Place branding tends to be introduced into the agenda of increasingly numerous public authorities as a tool for place management. Nations, regions, cities and inter-regional networks tend to relate their initiatives to brands in order to attract and retain resources e.g. capital and people. In light of the contemporary debate on regional and local development, this paper will analyse the potent...

This paper reports the findings of a study that examines the evolving relationships between the state’s entrepreneurial role and market factors such as business support services, business training and professional development, technological and information support services and SMEs’ development in Vietnam. This study uses an institutional approach to study how the entrepreneurial state influenc...

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...

C spend hundreds of millions of dollars annually on advertising to build and maintain awareness for their brands in competitive markets. However, awareness formation models in the marketing literature ignore the role of competition. Consequently, we lack both the empirical knowledge and normative understanding of building brand awareness in dynamic oligopoly markets. To address this gap, we pro...

Brand-driven cultural industry development was the inevitable requirement for coordinated development of regional economy and society. In order to create the culture brand of Shijiazhuang, the authors first analyzed its cultural resources, clear focus. Then created a culture brand with characteristic of Shijiazhuang by a number of strategies such as: Found a suitable site of the culture brand, ...

The authors present a parsimonious theoretical model that illustrates how Internet-based virtual environments (such as social networking Web sites) moderate the relationship between social networks and social entrepreneurship. Social networks promote social entrepreneurship by means of (a) technology and knowledge transfer; (b) locating information; (c) generating entrepreneurial opportunities;...

Both knowledge economy and sustainable development are considered key dimensions in the policy action lines of many developed and developing countries. In this context, universities and other higher education institutes have a vital role in developing and sustaining wellbeing communities. In this paper, the authors’ aim is to address the links between the concepts of innovation and entrepreneur...

How do marketing investments (such as price promotions, new product introductions and advertising) contribute to a brand’s revenue premium? Moreover, how do brand and category characteristics moderate the impact of the marketing investments on brand revenue premiums? In this paper, I address these questions with a large-scale econometric analysis of marketing investments and associated brand re...