PENGARUH EKUITAS MEREK ( BRAND EQUITY ) TERHADAP KEPUTUSAN PEMBELIAN SMARTPHONE BLACKBERRY (Studi pada Mahasiswa Program S1 Jurusan Administrasi Bisnis Fakultas Ilmu Sosial dan Ilmu Politik)

Abstract

This research aim is to know the influence of the brand awareness, perceived quality , brand associations , brand loyalty to the Purchasing Decision of Blackberry Smartphone. The type of research that used is explanatory research which is using population of a number of active student from Undergraduate Program of Bussiness Administration .Population that is used is about 88 respondents with sample  taken method using purposive sampling ( sample taken method using some considerations). The technique to get data in this research is interview and questioner as the collecting data instrument.

The result of the statistic test and F test known that the brand awareness , perceived quality , brand association , and brand loyalty simultaneously have positive influence and significant to the purchasing decision. This can be seen from the result test of determination coefficient influence of brand awareness , perceived quality , brand association , and brand loyalty simultaneously have positive influence and significant to the purchasing decision as big as 0,604 or 60,4 %.