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nagelaten diss. von Helena Popper

Dear Brand, Please Help me to Become a True-Man Out of the Truman: The Role of Brand Authenticity

Although brand authenticity is gaining increasing interest in academia and managerial practice, empirical studies on its contribution to the branding literature are still limited. The authors therefore conceptually and empirically examine the emergence and outcomes of perceived brand authenticity (PBA). A prior multi-phase scale development process resulted in a 17-item PBA scale to measure its four dimensions of credibility, integrity, symbolism, and longevity. Brand authenticity perceptions are influenced by indexical, existential, and iconic cues, whereby the latter’s influence is moderated by consumers’ level of marketing skepticism. Further, PBA increases emotional brand attachment. This relationship is particularly strong for consumers with a high level of self-authenticity. In addition, PBA effects are stronger in a North American market context compared to a European context.

Brand Authenticity: An Integrative Framework and Measurement Scale

Although brand authenticity is gaining increasing interest in consumer behavior research and managerial practice, literature on its measurement and contribution to branding theory is still limited. This article develops an integrative framework of the concept of brand authenticity and reports the development and validation of a scale measuring consumers' perceived brand authenticity (PBA). A multi-phase scale development process resulted in a 15-item PBA scale measuring four dimensions: credibility, integrity, symbolism, and continuity. This scale is reliable across different brands and cultural contexts. We find that brand authenticity perceptions are influenced by indexical, existential, and iconic cues, whereby some of the latters' influence is moderated by consumers' level of marketing skepticism. Results also suggest that PBA increases emotional brand attachment and word-of-mouth, and that it drives brand choice likelihood through self-congruence for consumers high in self-authenticity.

Brand Authenticity: an Integrative Framework

Although brand authenticity is gaining increasing interest in consumer behavior research and managerial practice, literature on its measurement and contribution to branding theory is still limited. This article develops an integrative framework of the concept of brand authenticity and reports the development and validation of a scale measuring consumers' perceived brand authenticity (PBA). A multi-phase scale development process resulted in a 15-item PBA scale measuring four dimensions: credibility, integrity, symbolism, and continuity. This scale is reliable across different brands and cultural contexts. We find that brand authenticity perceptions are influenced by indexical, existential, and iconic cues, whereby some of the latters' influence is moderated by consumers' level of marketing skepticism. Results also suggest that PBA increases emotional brand attachment and word-of-mouth, and that it drives brand choice likelihood through self-congruence for consumers high in self-authenticity.

The Role of Artefacts in the Process of Replication

This paper investigates the role of artefacts for the replication or routines in organizations. Drawing on data of a large franchise organization in the UK, we show that actors' engagement with a portfolio of different primary (e.g. software, tools) and secondary (e.g. manuals) artefacts that are part of the business format, gives rise to five artefact enabled practices of replication (activity scoping, time patterning, practical enquiry, use in practice and contextual enquiry). Importantly, these practices of replication enable three different types of franchisee agency (iterational, practical evaluative and projective agency) that support but partly also challenge replication in terms of the similarity of organizational routines across units. Our findings have several theoretical contributions for the growing literature on replication as well as materiality and artefacts in organizations.

An analysis of the revenue policy -making process of the Texas Legislature

The purpose of this dissertation was to develop a conceptual framework which can be used to account for policy decisions made by the House Ways and Means Committee (HW&MC) of the Texas House of Representatives. This analysis will examine the actions of the committee over a ten-year period with the goal of explaining and predicting the success of failure of certain efforts to raise revenue.^ The basis framework for modelling the revenue decision-making process includes three major components--the decision alternatives, the external factors and two competing contingency theories. The decision alternatives encompass the particular options available to increase tax revenue. The options were classified as non-innovative or innovative. The non-innovative options included the sales, franchise, property and severance taxes. The innovative options were principally the personal and corporate income taxes.^ The external factors included political and economic constraints that affected the actions of the HW&MC. Several key political constraints on committee decision-making were addressed--including public attitudes, interest groups, political party strength and tradition and precedents. The economic constraints that affected revenue decisions included court mandates, federal mandates and the fiscal condition of the nation and the state.^ The third component of the revenue decision-making framework included two alternative contingency theories. The first alternative theory postulated that the committee structure, including the individual member roles and the overall committee style, resulted in distinctive revenue decisions. This theory will be favored if evidence points to the committee acting autonomously with less concern for the policies of the Speaker of the House. The Speaker assignment theory, postulated that the assignment of committee members shaped or changed the course of committee decision-making. This theory will be favored if there was evidence that the committee was strictly a vehicle for the Speaker to institute his preferred tax policies.^ The ultimate goal of this analysis is to develop an explanation for legislative decision-making about tax policy. This explanation will be based on the linkages across various tax options, political and economic constraints, member roles and committee style and the patterns of committee assignment. ^

