Understanding and improving public attitudes in Japan towards corporate takeovers by Chinese firms

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2022 was devoted to theory building. The theoretical framework is now fully developed. The hypotheses are refined and based on refined theoretical arguments. The model uses three change constructs: ownership, manufacturing site and brand name. The effects of manufacturing shifts abroad and the country of origin effect have been described in detail in literature. The effect of a change of a brand name on public attitude, however, has not been fully described and hypothesized before. This project is part of the effort to theoretically and empirically understand the effects of rebranding. For the effect of rebranding the model of public perception of company take overs is now centered on the change of a well known brand name into a new brand name, that does not exist, instead of using a Chinese brand.