MARK-240 Brand Management

Faculty:

Newman, Richard

The course examines the broad topic of brand equity and brand management. Its focus will be to explore and understand the importance of brands, what brands mean to consumers, and how they should be managed to the greatest benefit of the concern.

For many companies their most valuable asset is the brand name associated with their products or services. Yet too often insufficient attention is paid to this subject. Too often marketing decisions regarding product policy, pricing, advertising or distribution are taken without taking into account their impact on brand equity or, conversely, optimally leveraging it. In this course we will examine marketing strategy from a branding perspective, including the key issues involved in building strong brands and maximizing the value of existing as well as new brands.

The basic objectives are as follows:

to understand the key issues in planning and evaluating brand strategies

to describe appropriate theories, models and other tools to make better branding decisions

to use a variety of methods to develop effective applications of these principles.

Credits: 3

Prerequisites: MARK 220; MSB Juniors and Seniors only

Other academic years
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• 2005-2006 Fall and Spring
• 2008-2009 Fall and Spring
• 2009-2010 Fall and Spring
• 2010-2011 Fall and Spring
• 2011-2012 Fall and Spring
• 2012-2013 Fall and Spring
• 2013-2014 Fall and Spring

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