Place branding in the Øresund region : From a transnational region to a bi-national city-region
(2016) In Place Branding and Public Diplomacy 12(2-3). p.160-171- Abstract
The Øresund Region that connects Copenhagen metropolitan area in Denmark and Southern Sweden is an interesting example of a European cross-border collaboration. In this article, the contemporary development of the region and the place branding process is described. The aim is to increase understanding of how a complex and bi-national place brand is developed in a process of continuous change due to societal and political contexts. The article is inspired by a theoretical framework for place branding based on ideas from corporate branding (Kavaratzis, 2004) and organizational identity (Kavaratzis & Hatch, 2013), and emphasizes the role of media. The place branding process is defined in three contemporary phases: the public opinion... (More)
The Øresund Region that connects Copenhagen metropolitan area in Denmark and Southern Sweden is an interesting example of a European cross-border collaboration. In this article, the contemporary development of the region and the place branding process is described. The aim is to increase understanding of how a complex and bi-national place brand is developed in a process of continuous change due to societal and political contexts. The article is inspired by a theoretical framework for place branding based on ideas from corporate branding (Kavaratzis, 2004) and organizational identity (Kavaratzis & Hatch, 2013), and emphasizes the role of media. The place branding process is defined in three contemporary phases: the public opinion phase, the invoking of a transnational brand phase, and the Europe of City-Regions phase. The analysis leads to two main conclusions: (1) the development of the current place brand at hand mirrors a possible change in geo-spatial focus in: from a transnational approach toward a bi-national city-based approach and (2) the case study suggests that a strategic communication logic, focusing residents rather than the wills of elites, is more relevant to such cases than a marketing logic.
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- Falkheimer, Jesper LU
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- 2016-08-01
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- published
- keywords
- cross-border place branding, euroregion, greater Copenhagen, strategic communication, the Øresund region, transnational place branding
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- Place Branding and Public Diplomacy
- volume
- 12
- issue
- 2-3
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- 12 pages
- publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
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- wos:000410365200007
- scopus:85020097268
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- 1751-8040
- DOI
- 10.1057/s41254-016-0012-z
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- English
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