The authors deal with advertising from a strategic perspective. They begin with a broad look at what advertising is meant to do and then provide the reader with the keys to developing effective advertising and promotion campaigns.
Strategic Brand Management, Second Edition, adopts an innovative socio-cultural perspective that provides students with an understanding of the dynamics of the field and enables them to engage with the issues that lie within. At the same time, the text also integrates more traditional notionsof the brand in terms of equity and positioning. The wide experience of the author team--from consulting with industry leaders to teaching demanding MBA and executive development courses--has resulted in a text full of exciting ideas that are firmly grounded in managerial implications andapplications.Building on a solid theoretical foundation, the authors also apply theory to examples throughout, helping students to understand the practical applications of brand management. By using a wealth of new and up-to-date illustrative examples and case material--including coverage of high-techinnovation--they have created a text that is both cutting-edge in terms of theory and also accessible to students.
Strategic Brand Management approaches the subject of brand management from a unique socio-cultural perspective, providing students with an understanding of the dynamics of the subject and enabling them to engage with the issues that lie within. While adopting this innovative framework, thebook also integrates more traditional notions of the brand in terms of equity and positioning within that framework.