受到全球化的影響，人類的生活環境和模式與過往出現了很大的不同，國與國之間無論是文化、經濟、資源的交流方便且頻繁。在商場上，企業要面對的不再只是國內的競爭對手，而是來自全球各地的挑戰。彼此的競爭和合作不再受時空條件限制，規模也不可同日而語。對此，企業要擁有能夠幫助自己建立優勢地位的關鍵性資源，打造出自己的核心競爭能力和差異性，才能脫穎而出，而「品牌」是當前產、官、學界公認有力的武器之一，是企業重要的無形資產。 　　代工製造利潤式微，兩岸目前在整體產業環境和政府政策上，都出現產業轉型、建立自有品牌、打造國際品牌的產業升級意識，但品牌自創難度和成本極高，是一段漫長且有風險的道路。加上亞洲國家在品牌行銷能力上相對較弱，以及國際對亞洲國家的刻板印象等劣勢因素，亦不利兩岸自創之本土品牌的建立與國際推廣。故近幾年，向外併購歐美知名品牌逐漸形成趨勢。 　　本研究試圖觀察以併購作為經營發展策略的兩岸企業，在併購活動中所帶有的品牌佈局策略性思維，探討以品牌資產之取得作為併購動機與標的。並以個案研究方式，選擇「安邦保險收購紐約華爾道夫酒店」與「晶華酒店併購麗晶品牌」進行個案分析，從中瞭解併購後如何整合運用該品牌資產，讓品牌權益得以發揮並提升主併企業之核心競爭力，幫助主併企業立足全球市場、永續經營。最後根據分析結果，給予企業關於品牌併購及品牌經營的相關建議。 　　研究顯示，被併購標的的品牌權益確實會成為主併企業的優勢競爭資源，甚至帶動主併企業本身價值和企業品牌之權益增值。而要收併購綜效，最重要的是必須擁有與經營核心目標相符的品牌策略，並以此帶領整個品牌併購活動的規畫到執行，才能借力使力獲得市場力量。同時，也建議有意發展品牌之企業，除了有品牌專責經營團隊，也要將品牌策略傳遞組織各部門，落實到產品或服務提供的每個環節，以打造成功而強勢的品牌。

The Diploma thesis deals with the strategy of building the Daflex System brand. The thesis is divided into three parts. The theoretical part defines the theoretical basis for creating a brand building strategy. Next part, the analytical part is based on the knowledge and methodology of the theoretical part. This section describes the basic information about brand Daflex System. The thesis continues with analyzes of customers, suppliers and competitors. These analyzes then lead to the evaluation of the findings and the creation of recommendations in the last part.

Branding is an influential aspect a company can have to gain the attention of their customers. It is often said that, “Your brand is your promise to your customer”, because the brand is a confirmation that the product or service you are selling matches the expectations of the customer and their wants or needs (Grosdidier, 2012). From a consumer perspective, branding helps direct customers in choosing what they want to buy (Tarnovskaya and Bertilsson, 2017). This way, they spend less time focusing on the type of product and its qualities, because they can instead look at the products they are already familiar with instantly and purchase with little processing time (ibid). Not all companies are successful with branding and even successful companies run into issues. Customers usually determine if they like or dislike a brand, which means a brands main purpose should be to make their customers happy. It is important for businesses to give their customers a promising message and stay consistent to their brand.  Facebook and Instagram are both influential brand names to the face of consumers in the area of social networking. Both companies have over a billion site visits per day and their consumer usage has rapidly grown since Facebook’s first opening in 2004 and the grand opening of Instagram in 2010. In 2012, Kevin Systrom sold Instagram to Facebook for $1 billion dollars. Since the sales, both companies now average around the same market share and took place for the largest social media sites with the highest number of users, now above competitors Snapchat and Twitter (Barr, 2018). The purpose of this research is to identify and describe key factors that has made Facebook and Instagram successful in the perspective of university students. In addition, the findings will aim to discover key factors of success in branding that continually influence them to use social media sites such as Facebook and Instagram daily.  Conclusions of the study were that Facebook and Instagram both have success factors that are the same and some factors that are different. Facebook and Instagram’s success factors based on the research include an easy to use platform and the ability to connect with friends and family. Instagram had a few other strong success factors including its visual display of pictures instead of word content and their smoothly designed mobile app. Facebook lacked in both of these areas that Instagram excelled in. This made Facebook the weaker social media site when compared with Instagram.

