceived views. Based on the secondary data,the study plots out the regionalimage to natural gift image,continuous improvement image and society citizen trustimage. This is the first time that the standard come forth and extend the connotation ofregional image.2. Different from the past study,the study introduce perceived value and risk to theresearch on the effects of regional image to the characteristic products purchasingbehavior,and attempt to find out the effects of the factors of regional image on consumer perceived and purchasing behavior. The study introduces the consumerinvolvement and information mastery to the mechanism model aim to forecasting theconsumer purchasing behavior.3. The study put forward the fundamental and marketing tactics of advancing theconsumer perceived characteristic products by regional image,the content is morecomprehensive than before. It introduces the regional image communication to integertactic. Meanwhile, its integrated marketing tactic research about the characteristc productpurchasing behavior is with more pertinency and provides executable suggestions togovernment,industry,producer and public.