a r t i c l e i n f o Keywords: Brand equity Industrial branding Dimensions of brand equity Marketing-mix efforts Corporate image A model is developed to examine the relationships among marketing-mix efforts (channel performance, value-oriented price, promotion, and after-sales service), corporate image, three dimensions of brand equity (brand awareness with associations, perceived quality, and...

This paper introduces the perspective of a brand as a perpetual firm asset. From this perpetuity perspective, brand equity is defined as the financial value that a firm derives from customer response to the marketing of a brand. Rooted in this perpetuity perspective, brand perpetual value is developed as a financial measure of brand equity, where brand perpetual value is calculated as the value...

How DMO managers should evaluate success is a topic of much scholarly debate. Increasingly, there is a suggestion to integrate brand equity into place branding scholarship and practice, so this study aims to understand how DMO managers are using the construct, if at all. We conducted semi-structured interviews with 12 managers in a Southern U.S. state, and our results suggest that managers do n...

Since 2000, the truth campaign has grown as a social marketing brand. Back then, truth employed branding to compete directly with the tobacco industry. In 2014, the launch of truth FinishIt reflected changes in the brand's strategy, the tobacco control environment, and youth/young adult behavior. Building on a previous validation study, the current study examined brand equity in truth FinishIt,...

Corporate and product brands are increasingly accepted as valuable intangible assets of organisations, evidence of which is apparent in the reported fi nancial value that strong brands fetch when traded in the mergers and acquisitions markets. However, while much attention is paid to conceptualising brand equity, less is paid to how brands should be managed and delivered in order to create and ...

The authors propose a new approach for measuring, analyzing, and predicting a brand’s equity in a product market. Brand equity is defined as the incremental contribution ($) per year obtained by the brand in comparison to the underlying product (or service) with no brand-building efforts. The incremental contribution is driven by the individual customer’s incremental choice probability for the ...

Purpose The growth in the number of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) worldwide has led to increased competition for donations. A stronger NGO brand equity will make donors more attracted an organization, compelling them increase both their donations and commitment. goal this study is propose a novel donor-based model. present takes into consideration special characteristics that confer NGOs...

Brand equity has been one of the critical areas for marketing management since it emerged. Brand equity is widely acknowledged as an index system of measuring the effectiveness of branding strategies. However, little systematic research has been done to develop model to evaluate brand equity. This study adopts the theory of fuzzy mathematics and analytic hierarchy process (AHP) to propose a fuz...

Although brand equity is a widely accepted concept, its definition is frustratingly elusive (Knowles, 2008). Our aim thereby is to point the direction for future research on the conceptualization of brand equity, as well as to encourage theoretical and empirical studies that assess its possible consequences. We argue for the need to distinguish between brand equity and brand value, which, altho...