TY - THES A1 - Shane, Nadine T1 - The Country-of-Origin Effect and its Potential Impact on How German Consumers Perceive Chinese Luxury Goods N2 - This thesis investigates the impact of the country-of-origin effect on Chinese luxury brands which intend to enter the German luxury goods market. By means of a questionnaire and a quantitative analysis, possible threats to Chinese newcomers that derive from an unfavorable country image are illustrated. In fact, the Chinese origin of luxury goods has an impact on German consumers' perception. KW - country-of-origin effect KW - China KW - luxury market KW - consumerism KW - German consumers Y1 - 2017 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-153047 ER -