TY - BOOK AU - Schultz, Majken AU - Schultz, Majken; AU - Antorini, Yun Mi; AU - Csaba, Fabian F. TI - Corporate branding : : purpose/people/process : towards the second wave of corporate branding SN - 9788763001403 U1 - 658.827 PY - 2006/// CY - Copenhagen, PB - Copenhagen Business School Press, KW - Brand name products KW - Branding (Marketing) KW - management N1 - CORPORATE BRANDING PURPOSE/PEOPLE/PROCESS Table of Contents 1 CORPORATE BRANDING � AN EVOLVING CONCEPT Corporate Branding Myths Myth 1: Corporate Branding is Like Product Branding Just at the Organizational Level! Myth 2: Corporate Branding is �Owned� by the Marketing Department! Myth 3: Corporate Branding is Like a Sugar Coating! Myth 4: The Goal of Corporate Branding is to Standardize the Organization�s Communication! Myth 5: Corporate Branding Automatically Mobilizes the Organization�s Employees! Myth 6: Corporate Branding is Only Relevant for Commercial Organizations!Moving Towards the Second Wave of Corporate Branding Organization of the Book 2 A CROSS-DISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVE ON CORPORATE BRANDING From Trademark to Brand Corporate Branding as a Cross-Disciplinary Construct From Product Thinking to the Organization as Brand From Fragmentation to Corporate Communication Branding through Identity and Employees From Positions to Strategic Reputation Contributions to Corporate Branding Practices Towards the Second Wave of Corporate BrandingBranding Paradoxes 3 CORPORATE BRANDING AND THE �CONFORMITY TRAP� Uniqueness and Differentiation as Themes in the Corporate Branding Literature Defining the �Conformity Trap� The �Uniqueness Paradox� Uniqueness, Differentiation and Narcissism Corporate Branding as Monopoly on Meaning � the Problem with Groupthink Corporate Branding as a Promise � the Problem of �Path Dependency� Possible Ways to Escape the �Conformity Trap� Uniqueness Revisited � Towards a Relationship-Based Perception of Uniqueness and DifferentiationInputs into New Corporate Branding Practices Towards Corporate Branding as Relationship 4 A COMMUNAL APPROACH TO CORPORATE BRANDING Why Focus on Integration? The Creating, Connected, and Empowered Consumer Branded Goods Under Pressure! Towards a New Value Creation Paradigm Practical Examples of Organization and Consumer Integration IKEA � Integration via Co-Creation of Values and Attitudes Jones Soda � Integration via Co-creation of the ProductWeight Watchers � Integration via Co-Creation of Social Communities Closer Integration between Organization and Consumer Create new Conditions for Corporate Branding A Brand Community as a �Space� for Consumer Integration A Communal Approach to Corporate Branding: Implications Conclusion 5 LIVING THE BRAND The Employee as a Living Brand Living the Brand: A Marketing and Communications Based Perspective vs. a Norms and Values Based Perspective ER -