The CoO-ELM model: A theoretical framework for the cognitive processes underlying country of origin-effects

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to present an extended version of the Elaboration Likelihood Model (ELM-model) to explain and predict which of the four cognitive processes that are distinguished in the literature, with respect to Country of Origin (CoO), can be expected to occur: the halo-effect, the summary construct-effect, the product attribute-effect or the default heuristic-effect.