基于外部性的产业集群品牌治理

目前,产业集群品牌已经成为学术界研究的热点和前沿。产业集群品牌是产业集群发展到一定阶段的产物,是产业集群内企业集体表现的结果,不同于一般意义上的企业品牌。与普通的企业品牌相比,产业集群品牌具有明显的俱乐部公共产品特性、公共产权特性以及基于上述特征的外部性特征。通过对产业集群品牌的正、负外部性的表现和经济学意义的表征进行详细阐述,并基于产业集群品牌的外部性提出了产业集群品牌的治理对策。     

Brand morphing across Wal-Mart customer segments

The premise of segmentation theory is that different segments each have a discrete customer profile and behavioral characteristics. At a conceptual level, the recent branding literature recognizes that different sub-cultures or segments could experience different meanings of an organization's brand. However, few quantitative studies address the issue. The current paper combines branding and segmentation theory and offers a new perspective on whether all segments have the same brand meaning. A leading discount retailer, Wal-Mart, is the focus of this Canadian-based investigation. Two segments of Wal-Mart customers are the basis of the study — one segment preferring Wal-Mart and one less attached. The research quantifies the two networks of brand meaning that the two segments associate with the Wal-Mart (corporate) brand. Empirically, brand morphing of the corporate brand occurs, with different brand meanings across the two segments.     

基于FUZZY-AHP的高科技品牌延伸决策评价研究

通过对国内高科技品牌延伸实践和国内外品牌延伸评价理论的深入分析,指出高科技品牌延伸决策评价研究的不足。针对品牌延伸评价的复杂性特点,将模糊层次评价的方法应用到高科技品牌延伸决策评价研究中,采用层次分析法确定了评价指标体系中各指标的权重,并以海尔品牌延伸到药业为研究对象,采用模糊评价法对评价模型进行了实证分析。 ?     

Climbing Monsters: Excess and Restraint in Contemporary Rock Climbing

Abstract

The tension in rock climbing between technical aspects of performance that do not involve risk, and preparedness to put oneself in considerable and even life‐threatening danger, is explored through an analysis of extreme gritstone climbing in the late 1990s recorded in a successful ‘cult’ film Hard Grit. The film dramatises self‐imposed danger, and connects it to the history and myths of gritstone climbing, an emphasis best seen as a specific moment in the oscillation in climbing between the technical dimension (or bodily techne) and ‘bottle’ (spiritedness or thumos), but it has wider implications. The theoretical background is the Weberian theme of rationalisation qualified, however, by the social and cultural significance of imprudence, irresponsibility and deliberate transgression throughout the modern period. As late modernity reveals new consequences for societies and cultures beyond the reach of either comprehensive reason in a classical sense or a self‐imposed rational order along Enlightenment lines, the play of techne and thumos becomes potentially unlimited and thus monstrous. How, then, should climbers and their very loosely organised, minority pursuit, govern themselves? How can climbing remain authentic, true to itself? After an exploration of some theoretical aspects, the essay concludes more practically by proposing that two features of everyday rock climbing operate as ethical sources: confidence in sound judgment by the imagined future community of climbers; and a ‘phenomenological’ turn to the natural and sensory preconditions of climbing. These sources cannot, however, fully govern climbing culture but operate only in tension with fundamentally unruly impulses and drives.     

Examining Antecedents and Consequences of Brand Personality in the Upper-Upscale Business Hotel Segment

ABSTRACT

Relying on Aaker's (1996 Aaker, D. A. 1996. Building strong brands, New York: Free Press.  [Google Scholar]) dimensions of brand personality, this study investigated the relationships between brand personality and its antecedents and consequences in the upper-upscale business hotel segment. Two dimensions of brand personality––competence and sophistication––were confirmed. User imagery was found to be the strongest predictor of brand personality, while trust had the significant mediating effect on the relationship between brand personality and loyalty. The theoretical and practical implications of this study's findings are included to assist both academicians and practitioners in the lodging industry in enriching their understanding of customers' perceptions of and attitudes toward hotel brand.     

Household Consumption of Catfish in Louisiana by Product Type

Catfish is the leading aquacultural species produced in the United States. This article addresses the consumption patterns for catfish by product type: fillet, whole and nugget. Each catfish product type has a unique market which has changed over time. Implications are that these markets need to be disaggregated and monitored over time since they are dynamic.     

Antecedents leading to perceived franchise support

Abstract

Franchising is an important part of the U.S. economy. According to the International Franchise Association (IFA), franchising provides 9.0 million jobs and pays out 351 billion dollars in wages and benefits annually (2016). This study examines franchise relationships in the context of building franchisees’ perceptions of support from the franchisor. The literature was examined to determine if and what support provided by the franchisor has a positive impact on the franchisee. We examine four dimensions of organizational climate (i.e., initiating structure, leadership consideration, autonomy, and reward orientation), brand value/recognition and franchisee’s perception of the quality of the franchisor’s advertising as predictors of perceived franchise support. This study indicates there is a positive and significant impact between three types of organizational climate (i.e., leadership consideration, autonomy, and reward orientation). In addition, a positive impact to brand value recognition on perceived franchise support and a negative effect on initiating structure.     

An Empirical Investigation of Brand Equity: A Cross-Country Validation Analysis

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this article is to propose and test a model in order to better understand brand equity. The goal of this research is to identify the drivers and determine how they influence brand equity performance in the researched industry in order to develop a more effective brand strategy. Quantitative data collected are used to test a model of brand value in the context of the food industry. The findings of this research provided evidence that the customer-based brand equity model can be applied to the food industry context and be used to guide marketing activities internationally. Brand awareness has a positive influence on brand associations and perceived quality. Brand associations have a positive influence on brand loyalty. Finally, brand loyalty, perceived quality, and brand associations all have a positive effect on brand equity. This study contributes to the scarce international brand equity literature by testing the proposed model using data from a sample of consumers in two European countries.     

消费者自我概念与品牌个性间关系的调节作用

本研究实证了消费者自我概念结构维度对品牌个性的相对影响力以及人口统计因素(性别、年龄)的调节效果.结果显示,在3个被研究的自我概念维度中,实际自我概念对品牌个性具有显著的积极影响;社会自我概念对品牌个性也具有显著的积极影响.理想自我概念对品牌个性的影响则未获统计学意义上的支持.而在性别和年龄等人口统计学因素调节下,消费者自我概念结构维度对品牌个性的关系强度存在显著的差异.这些研究结果对于实施基于消费者自我概念的品牌个性定位与推广战略具有理论意义和实务启示.     

Understanding the adoption of new brands through salespeople: a multilevel framework

So far there has been scant empirical attention paid to the role of the sales force in the adoption of new brands in the early implementation stages. We test a framework of internal (sales manager and salespeople) brand adoption using an empirical multilevel study. Our findings suggest that the construct of expected customer demand (ECD) plays an important role in sales force brand adoption. First, ECD directly influences salespeople’s and sales managers’ brand adoption. Second, ECD serves as a cross-level moderator of new brand adoption transmission. We find the influence of sales managers’ brand adoption on salespeople’s brand adoption to be stronger when salespeople’s ECD is lower.