This project is a simulation of the redesign of Växjö Lakers ice hockey club brand identity. A conversation about Co-branding and participatory design to include fans and people in general to take part in designing the brand identity of the club they support. My role as designer is to test, examine and analyse to come up with design methods and tools (Create your own logo website) that will enable fans and everyone to design their own version of the Växjö Lakers identity. In order to connect and create a bridge between club and fans that are willing to take part in such project, this will result of creating designs that would be more relevant to the image of the club that fans imagined.

Företaget Google är i dag ett av världens mest kända varumärke och deras sökmotor står för 70 % av internetsökningarna i USA och 90 % i Europa. De har lyckats få en dominans på sökmotorsmarknaden framför sina konkurrenter som Yahoo, Ask och Bing. Människor över hela världen använder flera utav Googles tjänster varje dag och många av dem reflekterar inte över den makt som Google har. Kan den här monopolliknande positionen Google har vara så pass transparent att användarna inte ens reflekterat över det? Vår önskan med uppsatsen är att ge läsaren en inblick i Googles varumärkesstrategi och hur användarnas attityder är gentemot företaget. Vi vill ta reda på om användarnas attityder stämmer överens med vad Google vill kommunicera till sina användare och om användarna reflekterar över den maktposition och dominans Google har på internet. För att samla empiriska data, valde vi att göra en webbenkät som besvarades av medie- och kommunikationsstudenter på Högskolan i Jönköping. Utifrån resultatet kunde vi konstatera att en stor del av respondenterna är väl medvetna om den dominans och maktposition som Google har på marknaden. Trots denna medvetenhet har vi inte sett detta påverka respondenternas generella attityder om Google som företag. Däremot kunde vi urskilja viss skepticism hos respondenterna när det kom till en del av Googles funktioner. / Google is today one of the world’s most known brand and their search engine stand for 70 % of the internet searches i the U.S. and 90 % for those i Europe. That means that they have managed to reach monopoly on the search engine market prior to its competitors such as Yahoo, Ask and Bing. People all over the world use several of Google’s services each day and many of them doesn’t reflect over the power that Google has. Can this monopoly and their positions of power be that translucent that the users don’t reflect on it? Our desire with this thesis is to give the reader a deeper understanding about Google’s marketing strategy and about the user’s attitudes towards the company. We want to find out if the attitudes of the user’s correspond to what Google wants to communicate to its users. We also want to find out if the users reflect any on the monopoly and positions of power that Google has on the Internet. To be able to gain empirical data, we chose to design a web-based survey and had media and communications student at Jönköping University to answer it. From the results we found that a large proportion of the respondents is very much aware of the monopoly and positions of power that Google has on the market. However, despite this awareness we could not see that this affected the user’s general attitudes towards the company. On the other hand, we could notice some skepticism when it came to some of the functions of Google’s services.

<p>Abstract:</p><p>Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to learn how brand heritage and retro brands can help HQM strengthen their brand identity.</p><p>Background: Companies with a long history have a strategic choice to make re-garding the use of their heritage in marketing communications. Such companies also enjoy a history of interesting products, for which some may exist the possibility for a retro relaunch. Husqvarna is such a company, which made it interesting to find out how these two strategic tools can or cannot strengthen the studied company‘s brand identity.</p><p>Method: Through an inductive and exploratory case study with interviews of the personnel at Husqvarna Motorcycles, Italy, three theoretical areas emerged to be researched, brand identity, brand heritage and retro brands. The latter two required the help of real life examples for better understanding. The analysis had a deductive approach where the studied theory was applied to the companies, and conclu-sions were drawn from the accumulated knowledge to help streng-then the brand identity of Husqvarna Motorcycles.</p><p>Conclusions: HQM is a brand with heritage in the process of taking a strategic de-cision to use its heritage as a tool to strengthen the brand identity, hence on the way to become a heritage brand in the true meaning of the definition. As the oldest brand on the market, HQM can use its heritage to differentiate itself from the competition, creating uni-queness impossible to copy. A retro product can be a useful vehicle to carry the newly uncovered heritage to surface. With the help of theory and a real life example, a contender within the historical company product portfolio was recognized. Finally, the band identi-ty as stated by HQM was redefined according to the findings.</p>

