Purpose: This paper seeks to consider the influence of organisational culture and its relationship to employees' perception of the brand of the organisation they work for. It also aims to clarify where the responsibility lies for setting the organisational culture and whether that role is a...

In der Marketingforschung und -praxis wird zunehmend die Bedeutung der Mitarbeitenden für den Markenerfolg erkannt. Der vorliegende Beitrag greift diese Thematik auf und schlägt für Unternehmen die Institutionalisierung eines Interne Markenbarometers vor, mit dessen Hilfe es möglich ist, den...

This article describes the substantial efforts put into creating and managing a comprehensive ‘value-based’ corporate culture and identity-building program, and reflects on how both the making and the reception of the programme can be understood in light of the three main ways of talking...

In order to shape the customers' image about a retailer, a retail brand or a retail format, the retail company may appeal, in addition to the marketing tools, to the corporate culture (the company's own perspective) and the company's reputation (how the company is perceived by the public)....

Here, the authors examine the issue of ethical corporate identity to competitively position brands, and this serves as a vital platform for corporations to critically think on ways in which they can cause or affect corporate socially responsible activities tying in or matching with the values of...

The integration of spatial identity is seen to be a crucial factor for successful place branding. However, spatial identity is often insufficiently conceptualised. In light of this, this article presents a theory-based approach to using spatial identity in an applied context such as place...

The goal of this article was to explore internal stakeholders' emotional attachment and corporate brand perceptions through corporate storytelling for branding. Due to the nature of the research questions, the research was purely qualitative in nature. A total of fifty four (54) in-depth...

The current literature focuses on the cocreation of brands in dynamic contexts, but the impact of the relationships among brands on branding is poorly documented. To address this gap a concept is proposed concerning the relationships between brands and a model is developed, showing the influence...