Branding & Positioning(E)

Introduction

The students get to know the basic strategies of brand management, can describe them and subsequently apply them. In addition, the students gain knowledge of various strate-gies for the successful positioning of products and services in the local and global market environment.

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The course provides an introduction and background to strategic brand management from a marketing and business perspective. Fundamental concepts such as brand development, brand building, brand management, the developments of a brand value are discussed theoretically and on the basis of case studies. The importance of differentiation for the brand and the subsequent brand management is also discussed. Through practical examples, the students learn how brands are built and designed.

•Keller, K.L., Parameswaran, A.M.G., and Jacob, I. (2016). Strategic Brand Management: Building, Measuring, and Managing Brand Equity, NY: Pearson.
•Kotler, P., Keller, K.L., and Opresnik, M.O. (2017). Marketing-Management, Hallbergmoos: Pearson Deutschland GMBH.
•Esch, F.-R. (2018). Strategie und Technik der Markenführung, 9th revised and expanded edition, Munich: Verlag Vahlen.

Seminar paper and presentation

English

4

15

2.0

Integrated course, discussions, case studies, group work, e-learning

3

Director of Studies Prof. (FH) Dr. Wolfgang Reitberger

2

MGL4

integrated lecture

Compulsory

not applicable