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Harrison-WalkerLJ.STRATEGICBRANDORIENTATION[J].AcademyofMarketingStudiesJournal,2014,18
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STRATEGICBRANDORIENTATION
L.Jean.Harrison-Walker
WHATISABRANDORIENTATION?
Theterm'brandorientation'wasfirstcoinedintheearly1990s(Gromark&Melin,2011).Urde(1999,p.117)providestheclassicdefinitionofabrandorientationasanapproachinwhichtheprocessesofanorganizationrevolvearoundthecreation,developmentandprotectionofbrandidentityinanongoinginteractionwithtargetcustomerswiththeaimofachievinglastingcompetitiveadvantagesintheformofbrands.Grant(1995)explainsthatthebasisofafirm'scompetitiveadvantageliesinitsunique,valuable,andhard-to-imitateresourcesandcompetencies.Whatconstitutestruecompetitiveadvantagedependsuponthecompetitorsandthecustomersinthemarket;thesearethepointsofreferenceforwhatisuniqueandvaluable(Urde,1999,p.118).
GromarkandMelin(2011,p.395)expanduponUrde's(1999)definitionofabrandorientation:
Brandorientationisadeliberateapproachtobrandbuildingwherebrandequityiscreatedthroughinteractionbetweeninternalandexternalstakeholders.Thisapproachischaracterisedbybrandsbeingthehubaroundwhichtheorganisation'sprocessesrevolve,anapproachinwhichbrandmanagementisperceivedasacorecompetenceandwherebrandbuildingisintimatelyassociatedwithbusinessdevelopmentandfinancialperformance.
Inthisreviseddefinition,GromarkandMelin(2011)attempttofurtheremphasize
(1)thatbrandorientationrequiresadeliberateapproachtobrandbuilding,asopposedtotheadhocapproachtobrandingcommontomanyfirms(Gromark&Melin,2005;Baumgarth,2009)and
(2)theimportanceofmakingthebrandthebasisoftheorganization'sprocesses.
Accordingly,afirmisnotconsideredbrandorientedsimplybyvirtueofthefactthatishasbrandedproducts,perhapswithcreativelogosandslogansattached.Thedecisivedifferenceiswhetherthebrandidentityrepresentsastrategicplatformforthefirmornot(Urde,1999,P-119).
Acompanythatisbrandorientedisdistinguishedbythehighrelevanceaccordedtobrandingbytopmanagementandcharacterizedbyanofferthatisrelativelyconstant,consistent,relevanttothebuyer,andclearlydifferentiatedfromothercompanies(Baumgarth,2010).Indeed,WongandMerrilees(2007)foundthatthebestindicatorsofabrandorientationwerethosethatindicatedaparticularlyhighregardforbranding:
'brandingisessentialinrunningthiscompany,''brandingisessentialtoourstrategy'and'brandingisanimportantassetforus.'
WHEREDOESABRANDORIENTATIONFITWITHINCONTEMPORARYMARKETINGSTRATEGY?
Overtheyears,atleastthreecompetingphilosophieshaveinfluencedmarketingstrategies.Intheyearsleadinguptothemid-1950s,marketingfocusedinternallyonproductionefficiency(e.g.aproductorientation)andaggressiveselling(e.g.,asalesorientation).Somewherearoundthemid1950's,thefocusshiftedexternallytocustomerneeds(e.g.themarketingconcept).Themarketingconcept,identifiedby(McCarthy&Perreault,1984)asthephilosophicalfoundationofamarketorientation,consistsofthreecomponents:
customerfocus,integration,andlongtermprofitability.Themarketingconceptissaidtoserveasacornerstoneofmarketingthought(seeBorch,1957;McKitterick,1957).
The1990ssawrenewedinterestintheconceptofmarketorientation(theimplementationofthemarketingconcept).Basedonathoroughliteraturereview,Harrison-Walker(2001)conceptualizedamarketorientationasadual,four-stageprocessinvolvinginformationacquisition(Kohli&Jaworski,1990),informationsharing(Kohli&Jaworski,1990),sharedinterpretationofinformation(Day,1993;Sinkula,1994),andtheutilizationofinformationindevelopingandimplementingmarketingstrategies(Kohli&Jaworski,1990).Thetypeofinformationwhichisgathered,shared,interpretedandutilizedisinformationaboutcustomersandcompetitors(Narver&Slater,1990).Inotherwords,theinformationgatheredaboutcustomersandcompetitorsisultimatelyutilizedbythemarketorientedorganizationtodevelopandimplementmarketingstrategiesthatwillmeettheneedsofcustomers-anddosomoreeffectivelythancompetitors.
Inanattempttodepictthemarketorientedapproachtomarketingstrategy,customerneedsmaybethoughtofasthecorearoundwhichthemarketingmixisdesigned(seeFigure1).Itisthroughathoroughandorganization-wideunderstandingofcustomerneedsthatacompanycandevelopeffectiveproduct,pricing,promotionanddistributionstrategiesleadingtoimprovedlongtermperformance.Harrison-Walker(2001)empiricallydemonstratedthatcustomerorientationhasasignificantandpositiveimpactonbalancedscorecardmeasuresofbusinessperformance.