Title: The marketing research of the image of sports brands Objectives: The objective of the inquiry is to identify the image of the 5 best known sports brands on the Czech market from the Prague generation Y point of view, whose age limit is defined by Bergha (2012). At the very end of the survey we then compare the acquired results with one another. Methods: The center of interest was the brand and how the consumer perceives it. The marketing research, used in this survey in the form of the electronic inquiry, can be assessed as quantitative with the use of qualitative techniques. It is based on studying the respondents' approach to competitive brands from one market segment. As crucial in the questionnaire was a battery of personal qualities, which was however supplemented by modified projective techniques, i.e. association tests and emotional connection of brands with colours. Results: The inquiry results show that among strongly perceived personal qualities of the examined sports brands is "trustworthy" which gives the impression of active life and health. Among neutrally perceived attributes is "exciting" and quite unapt characteristic is "aggressive". When evaluating the emotionality of the brands by means of limbic mapping, colours like black, white, blue and red predominantly dominate....

Sustainability is increasing in importance nowadays and Sweden is one of the most sustainability- focused countries in the world. Environmental sustainability is considered to be a key factor for business growth and companies incorporate this aspect in their brand marketing strategies. The purpose of this study is to get a broader understanding of the field of environmental sustainability work in connection to brand equity in Sweden. The main contribution of this study derives from studying how companies work with environmental sustainability to improve brand equity from a company’s perspective in Sweden. A qualitative approach was chosen, which included semi- structured interviews with seven companies that operate in Sweden. This paper develops an analytical model in order to analyse the findings from the interviews. The findings suggest that companies can work with environmental sustainability to improve their brand equity in Sweden by using strategies and practices that fit the company. It is important to consider the local context of Sweden, the market demands and requirements of its stakeholders and adopt a holistic approach in order to improve brand equity. Companies can choose to incorporate environmental sustainability work as an add-on to their brand or base the core of the brand around their work.

Frågeställning: Vilka åtgärder kan ett nystartat konsultföretag i marknadsföringsbranschen vidta för att etablera sig på en lokal, konkurrenskraftig och växande marknad? Syfte: Syftet är att öka förståelsen för företagsetablering på en lokal, konkurrenskraftig och växande marknad genom att undersöka små företags uppfattning om konkurrenssituationen, hur och om de differentierar sig samt vilka konkurrensfördelar de innehar. Detta undersöks på konsultmarknaden i Eskilstuna där blivande aktörer ska kunna ta del av denna studie samt den framtagna etaberingsmodellen. Metod: Semistrukturerade intervjuer i två omgångar har legat som grund för studien i något som kan liknas vid en induktiv ansats där utgångspunkten varit ett empiriskt problem. Slutsats: Studien presenterar ett förslag till modell som visar en möjlig process vid etablering. Bidrag/värde: Modellen är en bra början till vidare forskning inom ämnet och angränsande branscher samt angränsande geografiska städer. Den ger upphov till nya frågor så som om den praktiskt fungerar samt om den går att utforma på andra ställen / Question: What steps can a start-up consulting firm in the marketing industry take to establish themselves on a local, competitive and growing market? Objective: The aim is to increase understanding of the business establishment on a local, competitive and growing market by examining small business perception of the competitive situation, and how they differentiate themselves as well as the competitive advantages they hold. This is examined in the consulting market in Eskilstuna, where aspiring actors to take part in this study, and the produced establishment model. Methods: Semi-structured interviews in two waves have formed the basis for the study of something that can be likened to an inductive approach where the starting point was an empirical issue. Conclusion: This study presents a proposal for a model that shows a possible process of establishment. Contributions / value: The model is a good start for further research in the subject and related industries, as well as adjacent cities. It gives rise to new issues such as the practical application and if it is possible to design this model in other industries or cities.

