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Association of Marketing Theory and Practice Proceedings 2013

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Brand Equity And Brand Equity Scale Developments: A Literature Review, Sally Baalbaki Jan 2013

Brand Equity And Brand Equity Scale Developments: A Literature Review, Sally Baalbaki

Association of Marketing Theory and Practice Proceedings 2013

Brand equity is perhaps the most important marketing concept in both academia and practice (Christodoulides and de Chernatony, 2010; Keller and Lehmann, 2006). Academics want to understand how brand equity is measured and what it means for a company, while practitioners want to understand how to influence consumer decisions with respect to different brand purchases in order to increase their brand equity. The term came into use during the late 1980’s; and the importance of conceptualizing, measuring, and managing brand equity has grown rapidly in the eyes of practitioners and academics alike (e.g. Aaker, 1991, 1996; Aaker and Keller, 1990; …


Good Media Mix Strategies For Bad Times: Sequencing Optimizes, Marsha Loda, Barbara Carrick Coleman Jan 2013

Good Media Mix Strategies For Bad Times: Sequencing Optimizes, Marsha Loda, Barbara Carrick Coleman

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This paper summarizes an experiment which compares three commonly used marketing elements: advertising, Internet websites, and publicity. These elements are rated on two dependent variables: message acceptance (credibility and message strength), and message response (attitude and purchase intent). Direct effects of each variable are examined. Sequencing effects are also examined to see if it matters in what order potential customers encounter the marketing message. Results indicate that a website, used alone, can make a significant difference in message strength. However, to impact purchase intent, a multimedia campaign is necessary. The current study extends the authors’ 2005 research comparing only advertising …


Online Learning: Best Practices And Online Technologies, Anita H. Whiting Jan 2013

Online Learning: Best Practices And Online Technologies, Anita H. Whiting

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This session seeks to provide a forum for discussing online technologies and best practices in online learning. Session seeks to provide an opportunity for faculty to discuss what strategies have worked well in their online classes and what obstacles they have encountered while teaching online. Session will also foster discussion about online technologies that faculty prefer to use and the benefits they gain from these technologies. Overall, session will help faculty learn more about how to be successful in the online classroom.


Differentiating Financial Service Brands Through The Multilayered Service Strategy (Mss): Some Insights Insights From The Resource Based View Of The Firm, Olutayo Otubanjo Jan 2013

Differentiating Financial Service Brands Through The Multilayered Service Strategy (Mss): Some Insights Insights From The Resource Based View Of The Firm, Olutayo Otubanjo

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This paper examines how financial service organizations operating in the Nigerian banking industry can be effectively managed to achieve brand differentiation. In order to achieve this objective, a service brand model was reviewed and critiqued and a Multilayered Service Strategy (MSS) model was put forward as an effective model for service brand differentiation. Consequently, sixteen leading-edge marketing and communication practitioners were engaged to examine the effectiveness of the model through in-depth interviews. Findings from the analysis of data indicate that an effective differentiation of a service brand cannot be achieved through the adoption of a single business or organizational factor. …


National Brands Or Private Brands? A Regulatory Focus Perspective, Trang Phuc Tran, Joan Hubbard Jan 2013

National Brands Or Private Brands? A Regulatory Focus Perspective, Trang Phuc Tran, Joan Hubbard

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Drawing on existing literature, the current research is to investigate how regulatory focus moderates the influence of two aspects of message framing, i.e., attribute framing and risky choice framing, and their interactions on customer perception measured by four components: brand attitude, attitude toward the ad, purchase intention, and willingness to pay. A conceptual model was drawn to capture four hypothetical relationships: regulatory focus and attribute framing (H1), regulatory focus and brand type (H2), brand type and attribute framing (H3), and regulatory focus, brand type and attribute framing (H4). An experiment was conducted using 430 participants and a 2 (regulatory focus: …


Testing A Brand Personality Scale For Quick Service And Casual Dining Establishments, Michael Musante Jan 2013

Testing A Brand Personality Scale For Quick Service And Casual Dining Establishments, Michael Musante

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Managers have long recognized the value of establishing and maintaining a desired identity for their brands. The Brand Personality Scale has been recognized as a valid and reliable tool to help managers assess brand perceptions. The forty-two item scale, developed by Aaker, identifies five dimensions of brand personality. While considered generalizable, it has been suggested that the scale, and delineated personality dimensions, may not represent an ideal fit for all industries. The current study sought to propose and test a modified version of the brand personality scale that may be appropriate for the restaurant industry. As part of the research …


The Relationship Between Investments In Intangible Resources And Liquidation For Financially Distressed Firms, Richard A. Heiens, Robert T. Leach, Paul D. Newsom Jan 2013

The Relationship Between Investments In Intangible Resources And Liquidation For Financially Distressed Firms, Richard A. Heiens, Robert T. Leach, Paul D. Newsom

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Working with a sample of manufacturing and non-manufacturing firms that filed for bankruptcy protection between 1980 and 2009, the current study examines the relationship between investments in intangibles and the likelihood that the bankrupt firm will either be reorganized or face liquidation. Results for the manufacturing sub-sample show that R&D is the only significant variable associated with liquidation. Over-investment in R&D appears to increase the likelihood of liquidation. Similarly, results for the non-manufacturing sub-sample show that over-investment in advertising appears to increase the likelihood of liquidation. Our conclusion is that firms that are forced to liquidate are often guilty of …


Nigerian Consumers And Their Purchase Intentions For Global Brands, Al Rosenbloom, James Haefner, Olutayo Otubanjo Jan 2013

Nigerian Consumers And Their Purchase Intentions For Global Brands, Al Rosenbloom, James Haefner, Olutayo Otubanjo

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This paper presents the research findings of a global brand study conducted in Nigeria. This empirical research sought to evaluate the relative contribution of the following five constructs on global brand purchase intent: country of origin, brand familiarity, brand linking, brand trust, and weak-strong perceptions of the brand’s masculinity-femininity associations. Step-wise regression models were used for the study’s ten brands. The regression models indicated that brand liking and brand trust were the most important predictors of global brand purchase intent in the studied sample of Nigerian consumers.