InFigure1,brandingisincludedasoneofthemanyproductstrategydecisions,alongwithdecisionssuchasproductdesign,packaging,productwarranties,etc.Innon-brandorientedfirms,thebrandissimplyasoneofmanyresourceswithinthefirmandthereisnodiscussionabouttheimportanceofbasingthefirm'sapproachonthebrandasaspecificresource(c.f.Collins&Montgomery,1995;Peteraf,1993;Prahalad&Hamel,1990).Evenwithinproductstrategy,itismorelikelytheproductanditsfunctionaladvantagesreceivefargreaterattentionthanthebrand(Urde,1999,p.l19).Theproblemisthatfunctionaladvantagescangenerallybeimitated(Urde,1999,p.l19).
Thequestionthenbecomeswhetheramarketorientedfirmcanalsobebrandorientedand,ifso,wherebrandorientationcomesintothepicture.Certainly,anorganizationcannotfocusonabrandwithoutmeetingcustomerneeds.Customerneedsmustremainatthecore.Thisdoesnotmeanthatthecustomerisking;itmeansthatitisimperativeforthecompanytohaveathoroughunderstandingofcustomerneedsinordertodesignaneffectivemarketingstrategy.Soinourrevisedfigure,customerneedsremainatthecore.ForaproperadaptationofourmodelinFigure1,weareprovideddirectionbyWongandMerrilees(2007,p.388)whoexplainthat"Ifeachelementofamarketingmixalignstothebrand,thenconsequentlytheywillbealignedtoeachotherandproduceamoreconsistentandrobustperformance."Inorderforthebrandtofunctionasthebasisoftheorganization'sresponses(Gromark&Melin,2005),weneedtoaddasecondconcentriccirclearoundthecore(seeFigure2).Thesecondconcentriccircleisthebrandstrategy.Thismakesabsolutesensefromamarketingstrategyperspectivewhenoneconsidersthatcriticalbrandingdecisions,suchaspositioning,aredependeduponindesigningthemarketingmix.Thatis,strategicpositioninginvolvesdesigningtheproductandthemarketingmixtofitauniquepositionintheconsumer'smind.Therefore,onceconsumerinformationiscollectedandprocessed,thepositioningstrategyisformulatedandthemarketingmixisdevelopedtocommunicatethebrand'suniqueposition.
Insupportofthisconceptualization,indicatingthatnotonlyareamarketorientationandabrandorientationnotmutuallyexclusive,butthatabrandorientationpositivelyimpactstheeffectivenessofthemarketingstrategy(Wong&Merrilees,2008),Urde(1999,p.18)providesthefollowingquotefromOlleTegstam,SeniorVicePresidentatNestle:
Anorganizationcanneveronlybebrand-oriented.Therehavetobeproductsthataredemandedandthatworktogetherwithyourbrand.Tobebrand-orientedismarketorientation"plus".
FACTORSAFFECTINGABRANDORIENTATION
Nowadaysmostcompaniesunderstandthatbrandorientationiscrucialtodevelopingstrongbrandsandareconvincedthatstrongbrandscanprovidesustainablecompetitiveadvantages(Gromark&Melin,2011).Infact,"brandshavebecomethefocalpointofmanyacompany'smarketingeffortsandareseenasasourceofmarketpower,competitiveleverageandhigherreturns"(Dawar,2004,p.31).Butwhatfactorsaffectacompany'sbrandorientation?
Byreviewingtheexistingmarketingandbusinessliteratureitispossibletoidentifyanumberofpotentialantecedentstoabrandorientation.Inthisstudy,eightfactorsareidentifiedasfactorspotentiallyinfluencingabrandorientation.TheconceptualmodelshowingthepotentialantecedentsofabrandorientationispresentedinFigure3.Potentialantecedentsinclude:
thesizeofthecompany,brandbarriers,servicescomponent,explorationofbrandidentity,brandresearch,yearsofplanningandinvestment,expansiongrowthintention,andbrandmanagementassessment.Inthefollowingsections,weintroduceeachofthepotentialantecedentsandsetfortharesearchpropositionwithregardtoitsexpectedeffectonabrandorientation.
SizeofCompany
Thefirstfactoridentifiedasapotentialantecedentofabrandorientationisthesizeofthecompany.Severalresearchers(Baumgarth,2010,Krake,2005,Wong&Merrilees,2005)reportthatsmallercompaniesarelesslikelytobebrandorientedthanlargercompanies.Forexample,inastudyofbusiness-to-businesscompanies,Baumgarth(2010)dividedsamplecompaniesinto"successful"and"unsuccessful"groupsonthebasisofamarketperformanceindex,andfoundthatwhileallcompaniesinthesamplereportedlowlevelsofbrandorientation,smallercompaniesexhibitedlowerlevelsofbrandorientationthanlargerones.Inthisstudy,thesizeofthecompanywasmeasuredbothintermsofturnoverandnumberofemployees(Baumgarth,2010).
WongandMerrilees(2005)provideanexplanationastowhysmallercompaniestendtobelessbrandorientedthanlargerones;thatis,smallercompanieshavealowerlevelofbrandorientationthan
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