Im Mittelpunkt der vorliegenden Diplomarbeit steht die Frage, inwiefern Virtual Communities die Anforderungen an den Markenaufbau im Internet erfüllen können. Virtual Communities erfreuen sich z.T. großer Beliebtheit, weil sie verschiedenen menschlichen Bedürfnissen – etwa dem nach...

The term 'global brand' has become widely used by the media and by consumers. Business week publishes annually its widely known ranking of the 'Best Global Brands' (with Coca-Cola as number 1 in the past years) and consumers on summer vacations purchase brands such as Heineken or Marlboro they...

Hochschulen treffen derzeit auf veränderte Rahmenbedingungen. Um langfristig denWettbewerb um Drittmittel, die besten Professoren, wissenschaftlichen Mitarbeiter undStudenten gewinnen zu können, ist eine Differenzierung vom Wettbewerb unumgänglich.Aufbauend auf theoretischen Grundlagen wird...

There is now a very large literature on dynamic models in marketing. In a narrow sense, dynamics can be understood as a mechanism whereby past product purchases affect a person's current evaluation of the utility he/she will obtain from buying a product. Most of the prior literature has focussed...

The present study sought to describe the relationship of customer motives with counterfeit products and brand prominence and purchasing behavior in three groups/classes of consumers ( patrician , parvenus and poseur ) in the context of luxury brand fashion. Data were obtained from a sample...

More and more business customers use social media to express their opinions about products, services and brands. This study aims to make a step further in understanding consumer engagement in electronic word of mouth (eWOM) on Facebook and its impact on recommending and purchasing products. To...

A common assumption in product value literature is that authenticity is what contemporary consumers value the most. However, as this paper illustrates, the meaning of authenticity is unclear, and the term appears foreign to product development practitioners. The purpose of this paper is to...

This study aimed at examining the mediating role of brand Community membership on the effect of customer empowerment and customer engagement on marketing performance. The population of the study contained students of universities in the North Region of Jordan. A total of 1320 questionnaires were...

Objective: The purpose of this paper is to identify the understanding and strategic importance of the country of origin (COO) and its dimensions from the perspective of the emerging market firms. Methods: A qualitative approach was applied using in-depth interviews with 11 informants from owners...

Brand equity has been and will be an area of interest for marketing managers. All marketing efforts are directed toward the development of brand equity. Therefore efforts are taken among the researchers, to understand the concept of brand equity as deep as possible. This paper attempts to...