<p>Nowadays global market is quite attractive for high competition environment.  First is to reduce risks and uncertainties of the business in their home countries. Second is to exploit the growing global market for goods and services which can lead to economies of scale and the increasing of market share. In order to be visible in global market, brands can be used to play an important role. From marketing point of view, brands are the means that consumers use to distinguish products and services based on essential and non-essential attributes and they are a source of business’s differential advantage. Furthermore, brands communicate tangible and intangible advantages and are attractive to a range of feeling. In order to make decisions for brand strategy, branding plays an important role. Critical advantage of branding is for product identification, and it is also the key element for marketers to differentiate a product from its rivals. However, branding provides many benefits apart from identification and differentiation of products</p>

Nowadays global market is quite attractive for high competition environment.  First is to reduce risks and uncertainties of the business in their home countries. Second is to exploit the growing global market for goods and services which can lead to economies of scale and the increasing of market share. In order to be visible in global market, brands can be used to play an important role. From marketing point of view, brands are the means that consumers use to distinguish products and services based on essential and non-essential attributes and they are a source of business’s differential advantage. Furthermore, brands communicate tangible and intangible advantages and are attractive to a range of feeling. In order to make decisions for brand strategy, branding plays an important role. Critical advantage of branding is for product identification, and it is also the key element for marketers to differentiate a product from its rivals. However, branding provides many benefits apart from identification and differentiation of products

Submitted by Adriana Alves Rodrigues (aalves@espm.br) on 2018-03-01T13:40:54Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Erlana_Castro.pdf: 1838318 bytes, checksum: 9a7f3a27611787ca466f20d648a0a552 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Adriana Alves Rodrigues (aalves@espm.br) on 2018-03-01T13:42:00Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Erlana_Castro.pdf: 1838318 bytes, checksum: 9a7f3a27611787ca466f20d648a0a552 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Debora Cristina Bonfim Aquarone (deborabonfim@espm.br) on 2018-03-01T18:45:15Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Erlana_Castro.pdf: 1838318 bytes, checksum: 9a7f3a27611787ca466f20d648a0a552 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-03-05T10:51:17Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Erlana_Castro.pdf: 1838318 bytes, checksum: 9a7f3a27611787ca466f20d648a0a552 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-06-29 / Decisions on the international branding strategy are among the most researched themes in global branding, but there is no predominant theoretical framework that guides research in this academic field, nor in its management practice. The present study aims to propose a conceptual model for global brand management based on the identification of the critical factors that influence this activity. To reach the proposed goal the research is divided into two stages. In the deductive stage a systematic review of the most cited articles in the field of global branding is carried out to identify the determining factors 'a priori'. At the inductive stage, 14 experienced global brand managers of different nationalities are interviewed in order to identify critical factors that emerge from their perspective and practice. Confronting literature with management practice, it is also possible to conclude that main theoretical principles of global branding are still valid and under discussion; even though globalization‘s current phase is presenting a much more complex business environment than it was predicted 30 years ago, when the theoretical foundations of this field were created. The main contribution of this study is the establishment of a relationship between internal and external determinant factors and its influence on the global management of brands. The aim is to contribute to the formulation of a theory on Global Branding. / As decisões sobre a estratégia internacional de marcas figuram entre as questões mais pesquisadas no âmbito do Global Branding, porém não há um framework teórico predominante que oriente as pesquisas no campo acadêmico, tampouco a prática gerencial. O presente estudo tem objetivo propor um modelo conceitual para gestão global de marcas a partir da identificação dos fatores que influenciam esta atividade de maneira crítica. Para alcance do objetivo proposto a pesquisa é dividida em duas etapas. Na etapa dedutiva realiza-se uma revisão sistemática de literatura dos artigos mais citados no campo de Global Branding para identificação dos fatores determinantes ‗a priori‘. Na etapa indutiva, são entrevistados 14 gestores de diferentes nacionalidades, com atuação e experiência na gestão global de marcas a fim de identificar fatores críticos emergentes. Por meio do método de análise de conteúdo qualitativa dirigida é proposto o modelo conceitual. Confrontando a literatura com a prática gerencial conclui-se que os princípios teóricos do Global Branding são válidos e continuam em discussão; não obstante a atual fase da globalização apresente um ambiente de negócios mais complexo do que era possível prever há 30 anos, quando as bases teóricas do campo foram criadas. A principal contribuição alcançada foi o estabelecimento da relação entre fatores determinantes internos e externos à empresa e sua influência sobre a gestão global de marcas. Busca-se assim contribuir com a formulação de uma teoria sobre Global Branding.

