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Branding Implications Of Co-Created Social Responsibility, Alexander J. Kull
Branding Implications Of Co-Created Social Responsibility, Alexander J. Kull
USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations
One of the most profound transformations of the marketing discipline in recent history has been driven by the democratization of power relations and value creation between brands and consumers. This dissertation explores the branding implications of this fundamental shift by investigating whether and how the type and degree of control shared by brands affect consumer empowerment perceptions and, in turn, consumer–brand relationships, as well as whether and how these effects might be moderated by the size and diversity of the choice set and by the image valence of the brand that shares control with consumers.
The present research examines such …