Corporate branding : Purpose/people/process : Towards the second wave of corporate branding.

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Other Authors: Schultz, Majken, Antorini, Yun Mi, Csaba, Fabian F.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Copenhagen : Copenhagen Business School Press, 2006
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • CORPORATE BRANDING PURPOSE/PEOPLE/PROCESS
  • Table of Contents
  • 1 CORPORATE BRANDING â€? AN EVOLVING CONCEPT
  • Corporate Branding Myths
  • Myth 1: Corporate Branding is Like Product Branding
  • Just at the Organizational Level!
  • Myth 2: Corporate Branding is â€?Ownedâ€? by the Marketing Department!
  • Myth 3: Corporate Branding is Like a Sugar Coating!
  • Myth 4: The Goal of Corporate Branding is to Standardize the Organizationâ€?s Communication!
  • Myth 5: Corporate Branding Automatically Mobilizes the Organizationâ€?s Employees!
  • Myth 6: Corporate Branding is Only Relevant for Commercial Organizations!Moving Towards the Second Wave of Corporate Branding
  • Organization of the Book
  • 2 A CROSS-DISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVE ON CORPORATE BRANDING
  • From Trademark to Brand
  • Corporate Branding as a Cross-Disciplinary Construct
  • From Product Thinking to the Organization as Brand
  • From Fragmentation to Corporate Communication
  • Branding through Identity and Employees
  • From Positions to Strategic Reputation
  • Contributions to Corporate Branding Practices
  • Towards the Second Wave of Corporate BrandingBranding Paradoxes
  • 3 CORPORATE BRANDING AND THE â€?CONFORMITY TRAPâ€?
  • Uniqueness and Differentiation as Themes in the Corporate Branding Literature
  • Defining the â€?Conformity Trapâ€?
  • The â€?Uniqueness Paradoxâ€?
  • Uniqueness, Differentiation and Narcissism
  • Corporate Branding as Monopoly on Meaning â€? the Problem with Groupthink
  • Corporate Branding as a Promise â€? the Problem of â€?Path Dependencyâ€?
  • Possible Ways to Escape the â€?Conformity Trapâ€?
  • Uniqueness Revisited â€? Towards a Relationship-Based Perception of Uniqueness and DifferentiationInputs into New Corporate Branding Practices
  • Towards Corporate Branding as Relationship
  • 4 A COMMUNAL APPROACH TO CORPORATE BRANDING
  • Why Focus on Integration?
  • The Creating, Connected, and Empowered Consumer
  • Branded Goods Under Pressure!
  • Towards a New Value Creation Paradigm
  • Practical Examples of Organization and Consumer Integration
  • IKEA â€? Integration via Co-Creation of Values and Attitudes
  • Jones Soda â€? Integration via Co-creation of the ProductWeight Watchers â€? Integration via Co-Creation of Social Communities
  • Closer Integration between Organization and Consumer Create new Conditions for Corporate Branding
  • A Brand Community as a â€?Spaceâ€? for Consumer Integration
  • A Communal Approach to Corporate Branding: Implications
  • Conclusion
  • 5 LIVING THE BRAND
  • The Employee as a Living Brand
  • Living the Brand: A Marketing and Communications Based Perspective vs. a Norms and Values Based Perspective