Frenemies: The Epic Disruption of the Ad Business (and Everything Else)
Vanitha Swaminathan is the Thomas Marshall Professor of Marketing at the University of Pittsburgh and the Director of the Katz Center for Branding. Her research focuses on branding strategy with a particular emphasis on digital branding. She has published in various leading marketing and management journals including Journal of Marketing, Journal of Marketing Research, Journal of Consumer Research, Marketing Science, and Strategic Management Journal. She is currently serving on a three-year term on the American Marketing Association Board of Directors and previously served in AMA’s Academic Council as President. She has co-authored the Fifth Edition of the world-renowned textbook Strategic Brand Management: Building, Measuring, and Managing Brand Equity, along with Professor Kevin Lane Keller.
A veritable encyclopedia of branding, featuring deep analysis of different aspects of branding, a multitude of case studies, and summaries of research on various branding topics. This book focuses on brands—and highlights why they are important, what they represent to consumers and how they should be managed. As many managers recognize, brands are perhaps among the most valuable assets owned by a firm. However, creating and managing brands is not a trivial task.
This book provides a comprehensive look at the process of brand building or strategic brand management – the design and implementation of marketing programs that help build, measure and manage brand equity. The book features some of the developments in digital and social media that have had a major influence on strategies that can be used to build and manage brands.
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