A website brand analysis of Romanian companies from automotive industry

The present study proposes an innovative analytical approach on branding and cultural concepts, looking at the correlation between them and the way the culture has an important contribution to the brand strategy of an organization. This pilot study has strictly focused on branding in the online env...

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Main Authors: A. BRICIU, V.-A. BRICIU, A.-M. PILIPINSCHI
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Transilvania University of Brasov Publishing House 2017-07-01
Series:Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Braşov: Series VII: Social Sciences, Law
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Online Access:http://webbut.unitbv.ro/Bulletin/Series%20VII/2017/BULETIN%20I%20PDF/19_Briciu.pdf
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description The present study proposes an innovative analytical approach on branding and cultural concepts, looking at the correlation between them and the way the culture has an important contribution to the brand strategy of an organization. This pilot study has strictly focused on branding in the online environment and the objective of the research consists in applying the content analysis method on the official brand websites of different organizations, having a corpus of 50 companies in automotive industry, with the subsidiaries activating in Romania. The research instrument (i.e., the analysis coding scheme) evolved having as reference the cultural dimensions defined and presented by Geert Hofstede and adapted to the online environment.
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spelling doaj.art-4baec6cf13734634bdfed9b16173be302023-01-03T02:23:19ZengTransilvania University of Brasov Publishing HouseBulletin of the Transilvania University of Braşov: Series VII: Social Sciences, Law2066-77012066-771X2017-07-0110(59)1133142A website brand analysis of Romanian companies from automotive industryA. BRICIU0V.-A. BRICIU1A.-M. PILIPINSCHI2Transilvania University of Braşov, RomaniaTransilvania University of Braşov, RomaniaTransilvania University of Braşov, RomaniaThe present study proposes an innovative analytical approach on branding and cultural concepts, looking at the correlation between them and the way the culture has an important contribution to the brand strategy of an organization. This pilot study has strictly focused on branding in the online environment and the objective of the research consists in applying the content analysis method on the official brand websites of different organizations, having a corpus of 50 companies in automotive industry, with the subsidiaries activating in Romania. The research instrument (i.e., the analysis coding scheme) evolved having as reference the cultural dimensions defined and presented by Geert Hofstede and adapted to the online environment.http://webbut.unitbv.ro/Bulletin/Series%20VII/2017/BULETIN%20I%20PDF/19_Briciu.pdfculturebrandvirtual environmentWeb 2.0automotive industry
spellingShingle A. BRICIU
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A website brand analysis of Romanian companies from automotive industry
Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Braşov: Series VII: Social Sciences, Law
culture
brand
virtual environment
Web 2.0
automotive industry
title A website brand analysis of Romanian companies from automotive industry
title_full A website brand analysis of Romanian companies from automotive industry
title_fullStr A website brand analysis of Romanian companies from automotive industry
title_full_unstemmed A website brand analysis of Romanian companies from automotive industry
title_short A website brand analysis of Romanian companies from automotive industry
title_sort website brand analysis of romanian companies from automotive industry
topic culture
brand
virtual environment
Web 2.0
automotive industry
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