Purpose: This paper presents the first known empirically-tested model of Employee Based Brand Equity (EBBE). In doing so, it provides insight into not only how organisations can effectively manage the internal brand building process but, more importantly, appreciate the subsequent employee effects and organisational benefits. Methodology/Approach: Data were collected via an online survey of 371...

Brands often form alliances to enhance their brand equities. In this paper, we examine the alliances between professional athletes (athlete brands) and sports teams (team brands) in the NBA. The athlete brands and team brands are matched to maximize the total added value created by the alliance. We obtain the athlete brand’s and the team brand’s respective gains from their alliance by estimatin...

While branding appears to be an effective health prevention strategy, it is less clear how successful brands have protective effects. To better understand the role of branding in health prevention and promotion, it is necessary to examine how the persuasive mechanisms of branding function in health campaigns (e.g., modeling socially desirable behaviors). Using cross-sectional data (n = 709), th...

today, using counterfeits is remarkably common in clothing industry. on this basis, present paper is conducted in clothing industry at tehran due to the impact of counterfeit on brand equity of original products’. it is a descriptive research. to achieve research aims, a sample consisting of 384 consumers in tehran who bought counterfeits deliberately were selected. to analyze data and to test ...

Competition in the service industry is intense. To deliver value-added services, more companies are focusing on consumers as a powerful means of establishing firm performance through dialog, participation, and engagement. However, scant research has been conducted to examine whether customer value co-creation can boost brand equity, particularly among SMEs. To address these shortcomings in the ...

Manufacturers and retailers have chosen varied brand portfolio structures for business performance. This study surveys consumer attitudes toward manufacturers’ brands and retailers’ store brands chosen from Taiwan retailing outlets. Research findings indicate that manufacturers’ brands intensify high quality and high price strategies, pursue appropriate promotion activities, and develop brand e...