本研究從消費者的觀點出發，比較功能型或象徵型的母品牌，進行產品線向下延伸時，以母品牌直接推出或品牌傘兩種策略下，不同奢華態度消費者的購買意願是否有所差異。 本研究經由前測，選擇兩種產品類別進入正式實驗，並為兩產品類別進行品牌傘策略的產品線延伸，各創造一個副品牌，以及向下延伸的價格。數位相機類別中，以SONY為象徵型品牌，以Nikon為功能型品牌，並以Quanta為副品牌名稱，依7999元推出新款數位相機；手錶類別中，以Swatch為象徵型品牌，以Casio為功能型品牌，並以Axis為副品牌名稱，依899元推出新款手錶。本研究總共模擬8張彩色平面廣告，施測於320位政大學生，進行2 (產品線向下延伸策略：以母品推出、品牌傘策略) x 2 (品牌觀念：功能型、象徵型) x 2 (消費者奢華態度：高、低奢華態度群) 的實驗。 研究結果顯示：一、就品牌策略主效果而言，消費者對於以母品牌直接推出低價新產品的購買意願，高於品牌傘策略。二、在品牌觀念的調節作用下，象徵型品牌推出低價新產品時，以母品牌直接推出低價新產品的消費者購買意願，優於品牌傘策略的程度，大於功能型品牌。三、在高價品牌推出低價新產品時，高奢華態度的消費者，在以母品牌直接推出時的購買意願，優於品牌傘策略的幅度，大於低奢華態度的消費者。 當該品牌為功能品牌時，消費者在兩品牌策略下的購買意願間差距較小，此時企業可較為彈性運用此兩種策略推出低價新產品；而當品牌為象徵型品牌時，消費者對以母品牌推出的低價新產品之購買意願，較品牌傘策略下高出許多，因此企業以母品牌推出低價新產品，應能吸引較多的消費者。 該品牌的目標客群主要為低奢華態度群時，目標客群對兩品牌策略的購買意願間差距較小，企業可彈性使用兩種策略；當目標客群主要為高奢華態度群，兩品牌策略下的購買意願差距大，以母品牌推出低價新產品，能吸引較多的消費者。 / The purpose of this study is to compare the effects of two kinds of product downward line stretch’s branding strategies: original branding strategy and umbrella branding strategy. Based on the moderate effect of brand concept and consumer attitude toward luxury, the influence of these two strategies on the consumer purchase intention will be evaluated. Cameras and watches were selected as products for this study. When dividing brand concept into symbolic and functional concept, Sony and Nikon were selected as the camera brands by this order; Swatch and Casio were also chosen as the watch brands. A 2 (product downward line stretch’s branding strategies: original branding strategy and umbrella branding strategy) x 2 (brand concept: functional brand and symbolic brand) x 2 (consumer’s attitude toward luxury: positive and negative) experimental design collected data from 320 Cheng-chi university students through 8 color printed advertisements. The main effect of brand strategy suggested that the original branding strategy is prior to the umbrella branding strategy on consumer purchase intention. Under the moderate effect of brand concept, it is suggested that the gap between the original branding strategy prior to the umbrella branding strategy on the consumer purchase intention is wider for the symbolic brand than for the functional brand. Under the moderate effect of consumer’s attitude toward luxury, it is suggested that the gap between the original branding strategy prior to the umbrella branding strategy on the consumer purchase intention of consumers with positive attitude toward luxury is wider than consumers with negative attitude toward luxury. To sum up, firms must differentiate brand strategies between brand concepts of brand and attitudes toward luxury of consumers, when deciding which branding strategy to extend to low priced products.

Text in English / Brand reputation has received the attention of many scholars and practitioners because it is central to the success of organisations of all kinds, and an intangible asset with no substitute. In the academic world, brand reputation has been demarcated by various scholars, depending on the disciplinary mind-set involved. It has been established that diverse stakeholder groups have different needs from a brand and their perceptions of brand reputation are thus varied. Acknowledging the needs of different stakeholders and the importance of the consumer stakeholder group allows for a more nuanced and systematic approach in conceptualising brand reputation. Although numerous studies have attempted to explain brand reputation, there is a paucity of studies that have actually conceptualised brand reputation as an attitudinal construct based on both cognitive (rational) and affective (emotional) components. Even fewer researchers have endeavoured to conceptualise brand reputation as an attitudinal construct in the consumer stakeholder group. The aim of this study was to explore female consumer perceptions of Nike’s brand reputation and conceptualise brand reputation as an attitudinal construct based on both cognitive and affective components. The study used qualitative research methods (focus groups and interviews) to collect data on Nike from a group of female consumers in order to identify perceptions and elements that contribute to conceptualising brand reputation on the basis of the components of attitudes. The key findings of this study highlighted the fact that brand reputation is a multidimensional construct and can be demarcated through various elements that contribute to the following themes: perception of product qualities and service, the perception of brand traits and the perception of brand strategy. These themes contribute to the conceptualisation of brand reputation as an attitudinal construct. Since brand reputation as an attitudinal construct has previously been conceptualised based on cognitive and affective components, this study confirmed the two components but a unique finding of this study was the identification of the behavioural component of attitudes. Hence the study findings not only make a contribution to the existing body of knowledge on perceptions of brand reputation in an elusive stakeholder group – female consumers, consumer-based reputation (CBR), and in defining brand reputation but also conceptualise brand reputation as an attitudinal construct based on previously identified cognitive and affective components as well as the newfound behavioural component of attitudes. / Communication Science / M.A. (Communication Science)