Thesis (Ph. D.)--Griffith University, 2005. / "10th October 2005." Title taken from title screen (viewed October 25, 2007). Includes bibliographical references and appendices.

This thesis is the first to study the history of champagne in nineteenth-century Britain, a period in which the usage and style of champagne changed fundamentally. From a sweet, lightly effervescent wine drunk on its own or with desserts, it became a fully dry and fully sparkling wine drunk throughout the meal. The central questions I address are why these changes occurred and what role the marketing and branding of champagne played in these changes. This analysis integrates production studies (including marketing and branding) and consumption studies by drawing on the rich vein of contemporary consumption data and the evidence of the day-to-day practice of the London agents of the French champagne houses. The thesis demonstrates that champagne was able to develop uniquely powerful brands that were managed in ways that closely prefigure the marketing practice of modern luxury brand owners. Historiography: Whilst there have been many books on the subject of consumption in the last three decades, very few of these have focused on drinkers and drinking. There have also been many different approaches to consumption studies from sociologists, anthropologists, literary scholars and historians and this work draws on all those traditions. My own interest lies in the changing daily habits of consumption and I have therefore drawn extensively not just on the historical scholarship but also on the writings of modern experts on branding and marketing to understand how consumer choice is currently understood and managed. The commercial importance of food and drink means much work has been done in these areas - not excluding wine. The history of drink in the last three centuries, however, has had relatively little interest until recently. Recent works by John Burnett, Charles Ludington and James Simpson illuminate the general history of wine in Britain but, though there are many general books on champagne, there has only been one history, that published by André Simon in 1905. Simon, agent for a champagne producer, was well placed to understand the trade and his work remains an important source. I have endeavoured to review all these works through the lens of the nineteenth-century British press and the archives of selected champagne producers and their British distributors.

The aim of thesis is to find an impact of employer branding on Slovak construction companies economic results, review perception of employer brands and subse-quently make suggestion that would lead to more attractive employer brand of STRABAG Pozemné a inžinierske staviteľtvo, s. r. o. that could improve their business strategy. The first section discusses theoretical basis of employer branding. Next section refers to empirical research, which is realized by analysis of employer brand of addressed company. This is afterwards compared with competitors. Also, there has been made a correlation analysis between EBS and performance index of construction companies, and a questionnaire among Slovak students with construction field of study, which aim is to identify important attributes of employer brand. In the last part with discussion and recommendation suggestions are discussed goals achieved by results of synthesis of particle aims and introduced a summary of recommendations.

The Master's Thesis is focused on a modern trend in human resource management, employer branding, analysed as a general image of a company as employer, its working conditions and a preference of this company as a stable employer. The main goal is to review the range and relevance of employer branding within Czech building industry based on existing company and comparison with its competition. The first part describes theoretical definitions of employer branding and its instruments. The second part presents the empirical research done in Metrostav a.s., comparison with its competition and a questionnaire between civil engineering students and construction apprentices that was focused on their expectations of future employment in the building industry. In the end of the thesis the research is evaluated and the improvements that would lead to empowerment of employer brand are suggested.

The thesis describes main aspects of human resources marketing, its objectives, tasks, tools and significance for employers. It focuses on the latest trends and approaches which are currently applied in human resources marketing. In the practical part the author describes the operation of human resources marketing in a selected company -- Tesco Stores ČR a.s.. It presents results of the research that focused on opinions and attitudes of pharmacists and students of pharmacy on selecting their employer. The aim of the thesis is to evaluate human resources marketing in Tesco Stores ČR a.s. and on the basis of the research results, to suggest suitable strategies to help the company to recruit employees for their chemist's.

The thesis deals with human resources marketing focused on university students and graduates. The theoretical part describes the role of human resources marketing in HR management and explains its importance during the financial crisis. Furthermore, current trends in this field are introduced. The practical part analyzes activities of human resources marketing in ČSOB and shows the results of a research that was examining the expectations of university students and graduates regarding their first employment. The final part defines some points ČSOB should focus on while recruiting and stabilizing university students and graduates.

