64703 - Brand Management

Academic Year 2025/2026

  • Moduli: Francisco Javier Villarroel Ordenes (Modulo 1) Sungtak Hong (Modulo 2)
  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures (Modulo 1) Traditional lectures (Modulo 2)
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in International Management (cod. 5891)

Learning outcomes

By the end of this course students are able to: - provide an interdisciplinary overview of brand management; - discuss existing models and theories related with brand management; - develop resources and analytical capabilities to measure brand related outcomes (e.g., brand reputation); - examine real examples and cases of brand management practices (e.g., guest speakers from industry and academia); - contribute to students' team work skills on brand management projects.

Course contents

Session 1: Principles of Brand Management

Session 2: Customer Based-Brand Equity and Brand Positioning

Session 3: Sources of Brand Equity & The Reputation Tracker

Session 4: Brand Elements and Guest Lecture

Session 5: Team Presentations of Reputation Tracker Project

Session 6: Branding and Marketing Communication

Session 7: Branding in the Digital Era

Session 8: Brand Associations

Session 9: Brand Architecture 

Session 10: Brand Extensions

Readings/Bibliography

Keller, K. L., & Swaminathan, V. (2019). Strategic Brand Management: Building, Measuring, and Managing Brand Equity, Global Edition (Fifth Edition). Pearson Education Limited.

Teaching methods

Branding Lectures

Hands on work in Brand Analytics projects

Class Discussions

Guest Speakers

 

Assessment methods

Group Project(s) (50%)

Individual Project or Exam (50%)

Teaching tools

KNIME Analytics Software

Office hours

See the website of Francisco Javier Villarroel Ordenes

See the website of Sungtak Hong