It has been recognised that brands play a role in industrial markets, but to date a comprehensive model of business-to-business (B2B) branding does not exist, nor has there been an empirical study of the applicability of a full brand equity model in a B2B context. This paper is the first to...

Powerful brands create meaningful images in the minds of customers (Keller, 1993). A strong brand image and reputation enhances differentiation and has a positive influence on buying behaviour (Gordon et al., 1993; McEnally and de Chernatony, 1999). While the power of branding is widely acknowledged...

Since the emergence of branding as an approach to marketing, the concept has been received with a great deal of interest and has stimulated ever increasing research in the area. Businesses have realized the importance of retaining existing customers and have begun to identify and apply ways to...

The subject on the role of branding in delivering financial growth has been adebate for most marketers and financial managers. This is because themarketing subject by its nature is intangible and therefore difficult to measure.This misunderstanding has resulted in many authors calling for...

There is an increasing emphasis on building and maintaining brand equity as the primary driver of success for service organisations, such as holiday resorts and hotels. Limited research on customer-based brand equity within the South African hotel context has been conducted. This study examined...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to determine the variables of brand equity measurement forGreek companies quoted in the Greek exchange stock market.Design/methodology/approach – The measurement of brand equity has been a hot issue both formarketing and financial practitioners....

This study seeks to examine the practicality and applications of a customer-based brand equity model in the Chinese sportswear market.Design/methodology/approach - Based on Aaker’s well-known conceptual framework of brand equity, this study employed structural equation modeling to investigate...

Master of Science

This three-essay thesis focuses on how value of the brand, i.e. brand equity is created, with each study investigating different parts of the relationships within the brand value chain.My first essay identifies and tests a new set of brand equity drivers such as brand structure and positioning,...

Mit sogenannten Premiummarken gelingt es Unternehmen immer wieder Margen zu erzielen, die deutlich über dem allgemeinen Branchendurchschnitt liegen. Fraglich ist daher, wie es zu einer entsprechend hohen Konsumentenpreisbereitschaft kommen kann, die erst überdurchschnittliche Margen erlaubt,...