This diploma thesis deals with the use of marketing instruments in the field of human resources management, the importance of personal marketing to employers, employer brand building and current trends in the area of human resources management. The practical part analyzes the current approach to personal marketing at a company called Zentiva. The aim of the thesis is to map the current application of personal marketing within the organization, to analyze what instruments Zentiva uses at present to increase employer branding, as well as to propose improvements to better set up the whole process of building an employer brand through various personal activities.

I Sverige råder det hög konkurrens och låg kundrörlighet på bankmarknaden samtidigt som många banker har dålig kunskap om vad de ska erbjuda för att locka till sig nya kunder. Ett specifikt segment som Swedbank är intresserade av att locka till sig är universitetsstudenter. I dagsläget erbjuder Sveriges stora banker enbart klassiskt finansiella mervärden till dessa studenter. Detta innebär att bankerna inte särskiljer sig, vilket i sin tur gör att studenterna inte lockas till att byta bank eftersom samma mervärden redan erbjuds hos deras nuvarande banker. Därmed finns det en möjlighet att utforska nya mervärden som en student kan tänka sig att byta bank för. Detta för oss in på följande problemformulering: - Vad för mervärde eller vilka mervärden ska en bank erbjuda universitetsstudenter (18-26 år) vid Umeå Universitet för att få dem att byta från sin nuvarande bank, samt varför är dessa mervärden av betydelse för studenterna och för banken? Vid skapandet av denna uppsats har vi berört teorierna ”Mervärde”, ”Brand Loyalty- & Illoyalty”, ”Lifestyle Branding & Marketing”, ”Pioneers” och ”Blue Ocean Strategy”. Vidare har vi arbetat både kvalitativt (fokusgrupp) och kvantitativt (enkätundersökningar). Fokusgruppen utfördes med fyra stycken fjärdeårselever vid Umeå universitet där vi undersökte vad för mervärden en bank bör erbjuda till universitetsstudenter. De erhållna mervärdena prövade vi sedan i enkätundersökningen. Enkäten fördelades ut till 121 stycken studenter vid alla de fyra olika fakulteten vid Umeå universitet med ett fokus på att ta reda på vilket eller vilka mervärden den generella studenten kunde tänka sig att byta bank för. När datainsamlingen var klar gjordes en analys av resultatet där vi tog reda på varför vissa mervärden är av betydelse för studenterna och Swedbank. I arbetets slutsats kom vi fram till följande: Det vi har kommit fram till är att det existerar två starka mervärden som kan göra att universitetsstudenter kan tänka sig att byta bank. Dessa mervärden är Rabatt på studentlitteratur och Rabatt på gymkort. Detta grundar sig att mervärdena både har en betydelse för Swedbank och universitetsstudenterna, vilket skapar vinster för båda parterna. Detta för att Swedbank kan få nya och lojala kunder samtidigt som studenterna kan erhålla mervärden som passar deras livsstil.

The master thesis is focused on employer branding in the company the Heineken Czech Republic. The aim of the theoretical part is to summarize and describe the main concepts and approaches concerning the employer branding on the basis of foreign and Czech scientific literature and thematic articles. The practical part will be focused on employer branding analysis at the Heineken Czech Republic. Information on building an employer's brand in the company will be identified through questionnaire survey and interviews with key actors in the company who play a vital role in creating an employer brand through both in-house and outsourced activities. Finally, I evaluate the issue of the employer branding in particular company, identify shortcomings and opportunities and at the and suggest few recommendations and possible steps to improve.

This paper discuss the conditions which may allow local brands to outperform global ones in order to show that there is a higher chance for local brands to succeed than what is commonly thought. Together with current globalization trends, global brands are expanding everywhere as they build on their high level of economic resources and rich experiences in various markets. Even though global synergy is sometimes important for customers, it might cause the death of local brands which have a unique value for domestic customers. The aim of this study is to offer valuable insights into the decision-making process that determines whether or not a local brand can be kept within an MNC's portfolio, as well as to discuss the hope and opportunities of local companies in their struggle to compete with global corporations. It will be shown that LCs remain to play an important role in the development of the domestic market, which is why companies should not give up on them that easily. The decision-making process of LCs is therefore also outlined in this research paper.