企业的创新与创名牌

名牌是企业的徽章、商战的法宝。创名牌是企业长久发展的需要,也是企业参与市场竞争的需要。企业创名牌与企业的创新活动休戚相关。技术创新是创名牌的先决条件,产品创新是创名牌的基础,而市场创新则是创名牌的关键。企业只有紧紧依靠创新,创名牌才能取得成效。     

零售商自有品牌实施难点分析

零售商自有品牌是市场竞争发展到一定阶段的产物，是零售商为获取更大利润而采取的一种竞争战略。其基本出发点是实施自有品牌能够获得比经营制造商品牌更大的利润，其成功的关键在于树立起自有品牌的美誉度，并恰当实施品牌的经营与运作。     

Brand price differentials in retail distribution: product quality and service quality

A theoretical model is proposed to disentangle the contribution of brand quality and retailer service quality in explaining brand price differentials across retailers. Two testable hypotheses emerge: (i) for each brand type, price differences across retailers are independent of brand quality differentials and (ii) at a given retailer, price differences between different brand qualities are independent of service quality differentials. Our empirical analysis, for a sample of the U.K. grocery retailer prices, discloses that retailers that offer higher service quality sell same quality brands at higher prices. In particular, service quality premia amount to 6% for national brands and are in the range of 9–15% for low-quality store brands. Besides, at a given retailer, the price premia paid for the national brand are very large: around 150% between national brands and low-quality store brands, and around 40% between national brands and high-quality store brands. Also, the price differential between the national brand and the low-quality store brand does not increase with service quality.     

Does the value manufacturers (brands) create translate into enhanced reputation? A multi-sector examination of the value–satisfaction–loyalty–reputation chain

Literature has widely acknowledged that the main purpose of company–customer relationships is to create value for both sides. Satisfaction, loyalty behaviours, and reputation are considered customer-related performance measures. However, research has not fully uncovered the complicated interrelationships among these constructs, particularly with regard to multiple mediations and in the case of manufacturer corporate brands. To examine the hypothesised relationships between and among our constructs, we go beyond the commonly studied single mediator and test a four-path model (three mediators in a series). The results indicate that satisfaction and loyalty behaviours mediate the relationship between customer value and reputation. In theoretical terms, we contribute to the literature by showing that customer value creation is a reputation-building strategy that bridges the gap among product, brand, and corporate performance levels.     

Consumer Willingness to Pay for Local Designations: Brand Effects and Heterogeneity at the Retail Level

This study examines consumer willingness to pay (WTP) for packaged ice cream with local, private label, and national brands at the retail level. Data were collected through in-person surveys conducted at retail grocery outlets in Utah in 2012. Study results suggest that shoppers are willing to pay significantly more for the national and local brands over the retailer’s private label brand. In fact, the local brand with the state-sponsored designation (Utah’s Own) had a WTP equal to that of the national brand. The use of local designations or labels is important as shoppers were not willing to pay a premium for the local brands in absence of the locally produced or state-sponsored designation label. Additionally, consumer WTP for different brands and the degree of response to local designations varies substantially by consumer attributes. These differences suggest that locally designated products do not compete directly with private label products in the market. This study provides clear evidence of the value of state-sponsored designations, as well as locally produced labeling for food products marketed in a traditional retail setting.     

城市老字号的旅游开发研究

城市老字号是前人创业积累的宝贵财富,是企业文化的传承和提升,具有极高的历史价值。在城市老字号经营普遍不景气的大背景下,对老字号旅游资源及其文化内涵进行梳理、挖掘和开发具有十分重要的意义。通过对城市老字号旅游功能的分析,提出了对城市老字号进行旅游开发的具体措施。     

The branding challenges of Asian manufacturing firms

During the past quarter of a century, Asia has risen to become the world's factory. This trend has, however, coincided with the relative decline in value of manufacturing compared to other value adding activities, including R&D, design, and branding. This significant “value shift” has eroded the margins of manufacturing firms and sparked considerable interest among executives in Asia to design, brand, and market their own products. To date, though, this transition from being manufacturing oriented to becoming brand owners has largely only been accomplished by Japanese and Korean firms. In the rest of Asia—including in the rising giants of China and India—there are very few valuable brands. In fact, there is not a single Asian brand from a country other than Japan and Korea in Interbrand's 2008 valuation of the world's top 100 brands. Our article discusses, in depth, the challenges that Asian manufacturing firms encounter as they try to become “branders” and how these challenges can be overcome. Based on our collaboration spanning academia and consulting, we have been able to tap a wealth of information made available through research, case studies, and Interbrand's database of completed brand related assignments across Asia.     

基于慈善捐赠的事业-品牌联盟对消费者响应的影响

文章以企业的慈善捐赠行为为例,探讨了对事业-品牌联盟有重要影响的三个因素.数据分析结果表明,企业捐赠的产品同非营利组织是否契合与事业-品牌联盟受消费者影响大小对消费者品牌态度、质量感知及购买意愿均存在显著影响;企业知名度对品牌态度与质量感知存在显著影响.另外,研究还发现企业知名度与捐赠产品契合度对消费者质量感知存在显著影响,企业知名度作用强于捐赠契合度,当企业知名度低时,捐赠是否契合的作用才会突显出来.     

金融危机下提升我国外贸企业竞争力的思考

席卷全球的金融危机严重影响了世界经济的发展,对我国的经济也产生了重大影响,我国的外贸企业首当其冲。不少外贸企业举步维艰,甚至面临破产的境地。如何摆脱困境,危中寻机求生,提升企业竞争力,是目前我国外贸企业迫切需要解决的问题。     

福建房产中介品牌创建研究——以福州市为例

由于受到房地产调控政策的冲击，福州I房产中介行业全面进入“洗牌”考验，要在行业处于低潮时立足并做大做强，必须走品牌发展之路。在全面调查研究福州房产中介行业现状和存在不足之处的基础上，提出基于品牌定位、精英团队、协同整合、政府监管四个支柱上构建福州房产中介企业品牌建设的“钻石模型”。