Corporate Brand Positioning – A Process Perspective
(2014) 9th Global Brand Conference- Abstract
- The purpose of this paper is to explore the process of positioning a corporate brand in the context of a global industrial organization. A process-focused single case study helped to generate detailed qualitative data to understand how management activities and choices in positioning the corporate brand occurred over time. The paper offers two main contributions: (1) It identifies seven stages of corporate brand positioning, representing crucial management activities and choices; (2) It apprehends corporate brand positioning as a complex process in need to be managed, coordinated and integrated across multiple levels within the organization. The context of a decentralized global industrial organization also contributes to the growing and... (More)
- The purpose of this paper is to explore the process of positioning a corporate brand in the context of a global industrial organization. A process-focused single case study helped to generate detailed qualitative data to understand how management activities and choices in positioning the corporate brand occurred over time. The paper offers two main contributions: (1) It identifies seven stages of corporate brand positioning, representing crucial management activities and choices; (2) It apprehends corporate brand positioning as a complex process in need to be managed, coordinated and integrated across multiple levels within the organization. The context of a decentralized global industrial organization also contributes to the growing and needed understanding of corporate brand management in business markets. From a managerial perspective, the study contributes by highlighting barriers of change and actions that enable successful completion of corporate brand positioning. (Less)
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- author
- Koch, Christian LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2014
- type
- Contribution to conference
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Corporate brand positioning, Brand positioning, Brand management, Corporate branding, Process, Strategic change, Industrial corporate brand
- conference name
- 9th Global Brand Conference
- conference location
- Hertfordshire Business School Hatfield, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
- conference dates
- 2014-04-09 - 2014-04-11
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- 1512d8f4-7611-4e0e-8437-33c75ef018fa (old id 4778652)
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- 2016-04-04 14:32:51
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author = {{Koch, Christian}},
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language = {{eng}},
title = {{Corporate Brand Positioning – A Process Perspective}},
year = {{2014}},
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