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http://dx.doi.org/10.14400/JDPM.2014.12.1.253

A Study on Factors Influencing Purchase Intention of Smartphones on Chinese University Students  

Yu, Ying (Business, Incheon National University)
Lee, Kidong (Business, Incheon National University)
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Journal of Digital Convergence / v.12, no.1, 2014 , pp. 253-261 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to explore the factors affecting purchase intention of smartphone in Chinese university students. We have identified five independent variables that affecting purchase intention of smartphone, which include price, compatibility, security, social influence and consumer innovations. We test the degree of influence of these five variables on customer satisfaction eventually and on purchase intention. To prove the hypothesis, we performed questionnaire investigation in Qingdao University. and final date of 187 samples were analyzed by using SPSS18.0 program. The result of hypothesis verification is the followings: As the independent variables of compatibility and consumer innovations are affects satisfaction; the price, security and social influence are not affects satisfaction and the satisfaction as the parameter affects the purchase intention which is the dependent variable in this study in Chinese university students. At the end of this study, the marketing implications for advancing to China market based on the results of empirical analysis were presented.
Keywords
Smartphone; Purchase Intention; Satisfaction; Chinese consumers;
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