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This thesis uses Hofstede''s four national cultural dimensio- ns (power distance PD, unicertainty avoidance UA, individualism- collectivism IDV, and masculity-femininity MAS)to investigate the effects of culture on brand loyalty. We use six brand loyalty indices, including behavioral propo- rtion-of-purchase measure, attitudinal brand-preference measure, composite two- dimension measure, stated brand commitment measure , price until switching measure, and information search measure. The data of questionnaires show in that the differences in brand loyalty did exist;The brand loyalty of American samples toward shampoo is higher than that of Taiwanese samples, because American have higher IDV score;The brand loyalty of Taiwanese sa- mples toward high price products is higher than that of American samples, beacuse Taiwanese have higher UA scores;but we also get a delimma about PD and name brand tennis shoes, there is a high negative correlation between PD and IDV, that may confuse the relation between PD and shoes.
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