This special issue contains eight articles developed from presentations at the fourth annual Thought Leaders' International Conference on Brand Management, held in Birmingham, UK in April 2008. Following a blind reviewing process, 65 papers were accepted and presented at the conference and all...

This special issue contains fifteen articles developed from presentations at the sixth annual Thought Leaders’ International Conference on Brand Management, held at Università della Svizzera italiana in Lugano, Switzerland in April 2010. The conference received 154 submissions and following a...

Asserts that businesses in dominant economies tend not to market internationally but just export what sells in the domestic market. Provides examples of poor international marketing practices that have resulted from ethnocentrism. Suggests that the current strong economies cannot be complacent,...