64703 - BRAND MANAGEMENT

Anno Accademico 2025/2026

  • Moduli: Francisco Javier Villarroel Ordenes (Modulo 1) Sungtak Hong (Modulo 2)
  • Modalità didattica: Lezioni in presenza (totalmente o parzialmente) (Modulo 1); Lezioni in presenza (totalmente o parzialmente) (Modulo 2)
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: Laurea Magistrale in International Management (cod. 5891)

Conoscenze e abilità da conseguire

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.

Contenuti

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

Testi/Bibliografia

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

Part 1

- Scheidt, Stefan, Carsten Gelhard, and Jörg Henseler. "Old practice, but young research field: A systematic bibliographic review of personal branding." Frontiers in psychology 11 (2020): 1809.

-Affonso, Felipe M., and Chris Janiszewski. "Marketing by design: The influence of perceptual structure on brand performance." Journal of Marketing 87, no. 5 (2023): 736-754.

- Rust, Roland T., William Rand, Ming-Hui Huang, Andrew T. Stephen, Gillian Brooks, and Timur Chabuk. "Real-time brand reputation tracking using social media." Journal of Marketing 85, no. 4 (2021): 21-43.

-Raffaelli, Carolina, Elena Bocchi, Zachary Estes, and James S. Adelman. "BRAND: Brand recognition and attitude norms database." Behavior Research Methods 57, no. 1 (2025): 1-26.

Metodi didattici

- Lectures

- Individual Projects

- Group Work

- Guest Speakers

Modalità di verifica e valutazione dell'apprendimento

This course is divided in two parts. The final grade of the entire module is by computing the average between the two parts.

Though not compulsory, class attendance and participation is strongly encouraged.

Strumenti a supporto della didattica

KNIME Analytics Software

Orario di ricevimento

Consulta il sito web di Francisco Javier Villarroel Ordenes

Consulta il sito web di Sungtak Hong