Authors
Jamie Murphy, Arno Scharl
Publication date
2007/6/5
Journal
International Marketing Review
Volume
24
Issue
3
Pages
297-312
Publisher
Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Description
Purpose
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Draws upon Hofstede's cultural values and Rogers' diffusion of innovations to investigate relationships between search engine popularity and a company's preference for global versus local online branding.
Design/methodology/approach
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Investigates the global versus local domain name selection strategies and web site popularity of multinational corporations based on their organizational characteristics and Hofstede's cultural values of their host countries.
Findings
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Organizational size, industry and two cultural values – individualism and masculinity – relate to how companies adopt innovations, in this case selecting and promoting a global or local online identity. For their web presence, most Fortune Global 500 companies use the global.com domain rather than a local country domain. The results also suggest a virtual divide in online visibility, favoring.com companies over companies using country …
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J Murphy, A Scharl - International Marketing Review, 2007