Submitted by Filipe dos Santos (fsantos@pucsp.br) on 2017-05-15T16:27:19Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Paula Fernanda Prado Pereira.pdf: 6244201 bytes, checksum: 7df9346bce1b9b3c2b12c68c5bc80f9c (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-05-15T16:27:19Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Paula Fernanda Prado Pereira.pdf: 6244201 bytes, checksum: 7df9346bce1b9b3c2b12c68c5bc80f9c (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-04-06 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / The Brand Identity Prism is an analysis tool that was created by Jean-Noël Kapferer in 1991, and since then, consists of a very important tool for organizations. Since its creation, it has never been remodeled; and, faced with a scenario in which social media has increased its importance in developing digital marketing strategies, there was this theoretical gap. Therefore, this thesis "Brand Identity Prism: perspective for a model evolution", aims to: contribute academically to advances in digital marketing theories, expanding the knowledge to the formation of more solid strategies and provide practical suggestions to managers of digital marketing departments in the fashion industry, but also to other market segments. To achieve the proposed objectives, the literature review regarding this tool was carried out, as well as accessories concepts: Lovemarks and virtual brand communities. The research methodology used was the qualitative kind, with single case study research strategy, which was through the study of a French origin fashion brand, "Repetto Paris". The results showed that it is possible to suggest an advance in the current model of the Prism, given the reality in which the organizations are, of intense competition and of an increasing need of communication and relationship with the consumers via social media platforms / O Prisma de Identidade de Marca é uma ferramenta de análise que foi criada por Jean-Noël Kapferer em 1991, e, desde então, consiste em um instrumento de grande importância para as organizações. A contar de sua elaboração, não passou por mudanças; e, diante de um cenário no qual a gestão da marca nas plataformas de redes sociais tem aumentado sua importância na elaboração de estratégias de marketing digital, observou-se esta lacuna teórica. Por isso, a presente tese “Prisma de Identidade de Marca: perspectiva para evolução do modelo”, tem por objetivos: contribuir academicamente para avanços nas teorias de marketing digital, ampliando o conhecimento para a formação de estratégias mais sólidas, bem como fornecer sugestões práticas aos gestores de departamentos de marketing digital no setor de moda, mas também aos demais segmentos de mercado. Para atingir os objetivos propostos, foi realizada a revisão da literatura no que se refere a esta ferramenta, assim como os conceitos complementares: Lovemarks e Comunidades Virtuais de Marca. A metodologia de pesquisa utilizada foi do tipo qualitativa, com estratégia de investigação de estudo de caso único, que se deu por meio do estudo da marca de moda de origem francesa, “Repetto Paris”. Os resultados encontrados demonstraram que é possível sugerir um avanço no modelo atual do Prisma, considerando-se a realidade na qual as organizações se encontram, de intensa concorrência e de necessidade cada vez maior de comunicação e relacionamento com os consumidores via plataformas de redes sociais

