PRODUCT & BRAND MANAGEMENT

Francisco Javier Villarroel Ordenes, Ernesto Cardamone

Obiettivi formativi

This course provides an interdisciplinary overview of brand management. The topics covered in this course provide a firm foundation in many facets of branding and enable students to carry scientific research on up-to-date topics in the branding field by using state-of-the-art research methods and techniques.

Prerequisiti

none

Risultati di apprendimento attesi

Discuss with students about existing models and theories related with brand management. Provide students with resources and capabilities to measure brand related outcomes (e.g., brand reputation). Give students real examples and cases of brand management practices (e.g., guest speakers from industry and academia). Contribute to student's team work skills on brand management projects

Contenuti Del Corso

This course provides an interdisciplinary overview of brand management.

Testi Di Riferimento

Heding, T., Knudtzen, C. F., & Bjerre, M. (2009). Brand Management: Research, Theory and Practice. Routledge. Keller and Swaminathan (2020). Strategic Brand Management: Building, Measuring and Managing Brand Equity, 5th Global Edition. Pearson

Metodologie Didattiche

Online sessions On campus plenary sessions On campus breakouts Classes will be highly interactive, using articles from marketing, consumer research, and branding top journals and managerial reports.

Modalità di verifica dell'apprendimento

The assessment is based on different activities: - Group progect intermediate steps - Final group project (report + presentation) - Individual tests

Criteri per l’assegnazione dell’elaborato finale

none

Settimana 1

Introduction to brand management and course related activities Overview of brand management Brand management key concepts

Settimana 2

Group activity - discriminant analysis theory The economic approach The identity approach

Settimana 3

Group activity - discriminant analysis data collection Cognitive consumer perspective Plenary session with a guest speaker

Settimana 4

Individual test 1 Personality, consumer self, and brand-self congruence

Settimana 5

Group project activities Brand coolness

Settimana 6

Group project activities Brand activism

Settimana 7

Group project - datasets handling Plenary session with a guest speaker Individual test 2

Settimana 8

Group activity - Data analysis Branding in the Metaverse

Settimana 9

Group project activities Brand prominence

Settimana 10

Group project - results reporting Brand portfolio Individual test 3

Settimana 11

Brand reputation

Settimana 12

Individual test 4 Brand reputation on social media Final wrap-up and course feedback