The intangibility of services differentiates product brands from its characteristics. Building brand equity in the context of services, is therefore crucial to the conduct of a firm’ marketing strategies and plays an important role in increasing consumers’ perceptions. This study attempts to address relationships between brand equity and marketing stimuli. In particular, the study aims to draw ...

This research uses the theory of flow to examine the effect of 2D versus 3D virtual world environments on brand equity and use intention. The results suggest that a 3D virtual world environment has both positive (indirect) and negative (direct) effects on brand equity. The positive, indirect effect of the 3D virtual world environment occurs through feelings of telepresence and enjoyment, both o...

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...

the purpose of this research was to investigate the relationship between customer equity and the performance of parsian international hotels corporation. for this reason it’s an applied and descriptive research. a review of the current literature revealed three key determinants of customer equity: (1)value equity, (2) brand equity and (3) relationship equity. in order to examine the proposed hy...

How can flagships and brand stores contribute to building brands? We inquire about the relationships between store image, brand experience, brand attitude, brand attachment and brand equity using store intercepts. We find that flagships, due to the powerful brand experiences they allow, have a stronger impact on brand attitude, brand attachment and brand equity compared to brand stores. We prov...

Purpose – To date, the brand equity literature has been limited by a gap in the measurement of a key driver of Consumer Based Brand Equity (CBBE). We address this gap by developing a new, consumer-based measure of brand association strength, a critical element of CBBE. Design/Methodology/Approach – This paper, based on cognitive psychology, takes a recently developed brand mapping approach and ...

[Excerpt] Despite the importance of the first stage of recruitment, there has been limited research regarding the factors that influence job seekers’ decisions during this stage or how firms can systematically impact those factors (Barber, 1998). There is some evidence that employment brand equity (Cable & Turban, 2001; Collins & Stevens, 2002) affect job seekers’ attraction to and intentions t...