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-26T18:14:23Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Marc Barreto Bogo.pdf: 6387433 bytes, checksum: c1b0ff7346691c1cab469233f3e55e43 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-06-30 / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico / The book is considered in this research as a syncretic text: besides verbal substances, it uses visual, spatial and tactile substances in order to make sense and constitute a meaningful whole. A publishing house that stands out in the Brazilian scenario due to its character of experimenting with the book s form is Cosac Naify, especially in its Coleção Particular ( Particular Collection ). This series of books has been proposed with the intention to house western literature classics, with brief narratives, in editions in which the graphic project is explored in order to intensify the reading experience and the ways of experiencing the text. Up to the present time there are seven different titles in the collection, whose graphic projects constitute the corpus of this research: Primeiro amor (Samuel Beckett), Bartleby, o escrivão (Herman Melville), A fera na selva (Henry James), Zazie no metrô (Raymond Queneau), Flores (Mario Bellatin), Museu do Romance da Eterna (Macedonio Fernández) and Avenida Niévski (Nikolai Gógol). The main objective of this research is to analyze the graphic designs of these books, aiming to understand the ways through which the collection operates singular procedures that produce a sensitive experience whose effect of meaning is the particular in each work, in the collection and in the publishing house. It has been verified that the effect of meaning of particular perceived in the publications originates in the way the graphic designs of these books explore their plastic configurations, syncretically figurativizing contents from the verbal text, as well as in the various metadiscursive relations that the books maintain with the history, structure and production processes of the book, plus interdiscursive and intersemiotic relations with various media and arts. The theoretical framework consists mainly in the discursive semiotics developed by A. J. Greimas and its plastic and sensitive developments made by J.-M. Floch, E. Landowski and A. C. de Oliveira. Therefore, this research intended to cover both intelligibility and sensibility in the production of meaning in each work of the Coleção Particular, in their interactions with each other, with other collections and with the publishing house itself. From this dynamics of meanings, based on the dynamics of interactions, we have reached an identity configuration of Cosac Naify in the Brazilian publishing market: the publisher develops in its readers a taste for books, and proposes through the sensitive experience of the book a contract of loyalty to its readership / O livro é problematizado nesta pesquisa como um texto sincrético: além de substâncias verbais, utiliza substâncias visuais, espaciais e táteis para fazer sentido e constituir-se num todo de significação. Uma editora que se destaca no cenário nacional, principalmente por seu caráter de experimentação com a forma do livro, é a Cosac Naify, em especial na sua Coleção Particular. Essa série de livros foi proposta com a intenção de abrigar clássicos da literatura ocidental, com narrativas breves, em edições nas quais o projeto gráfico é explorado de forma a intensificar a experiência de leitura e os modos de experimentar o texto. Até o momento de escrita da dissertação fazem parte da coleção sete títulos, cujos projetos gráficos constituem o corpus dessa pesquisa: Primeiro amor (Samuel Beckett), Bartleby, o escrivão (Herman Melville), A fera na selva (Henry James), Zazie no metrô (Raymond Queneau), Flores (Mario Bellatin), Museu do romance da Eterna (Macedonio Fernández) e Avenida Niévski (Nikolai Gógol). O objetivo principal da pesquisa é investigar os projetos gráficos dos livros da Coleção Particular, visando compreender o modo por meio do qual a coleção, enquanto um todo englobante, opera procedimentos singulares que produzem uma experiência sensível cujo efeito de sentido é o particular de cada obra, da coleção e da editora. Verificou-se que o efeito de sentido de particular percebido nas publicações decorre da maneira como os projetos gráficos dos livros exploram sua plasticidade, figurativizando conteúdos do texto verbal sincreticamente, bem como das diversas relações metadiscursivas que os livros mantêm com a história, estrutura e processos produtivos do livro, além de relações interdiscursivas e intersemióticas com diversas mídias e artes. A moldura teórica consiste principalmente na semiótica discursiva desenvolvida por A. J. Greimas e em seus desdobramentos plásticos e sensíveis realizados por J.-M. Floch, E. Landowski e A. C. de Oliveira. Procurou-se assim dar conta tanto da inteligibilidade quanto da sensibilidade da produção de sentido de cada obra da Coleção Particular, em suas interações entre si, entre as demais coleções e com a própria editora. A partir dessa dinâmica do sentido, apoiada na dinâmica das interações, chegou-se a uma configuração identitária da Cosac Naify no mercado editorial brasileiro: a editora desenvolve em seus leitores o gosto pelo livro, e propõe pela experiência sensível do livro um contrato de fidelização de seu público leitor