Datum: 15/1/2015 Nivå: Kandidatuppsats 15 hp, Företagsekonomi C, HT 14 Författare: David Norman, Johan Rappling Handledare: Jukka Hohenthal Titel: Ett “glokalt” växelspel för ett multinationellt företag - En studie om branding- arbetet för Post-it på den nordiska marknaden Syfte: Syftet med denna studie är att visa hur branding-arbetet ser ut för ett globalt varumärke, ägt av ett multinationellt företag, på den nordiska marknaden samt till vilken grad marknadschefer för ett varumärke av denna typ är fria att lokalanpassa brandingen. Förhoppningen är att denna fallstudie ska fungera som ett komplement till rådande studier inom glokalisering. Teori: Uppsatsens teoretiska referensram består av erkända koncept inom marknadsföringsområdet såsom global branding, glokalisering och produktlivscykeln men även Hofstedes kulturella dimensioner. Metod: En kvalitativ fallstudie för det multinationella företaget 3Ms varumärke Post- it har utförts. Primärdata har samlats in genom ostrukturerade och semi-strukturerade djupintervjuer med personer med marknadsansvar över Post-it samt genom en dokumentstudie. Analysen har skett med ett analysverktyg skapat utifrån de teoretiska utgångspunkterna. Resultat: De lokala marknadsförarna för varumärket Post-it är relativt fria i branding- arbetet och lokala anpassningar förekommer i allra högsta grad. Standardisering förekommer också i form av bl.a. gemensamma kampanjer och hemsidor. Glokalisering är implementerat i Post-its varumärkesstrategier. Slutsats: Branding-arbetet anpassas relativt mycket lokalt i Norden och frihetsgraden är stor. Hofstedes dimensioner och produktlivscykeln kan till viss del förklara varför det empiriska resultatet som framkommit ser ut som det gör.

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.

This dissertation is a study of the possibilities and processes of constructing strong Chinese brands in the global marketplace. It investigates conceptual and strategic relationships between brands and cultures, focusing specifically on the issue of the unprivileged position of Chinese brands vis-à-vis that of other famous global counterparts. Accordingly, it deploys three illustrative cases from the Chinese context – Jay Chou (a successful Chinese music artist), the 2008 Beijing Olympics opening ceremony, and Shanghai Tang (a global Chinese fashion brand). In so doing, it moves away from the general trend to study the managerial aspects of Western brand building in Chinese contexts, and instead examines how Chinese brands express cultural aspects of their own well-known brand development models in the global marketplace. In short, this study uses a Chinese vantage to examine the emergence of cultural branding (using historical culture and global fashion systems to develop global brands), and its capacity to function as a useful complement to existing models of brand globalisation and global brand culture. The function of the three cases is illustrative and analytic. Collectively, they serve as a lens through which to study Chinese brand development in the global marketplace and examine global brand culture. Each case was fleshed out through various multi-sited ethnographic studies, which consisted of interviewing and observing consumers and managerial workers, the results of which shed light on several important but under-studied aspects of global brand culture. These include Chinese cultural branding in the global context, the cultural approach to branding among various brand actors, and relationships between brands and cultures across branding cultures. Drawing on these examinations, this study not only demonstrates ways in which brands and cultures circulate and construct each other in global brand culture. It also uses these insights to argue for the development of Chinese culture or Chinese-ness into a global brand resource by Chinese brand builders.