According to the dealing at arm’s length principle, the price of goods transferred or services within MNE groups should be determined by the market forces. The requirement for this, is that the market prices for such goods or services are known or can be determined. However, market prices are...

Investment in brands drives the allocation of resources in our economy. It increases competition, pushes firms to innovate, and decreases asymmetries in the market leading to a higher level of economic development. Investment in brands and intangibles has seen an increase in the last fifteen...

What is a brand? -- Kids and branding -- Emergence of brand consciousness -- Children and digital branding -- Branding potential of online social media -- Brands and advergames -- Brands and adverworlds -- Regulation and control of branding to children

The rudiments of branding -- Brand names matter -- Logos, slogans, mascots, and more -- Brands tell stories -- Brands are living things -- Consumers beware -- Brand management -- Expanding the brand -- The brand stops here -- The dark side of the brand -- Pop goes the brand -- The brand finale

Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgment -- Introduction -- Private label management : insights and research directions / Sebastián Molinillo, University of Málaga, Spain, Yuksel Ekinci, University of Reading, United Kingdom, Georgina Wyatt, Oxford Brooks, United Kingdom, Nicoletta Occhiocupo,...

This paper explores the role of pooled-producer, e.g. private label, trade intermediation in shaping the range and diversity of exports. Direct sales maintain a firm's unique product characteristics ("brand equity"), whereas trade through an intermediary can take two forms - either a wholesaling...

This paper explores the role of pooled-producer, e.g. private label, trade intermediation in shaping the range and diversity of exports. Direct sales maintain a firm's unique product characteristics ('brand equity'), whereas trade through an intermediary can take two forms - either a wholesaling...