2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Consumer Reactions to the Risk of Radioactive Product Contamination: Origins, Cross-Cultural Differences, and Countermeasures
| Project/Area Number |
24651176
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Social systems engineering/Safety system
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| Research Institution | Tokyo Institute of Technology |
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Principal Investigator |
FRANK Bjoern 東京工業大学, 社会理工学研究科, 助教 (30467039)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2012-04-01 – 2014-03-31
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| Keywords | マーケティング |
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| Research Abstract |
As the consequence of the accident of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, consumers have reduced their purchases of products manufactured in the disaster area. As factors decreasing consumer purchases, this research has identified food-related product category, foreign nationality, middle/high age, uncertainty avoidance, other consumers' observed purchase patterns, objective media reports, and past opposition to the use of nuclear energy. By contrast, as factors increasing consumer purchases, this research has identified the cultural values of masculinity and long-term orientation, disaster-related experience, disaster involvement of the social network, and affective media reports. Firms and public institutions might draw on these latter factors in order to limit the economic fallout of the disaster.
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