During the last decades the importance of sustainability has steadily increased and nowadays, sustainability is not only a governmental responsibility any more. Besides the concept of sus- tainability, the field of brand management has gained more relevance in the last decades as well. Today, companies invest large amounts of money in the development of their brands. Considering the increasing importance of both concepts, the question for a combination of these two concepts arises. As the potential of sustainability in the brand management research field is not exploited to date and the focus of such a combination is mainly on the operative part, this study developed the concept of Sustainable Strategic Brand Management. With a focus on the automobile industry a first step of a practical-based research is done. The analy- sis of the integration of sustainability in the strategic brand management through a multiple case study of the three automobile manufacturing companies Daimler AG, Volvo Group and Volkswagen AG, is the most suitable and effective method to answer the research question of this study: How do automobile manufacturing companies integrate sustainability in their strategic brand management process? The main finding of this study is that automobile manufacturing companies integrate sustainability to different extents and manners in the seven steps of the strategic brand management process. Moreover, there are different levels and potentials for the integration of sustainability in the strategic brand management process. However, there is still potential and demand to improve the integration of sustainability in the strategic brand management process.

The master thesis named "Corporate identity and corporate image of PRIM" analyses the current position of brand PRIM on the watch market in the Czech Republic whereas the main focus is on the description of its corporate identity elements and the brand management strategy. The thesis consists of two main parts - theoretical and practical. The theoretical part defines the concept of corporate identity, corporate image, as well as strategic planning and strategic brand management. The practical part comprises of the ELTON firm's presentation and analysis of the Czech watch market including the description of typical Czech customer. The major attention is paid to the evaluation of PRIM's corporate identity elements and its strategic brand management. At the end of the practical part, there is a presentation of my own proposals for possible improvements of the current brand strategy and consideration of the possibility of expansion into the foreign market.

The theoretical part is explaining the concept of brand, defines the differences between the brands and "brand", as well as the differences between the brands and the products. Also points to the importance of brands in marketing, types of brands and their elements. The greatest attention is paid to branding, priority of today's marketing. It focuses on the description of the main steps of the strategic brand management. Followed by a theoretical insight into the topic of art, marketing specifications in showbusiness, and outline of the contemporary art market, including the legal binding. Following the theory and the facts established in it, the practical part is set on monitoring a particular artist in the terms of application of principles of brand building. Thesis does not aim to provide an exhausting list of information from different areas, but rather to point out the possibilities of linking brand strategies and the arts. The goal is to assess whether the success in the field of art is linked with the quality of brand management strategy.

The diploma thesis deals with strategic brand management. Analyzes the brand of both internal and external pesrpectives and presents a comprehensive analysis of the company’s brand. Factors influencing the customer loyalty and their importance in terms of the actual client perception, that serve as starting points for the proposal part, are identified. Main intention of these part is to create proposals for the development of a brand in accordance with the strengthening of a customer loyalty and with the recommended procedure of action for the future.

The video game industry is a rapidly growing industry due to technology advancements andhas made video games to a mass phenomenon. The diffusion of today’s technologies has created and expanded the video game market, both demographical and geographical, which has attracted more customers and increased the intensity of the competition. Companies in the industry have to professionalize their marketing processes and business strategies in a moreflexible and quickly fashion than before to be able to stay competitive. An overcrowded market with thousands of products released every year creates problems for actors to get recognized. The purpose of this dissertation has been therefore to study small start-ups brand identity in its inception phase within the video game industry to assist their brand strategic approach and be able to strengthen their competitive advantage in a saturated market. The dissertation has adopted the corporate brand identity matrix framework by Urde (2013) and investigated the brand-driven elements in a start-up context; thus, the framework has only been applied incorporation-setting where the companies are large and known. Five indie game developers from northern Sweden participated in the study’s field research. The dissertation shows that the corporate brand identity matrix is adaptable for start-ups and are not dependent on the company size. Findings confirm early signs of brand identity and found correspondence between competence and value proposition, expression and personality and culture and relationship, which address interconnection between its brand-elements and its brand core. The unique findings where they all show signs of social engagements, passion and a fan-centric ambition of doing business and most of all everyone had a “community first” approach and were more inspired to deliver value to its customers rather than how they can achieve value for themselves. A concept model for start-ups in the inception phase of the video game industry has been made based on the empirical results of the study that can be adopted early in a company's start-up process and provide guidance and support for its future brand identity development to address the issues of discoverability.

The Thesis shows theoretical approaches of brand management and compares it with best practices used in international and czech companies. There is a picture of brand management impact of brand management into consumption behaviour of university students in Czech republic documented by own desk research.