O mercado de turismo está em plena expansão no mundo globalizado, diversificado mercadologicamente e competitivo internacionalmente, com um crescimento acelerado previsto para esta nova década. A consideração da marca-país, como sendo a percepção da imagem e as associações da marca de uma nação - vista pelos estrangeiros, é um aspecto frequentemente presente, seja no panorama econômico, político, social, acadêmico, na moda, no esporte, no cinema e, finalmente no turismo. Neste contexto multidimensional, o Brasil necessita de estudos sobre seu próprio conceito de país de origem e, principalmente, o fortalecimento de sua identidade de marca. Com a revisão da literatura obtida, verifica-se que há poucos trabalhos sobre a Marca Brasil, focados no incentivo aos negócios e, principalmente, para o turismo em um país alvo. Sendo assim, o objetivo geral deste estudo foi analisar a identidade da Marca Brasil com base na convergência entre as estratégias de comunicação definidas para a Marca Brasil pela Embratur no setor de turismo com as efetivamente utilizadas pelas agências de turismo nos Estados Unidos da América; país escolhido por estar em segundo lugar nos gastos com turismo no mundo e como segundo maior emissor de turistas ao Brasil nos últimos sete anos, com decréscimo gradual anualmente. A pesquisa foi qualitativa e exploratória a partir da revisão da literatura, de entrevistas em profundidade, primeiramente com a Embratur, seguido de vinte agências/operadoras de turismo norte-americanas, e finalmente, com quatro especialistas. Com base nos dados qualitativos coletados, então, foi elaborada a análise de conteúdo através da triangulação. Como tema original, a pesquisa abordou a transposição do conceito de identidade de marca para uma marca-país, especificamente, a Marca Brasil, tangenciando a área de marketing internacional em busca de posicionar o Brasil como um destino turístico competitivo. A partir de quatro proposições definidas e analisadas, conclui-se que a Marca Brasil apresenta relações incompletas e divergências conceituais com a teoria, cujo conceito firma-se que a identidade da marca é a visão estratégica da marca, entendimento distorcido teoricamente pela Embratur e não experimentado nas respostas dos entrevistados. Portanto, a identidade central da marca Brasil que deveria ser a alma da marca corresponde parcialmente à desejada pela Embratur, trazendo apenas a diversidade como característica. Além disso, nota-se que a identidade expandida, cujos elementos dimensionais da identidade da marca são organizados em quatro perspectivas, não proporcionaram textura e integridade da marca Brasil. No entanto, a Marca Brasil proporciona associações com a representação visual per se, com temas presentes na cultura brasileira, dos destinos turísticos, produtos e serviços, e ainda, por meio da mídia. Sendo assim, uma das principais contribuições desta investigação é dar continuidade às pesquisas sobre a gestão de marca de países, especificamente da Marca Brasil, tanto para ações de estratégias, em diversos setores da economia, para o posicionamento, para a comunicação ou para a ascensão no mercado internacional. Cada experiência com a Marca Brasil em contextos diversos proporciona associações com a reputação e a imagem do país. / The tourism market is booming in the globalized, diversified and internationally competitive business market, with rapid growth expected for this decade. Considering that the country brand is the image and perception of the brand associations of a nation as seen by foreigners, it is often found in the following spheres: economic, political, social, academic, fashion, sport, movies, and finally, in tourism. In this multidimensional context, Brazil requires studies on its own concept of country of origin, and especially, strengthening its brand identity. According to literature, it appears that there are few studies about the Brazil´s Country Brand focused on encouraging businesses and specifically for tourism in a target country. Therefore, this study was developed to analyze the Brazil Brand identity based on the convergence of communication strategies defined by Embratur for the tourism sector with those effectively used by travel agencies in the United States of America. The United States of America were chosen because it is the second-highest spender on tourism worldwide, and it was the second-highest sender of tourists to Brazil in the last seven years, with a gradual decrease since. This research was qualitative and exploratory, based on the literature review and in-depth interviews with three samples: Embratur, twenty agencies/tour operators in North America and a group of three experts. Based on the qualitative data collected, the content analysis was performed by triangulation. Regarding its original theme, the research focuses on the implementation of the concept of brand identity for a country brand, specifically, the Brazil Brand, slightly overlapping the field of international marketing in order to promote Brazil as an attractive tourist destination. After four defined and analyzed propositions, the conclusion is that Brazil has an incomplete brand relationship and conceptual differences with the theory, whose concept states that brand identity should be settled on the strategic vision of the brand. Embratur understands a theoretically-distorted version, which was not experienced in the respondents\' answers. Therefore, the central identity of the Brazil Brand, which should be the soul of the brand, corresponds only partially to the image desired by Embratur, featuring only the diversity attribute. Furthermore, the expanded identity, whose dimensional elements of the brand identity are organized into four perspectives, provided no texture or integrity to Brazil´s Country Brand. However, Brazil´s brand provides associations with the visual representation itself, with characteristics from the Brazilian culture, tourist destinations, products, services, and the media. In this way, one of the contribution of this investigation is to move forward to research lines about country branding, specifically about Brazil Brand; regarding not only strategies actions in special economy sectors, for its positioning, for its communication and for its growth in the international market. Each experience with Brazil Brand, throughout diversified contacts offers associations with Brazil´s both reputation and image.

Although tourism has been recognised as an important subfield in nation branding little research have focused on its role in the nation branding process. A managerial perspective was assumed to examine what role tourism has in nation branding. This study adopts a deductive approach reviewing existing literature on nation branding, brand management strategies and tourism stakeholders. A case study on how tourism is integrated in nation branding strategies and how stakeholders operating in the tourism sector perceive their own influence on the nation-brand was conducted in Sweden using a qualitative method. Data was collected through interviews with managers in organisations that directly or indirectly work with tourism while being involved in the strategic nation branding of Sweden. A conceptual framework was developed to illustrate how the nation-brand is created and communicated through tourism. The study concludes that tourism can have a significant role in nation branding and affect other subfields if the right circumstances are given. Strong collaborations are a prerequisite for effective nation branding and strategies should incorporate national identity and country-of-origin for authenticity. Future research could focus on comparing the role of tourism in nation branding with other subfields as well as comparing how organisations on the same level work with nation branding strategies.