Estudio acerca de la gestión de marcas en el sector vitivinícola

El presente trabajo trata sobre un estudio cualitativo acerca de la gestión de las marcas aplicadas al sector vitivinícola. Como objetivo principal se pretende conocer cómo las bodegas mendocinas pueden gestionar sus marcas de vino para lograr un mayor valor agregado, y paralelamente, también intuir el grado de percepción que tienen los consumidores de esa marca. Se busca responder si actualmente las bodegas están preparadas para establecer estrategias integradas de marca que puedan traducirse en un mejor posicionamiento en el mercado. Esta inquietud surgió como consecuencia de observar personalmente una cantidad significativa de bodegas cuyos departamentos de marketing estaban supeditados a directrices desde Buenos Aires o cuyas acciones relacionadas a branding eran gestionadas por sus dueños, dado el tamaño del emprendimiento. Se quiso determinar, entonces, si existía la posibilidad de aplicar teorías de comercialización a la realidad vitivinícola. Por otro lado se pretende comprender, desde el punto de vista del consumidor, el hecho de que al momento de comprar un vino, elija una marca y no la otra. ¿Cuáles son los factores que influencian su comportamiento? ¿Existen estrategias conscientes de gestión de marca que pueden intervenir en la compra?

Fiesta Nacional del Ternero y Día de la Yerra (Ayacucho, 1969) : La construcción de las identidades locales en la provincia de Buenos Aires en un contexto de transformación

El objetivo de este trabajo es analizar el contexto histórico inmediato al surgimiento de la Fiesta Nacional del Ternero y Día de la Yerra, que se celebra desde 1969 en la localidad de Ayacucho. La singularidad que adquiere esta celebración es resultado de las profundas transformaciones que signaron a las sociedades del interior rural bonaerense. Para dar cuenta de esta afirmación, haremos una breve caracterización del partido de Ayacucho, atendiendo al contexto político- económico en el que emerge la fiesta. Finalmente, nos abocaremos al análisis del origen de esta celebración y de los diferentes hechos que tuvieron lugar durante la primera celebración

Fiesta Nacional del Ternero y Día de la Yerra (Ayacucho, 1969) : La construcción de las identidades locales en la provincia de Buenos Aires en un contexto de transformación

El objetivo de este trabajo es analizar el contexto histórico inmediato al surgimiento de la Fiesta Nacional del Ternero y Día de la Yerra, que se celebra desde 1969 en la localidad de Ayacucho. La singularidad que adquiere esta celebración es resultado de las profundas transformaciones que signaron a las sociedades del interior rural bonaerense. Para dar cuenta de esta afirmación, haremos una breve caracterización del partido de Ayacucho, atendiendo al contexto político- económico en el que emerge la fiesta. Finalmente, nos abocaremos al análisis del origen de esta celebración y de los diferentes hechos que tuvieron lugar durante la primera celebración

Fiesta Nacional del Ternero y Día de la Yerra (Ayacucho, 1969) : La construcción de las identidades locales en la provincia de Buenos Aires en un contexto de transformación

El objetivo de este trabajo es analizar el contexto histórico inmediato al surgimiento de la Fiesta Nacional del Ternero y Día de la Yerra, que se celebra desde 1969 en la localidad de Ayacucho. La singularidad que adquiere esta celebración es resultado de las profundas transformaciones que signaron a las sociedades del interior rural bonaerense. Para dar cuenta de esta afirmación, haremos una breve caracterización del partido de Ayacucho, atendiendo al contexto político- económico en el que emerge la fiesta. Finalmente, nos abocaremos al análisis del origen de esta celebración y de los diferentes hechos que tuvieron lugar durante la primera celebración