In the recent years, the creation of the customer involvement with a brand has been considered as one of the strategic requirements of companies, and the creation and maintenance of emotional communication with a brand has provided a basis for deep communication between the customer, brand, and long-term profitability. The purpose of this study is to examine emotional links with brands, to prov...

As a key driving factor of brand equity, brand image is a research hotspot in the field of consumer behavior and brand marketing. The management over brand image is regarded as a key activity in the field of enterprise marketing. In addition, symbol consumption with the sense of self is another research hotspot in the field of consumer behavior. Brand image management of enterprises is faced wi...

the current study aims to investigate the factors affecting  development of the services brand identity in insurance industrial. therefore, considering the importance of brand identity, and in order to succeed in today's competitive market, in this paper, the relevant literature in the field of brand identity development is reviewed to investigate the effect of its dimension on development...

this research aims at analyzing and investigation of role of brand and guerrilla marketing in keeping and increasing purchasing portfolio of customer in iran’s sme and in this respect three hypothesizes are developed. for doing of this research after exploration of models and approaches in brand questionnaire and guerrilla marketing were used for customers of company. the conceptual model based...

This research aims at analyzing and investigation of role of brand and guerrilla marketing in keeping and increasing purchasing portfolio of customer in Iran’s SME and in this respect three hypothesizes are developed. For doing of this research after exploration of models and approaches in brand questionnaire and guerrilla marketing were used for customers of company. The conceptual model based...

This paper aims to explore how socialand self-factors may affect consumers’ brand loyalty while they follow companies’ microblogs. Drawing upon the commitment-trust theory, social influence theory, and self-congruence theory, we propose that network externalities, social norms, and self-congruence are the key determinants in the research model. The impacts of these factors on brand loyalty will...

Brand communication through advertising plays an important role in developing strong brands in emerging markets, especially in India. This chapter investigates how ethnocentrism moderates the effects of advertising adaptation levels (globalization, glocalization, and localization) on Indian consumers’ ad evaluation and self-brand congruity. It uses self-brand congruity to explain the psychologi...

This study examines the influence of self-presentation on brand-related word-of-mouth (WOM) and the moderating roles of gender and number of Facebook friends on the relationship between self-presentation and brand-related WOM. Data were collected from Facebook users (N = 400) via an online survey. Hierarchical multiple regression analysis revealed that self-presentation is positively related to...

This research examines whether various forms of brand associations—overall brand beliefs (e.g., Sony is high quality) versus exemplars of the brand (e.g., Sony TV)—are differentially accessible for individuals with independent self-views and those with an interdependent self-view. Since independents emphasize the “traitedness” of behavior and tend to focus on attributes of objects, brand belief...