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The worldwide reputation of products produced in different countries
- her01n 9y agoIt's interesting that the EU is rated so high, while its members so low. Any manufacturer from for example Poland or Spain can select 'made in eu' label.
- ucaetano 9y ago> It's interesting that the EU is rated so high, while it's members so low It's interesting that the EU is rated so high, while SOME of its members so low. Germany leads the chart, UK isn't far behind, Italy and France also. Also, being 20 in a world with 200+ countries is far from "so low"...
- raverbashing 9y ago"its members"
- tanilama 9y agoEU Exports == Germany. If that is what people thinks when they are thinking about EU, it is probably true.
- dagw 9y agoAgreed. I generally see "made in the EU" as a warning flag since it makes it seem like for some reason they're too embarrassed to name the actual country the product was made in.
- realusername 9y agoYes I view it the same on my case, if they put the "made in the EU" label, it's generally done in eastern europe.
- raverbashing 9y agoWell you can usually find out "on the box" where they're located (funnily enough the product that had this "most hidden" was from Belgium)
- dagw 9y agoOr you have a company located in a 'good' European country that's trying to hide that they're outsourcing all their manufacturing to a cheap EU country. They hope you'll see German Company + Made in the EU and jump to the conclusion that it's made in Germany.
- VeejayRampay 9y agoReally surprised to see the UK so high in the rankings. It might be my French bias talking, but it's a label that doesn't inspire confidence these days.
- ucaetano 9y agoAFAIK, "Made in France" for mechanical/technological goods is usually seen as "overpriced and fragile".
- monsieurbanana 9y agoAs French, I don't remember the last time I've seen "Made in France" for a mechanical/technological good.
- qume 9y agoCars
- iuguy 9y agoWine, Cheese, Cars. D.O.C. seems to be more common than Fabrique en France. ISTR Citroens having Fabrique en France on their manuals back in the day.
- dagw 9y agoCalling wine and cheese technological goods seems to be pushing the definition a bit far.
- dx034 9y agoI'd guess the French rating is mostly due to the high quality food they export. Same as Italy. Outside of Europe, you probably won't see a "made in France" label on anything except for cheese, wine and champagne.
- dagw 9y ago
- cyphar 9y agoIt's important to note that "the import volume of each country is used as a weighting factor". I don't know if they are referring to weighting their participants responses based on their home country, or weighting the results based on the country being ranked, but I feel this could bias the results toward countries that are heavy exporters (like Germany).
- dx034 9y agoYou have to weight countries by some factor. Using imports is probably a good idea to have a good representation of buying decisions. If you used population you'd end up with a high share for India even though they import relatively little, making the labels less important.
- cyphar 9y agoBut given that EU countries generally only import things from other EU countries (due to the tariffs), it could similarly bias towards EU countries that export to most of the EU (like Germany). That's not to say I don't agree with the general placement of countries, I just think it's interesting how many countries on the list are from the EU. [I'm also a little surprised how well Australia and New Zealand ranked. I didn't realise that we exported enough "Made in Australia" stuff to be listed on something like this.]
- danmaz74 9y ago> EU countries generally only import things from other EU countries Actually EU countries have MASSIVE imports of Chinese goods, but we also import from lots of other non-EU countries.
- danmaz74 9y agoProbably they used it to weight the opinions of importers about the exporters, not the other way around, which would't make sense. As such, US opinions would have much much higher weight than German ones. EDIT: fixed importers/exporters
- agiamas 9y agothis is just a generalisation... made in's perceived value is different in high end clothing, to manufacturing, to fine perfumes, to high tech.
- qume 9y ago>The index is calculated using the average weighted share of positive assessments reached by each country. From their methodology page. I would argue that there is just as much information in the other end of the scale. For instance, China is extremely respected, iPhone, and not, low cost electronics, at the same time. Maybe a country with no positive but also no negative associations would be more desirable than one with split positive and negative ratings. Would be nice to be able to browse the raw data.
- twiss 9y agoI'm not sure that China is that respected in the public mind for the iPhone. They came out last in this ranking, meaning not many positive associations, and it's not for nothing that Apple writes "Designed in California" on the back.
- danmaz74 9y agoFor the iPhone, it's the US Apple brand that gets the respect, not China.
- tanilama 9y agoInteresting to see how Japan holds its place amongst all the scandals of some of its biggest corporations recently.
- dx034 9y agoThe biggest scandal was probably airbags and there, most consumers won't know the company or where it was from. Would've probably been different if it had been consumer goods.
- tanilama 9y agoThe Kobe Steel scandal is pretty hot right now, where it has been exposed that they are sending false quality report to customers, for years.
- dvhh 9y agoagain mostly dependent on methodology, and polled sample
- jbchoo 9y agoWhere is Made in Singapore! Singapore make great products :)
- 7373737373 9y agohttp://atlas.media.mit.edu/en/ http://atlas.media.mit.edu/en/
- dx034 9y agoI'd be curious to know why Ireland is so low on the list. Do they produce a lot of cheap products? I would've expected them to be on a level with the UK or France.
- dagw 9y agoIt's a measure of reputation not of actual manufacturing quality. Ireland doesn't really have too much of a global reputation, good or bad, when it comes to manufacturing.
- dvhh 9y agoLack of awareness of the polled people would probably be the cause, depending on the methodology, people would probably associate Ireland with Europe or UK.
- waqasaday 9y agoInterestingly Made in Japan was considered cheap labour until Sony changed that perception. See this article from 1978: http://people.com/archive/made-in-japan-once-was-a-joke-akio-morita-of-sony-changed-all-that-vol-9-no-23/ http://people.com/archive/made-in-japan-once-was-a-joke-akio...