The purpose of this study is to develop and validate empirically a research model that depicts the relationships between the identified key value proposition attributes of mobile value-added services and the core factors of brand equity. Survey data collected from 497 mobile value-added service consumers were examined using structural equation modeling to validate the research model. The result...

Companies like Procter & Gamble, Unilever, Xerox, Heinz, Apple and Gillette possess great brands and outstanding brand management competencies, yet they have failed to generate value for shareholders in recent years. What these companies are learning is that having strong brands which consumers value is not enough. Whether strong brands create value for shareholders depends upon the economics o...

OBJECTIVE To examine the effect of branding, as indicated by brand name, on evaluation of the cigarette smoking experience. DESIGN Between-subjects and within-subjects experimental study. Participants were randomly allocated to smoke a cigarette from a pack featuring a premium brand name and a cigarette from a pack featuring a value brand name. Within each condition, participants unknowingly ...

Hotel industry of Pakistan has contributed significantly to Pakistan’s national revenue. The current study focuses on measuring two dimensions of customer-based-brand-equity i.e. brand loyalty and brand image, and, factors of perceived value of the visitors in Pakistan’s hotel industry. Brands are valuable assets that add economic and strategic value for its proprietors which can be achieved th...

Private-label brands (PLB) today are a well-established facet in many product categories worldwide, and as such have increasingly captured the attention of researchers. Even so, the consumer-based brand equity (CBBE) of PLBs (PL-CBBE) has remained largely unexplored (Cuneo et al 2012). To help fill this void, this study examines the CBBE and its underlying dimensions of two different product ca...

In recent years, the importance of branding has dramatically increased on the ground that brands have the potential to be a source of long-term competitive advantages for any businesses. Although it seems that brand value, theoretically, has a significant impact on corporate profits, evaluating the brand value's influence level on corporate profits can give clear signals to both managers and in...

The meanings of brand and branding have been evolving over the past several decades. This evolution is converging on a new conceptual logic, which views brand in terms of collaborative, value co-creation activities of firms and all of their stakeholders and brand value in terms of the stakeholders’ collectively perceived value-in-use. The authors argue that this new logic parallels and reflects...

With the growth and competition of the smartphone industry, developing a better understanding of what drives consumers’ loyalty to smartphone brands has become an important issue for academics and practitioners. This study hypothesizes four determinants of smartphone brand loyalty based on the perspectives of consumer value and consumer-brand identification. Furthermore, this study also explore...