Date                                    May 2012 University                          Mälardalen University                                             School of Sustainable Development of Society and Technology Course                               Master Thesis, EFO 705 Authors                              Maha Al-azzawi & Mac Anthony Tutor                                  Carl G Thunman Examiner                           Ole Liljefors Title                                    Students Brand Preferences between Apple and Samsung Smartphone Purpose of the Study        Is to compare student brand preference between Apple and Samsung Smartphone Methodology                     Quantitative research approach  Conclusion                         This study showed that brand with high value of brand equity and identity would result in having high brand preference among students. The findings reveal that Apple has stronger brand preference more than Samsung among students. Key Words                        Brand equity, brand identity, Smartphone

The phenomenon which called Trading Up was rising in early 21st century. And it has become a common sense in today¡¦s world showing the global consumer behavior change. At 2003 year the Boston Consulting Group senior vice president Michael J. Silverstein and Neil Fiske present a new concept of New luxury, and he pointed out that the new luxury is a profitable new business model, it puts the high-quality products to the middle market. And it makes the consumer willing and eager to pay the premium price, and put these products first choice in their mind. In our reaserch finding, the new luxury management in the academic literature and practice are mostly made form Western countries.Asian countries, however, is on the rise in the luxury market and it occupies a very important position. Now many emerging countries, consumers are increasingly value the pursuit of self-importance, and the purchase of luxury goods to reward their purchase or to show their unique taste and style. In our reaserch we think that the good quality and low price strategy in New luxury goods must appeal consumers in the Asian market. Therefore, this research background and explore the following three points: First, finding the key elements of a new luxury brand in the fashion industry's of brand. Second, investigate the key elements influence of a new luxury brand to the brand equity.Third, investigate the difference of different types of new luxury brand to influent the brand equity Finally, the study found that¡G First, there are four key elements of a new luxury brand which is quality, perceived price, luxury doctrine and uniqueness. And they are arranged by the important influence of the uniqueness, quality, luxury doctrine, the final is perceived price. Second, the four key elements of brand new luxury brand is positively impact on association ,brand loyalty and brand awareness Third, in the band equity of new luxury brand, the brand association and brand loyalty have a positive impact on brand equity, but the impact of brand awareness to brand equity is not significant. Four different types of its new luxury brand for impact to brand equity is different.

Thesis (MBusiness-Research)--University of South Australia, 2003.

Thesis (PhDResearch)--University of South Australia, 2003.

Thesis (MBus)--University of South Australia, 1999

The objective of the study is the exploration of consumer brand name equity for established products and services. There is little research on consumer brandname equity for established products, despite the general assumption within the literature of the central importance to consumers of the brand name element. To achieve isolation of the brand name element the study focuses on name changes brought about by global marketing. Adopting both a critical realist position and a functional based approach towards consumer brand equity, a mixed methods three stage sequential study design is employed. The first stage of the research focuses on the theoretical literature relevant to consumer brand name equity. In particular it seeks to derive a theoretical model of the consumer impact of a change in brand name for an established product. The second stage of the research uses qualitative analysis to empirically explore established product brand name functions. The model developed in the first stage of research is used as a framework but research is not limited to the empirical exploration of this model. The final stage of the research uses quantitative analysis to empirically explore the importance of the brand name of established product to consumers. The research makes a number of contributions to the existing literature. It empirically identifies a number of ways in which the brand name of established products can provide equity to consumers; specifically through rational, relationship, habitual and symbolic functions. One key finding is the discovery that much of the symbolic value appears to be customer rather than corporate driven. A further contribution from the quantitative work is an indication that the overall importance of the brand name of established products holds significant variance. A minority of research participants placed great importance on the brand name element, whilst for the majority the brand name held little importance. This places in context the above functions of the brand name element. Key implications from this study are that the accepted centrality of the brandname element within branding needs qualification and the active role of the consumer within brand equity creation requires greater recognition. In addition, whilst the research findings provide a good rationale for why corporations are able to change the brand name of their products with minimal impact for most of their customers, it also suggests that for a minority of customers this name change will cause an insurmountable long term problem, which will have to be borne by the corporation.

This thesis is focused on regional brands and their strategic management. In the theoretical part there are explained the basic concepts: brand, brand management and region. The practical part describes the selected region and regional brand. That continues to marketing research that is focused on consumer awareness of regional brands. In the final part there are mentioned the promotion recommendations of the selected regional brand. The aim is to acquaint the reader with the programs of the regional marking and find out the opinion of the consumers towards the regional brands.

Background: Recent years, M&As have increased sharply. Brand as one of the most precious assets has unavoidably been taken into consideration in these deals. Company can gain great benefit when handle acquired brand properly. Responding to rebranding issue, a clear designed rebranding strategy is considered a solution to deal with it, and brand architecture can be a useful tool to help adjusting the relationship between acquiring and acquired brand.  Aim: The purpose of this research is to explore how firms can strengthen its corporate brand after acquired a strong product brand through proper rebranding strategy and well designed brand architecture. Definitions: Brand: a name, term, sign, symbol, or design, or a combination of them, intended to identify the goods and services of one seller or group of sellers and to differentiate them from those of competition. Rebranding: the creation of a new name, term, symbol, design or a combination of them for an established brand with the intention of developing a differentiated (new) position in the mind of stake holders and competitors. Brand architecture: the relationship among and between corporate, company (subsidiary), and product brands. Such relationships embrace products and services, or a mixture of the two across the hierarchy of brands. Results: There are possible options that companies can strength its corporate brand by acquired product brand, when company take brand integration strategy. Moreover, choosing suitable brand architecture during brand integration process is very important for a company

<p><strong>Purpose</strong></p><p>The purpose of the thesis is to analyze the current challenges facedby Husqvarna Motorcycles in their brand building process, and todescribe ways in which applying the brand equity principles will enablean increase of the value of their brand.</p><p><strong>Background</strong></p><p>In the complex world of organizations and companies where thecompetitive position plays an important role in successful achievementsof the company, managers seek after building a sustainablecompetitive advantage. Building brand equity is an important focusfor a large company' improvement, since it raises interest of existingand new customers. The process of building brand equity takestime but through this process a company will have a stronger marketposition which creates brand value.</p><p><strong>Method</strong></p><p>In order to answer the purpose, the qualitative method with implementation of semi-structured interviews for collecting data wasused. The data was interpreted and then structured and analyzedusing theoretical framework.</p><p><strong>Conclusions</strong></p><p>During the research performed it was found out that the managersare facing several challenges in respect to building brand equity.Therefore, five components of building brand equity were implementedto draw the conclusions of how the managers could strengthentheir brand.</p>

Purpose The purpose of the thesis is to analyze the current challenges facedby Husqvarna Motorcycles in their brand building process, and todescribe ways in which applying the brand equity principles will enablean increase of the value of their brand. Background In the complex world of organizations and companies where thecompetitive position plays an important role in successful achievementsof the company, managers seek after building a sustainablecompetitive advantage. Building brand equity is an important focusfor a large company' improvement, since it raises interest of existingand new customers. The process of building brand equity takestime but through this process a company will have a stronger marketposition which creates brand value. Method In order to answer the purpose, the qualitative method with implementation of semi-structured interviews for collecting data wasused. The data was interpreted and then structured and analyzedusing theoretical framework. Conclusions During the research performed it was found out that the managersare facing several challenges in respect to building brand equity.Therefore, five components of building brand equity were implementedto draw the conclusions of how the managers could strengthentheir brand.