Personal computer brand loyalty

Tyrone W. Jackson and Jeffrey Perloff

No 47283, CUDARE Working Papers from University of California, Berkeley, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Abstract: A Markov model shows the degree of brand loyalty to Apple, Compaq, IBM, and Wyse personal computers by large corporate customers of Businessland, a large reseller of personal computers in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Because Businessland temporarily lost its franchise to carry Compaq for half a year in the middle of our sample, the model captures the effect on Businessland's sales of rival brands when a name brand is eliminated and then reintroduced. Large corporate customers were brand-loyal and relatively price insensitive. Their loyalty did not diminish over time. They did not view IBM-compatible computers as perfect substitutes. Eliminating and then reintroducing a brand has different short- and long-run effects. It is difficult to explain which firms diversify, but, contrary to reports in the popular press, most firms used both Apple and IBM-compatible machines.

Keywords: Consumer/Household; Economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 40
Date: 1996-04
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.47283

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