Are Brands Actually the Output of a Dialectical Process Between the Consumer and Companies?

Developments in communication technologies are challenging classic marketing and communication paradigms, leading to the view that brands are no longer built top-down by marketing managers, but developed in collaboration with consumers. The importance of consumers in the process of brand value creat...

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Autores: Lahoz, María del Carmen, Rom Rodríguez, Josep A.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:20.500.14342/531
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14342/531
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Marques de fàbrica
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Sumario:Developments in communication technologies are challenging classic marketing and communication paradigms, leading to the view that brands are no longer built top-down by marketing managers, but developed in collaboration with consumers. The importance of consumers in the process of brand value creation is largely accepted by practitioners, but to date little attempt has been made to confirm whether those responsible for brand building are truly open to a brand co-creation process. Recent research conducted by Lahoz (2017) revealed that brand managers and company CEOs are reluctant to lose control over their brands and, although they acknowledge the (new) active role of the (new) empowered consumer, they do not see consumers as co-responsible for defining their brands but as participators in peripheral areas of brand building.