{"title":"Revisiting brand origin: expanding the strategic portfolio of brand-level attributes","authors":"A. Mills, J. John","doi":"10.1080/0965254X.2022.2075434","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The concept of brand origin was introduced two decades ago in response to the restrictive nature of ‘country-of-origin’ research in marketing; however, research to this day has remained constrained to geography. This paper leverages brand narrative to reconceptualize brand origin with the goal of enabling a broader array of strategic and positioning options to brand managers and brand origin researchers. The results of an exploratory study suggest that unburdening the scope of origin from geography enables the evolution of brand management to enlarge the scope and domain of the concept of ‘origin’ fivefold. Avenues for both management practice and future research exploration related to the multidimensional nature of brand origin are proposed.","PeriodicalId":47705,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Strategic Marketing","volume":"31 1","pages":"1220 - 1237"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7000,"publicationDate":"2022-05-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Strategic Marketing","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/0965254X.2022.2075434","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"BUSINESS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
ABSTRACT The concept of brand origin was introduced two decades ago in response to the restrictive nature of ‘country-of-origin’ research in marketing; however, research to this day has remained constrained to geography. This paper leverages brand narrative to reconceptualize brand origin with the goal of enabling a broader array of strategic and positioning options to brand managers and brand origin researchers. The results of an exploratory study suggest that unburdening the scope of origin from geography enables the evolution of brand management to enlarge the scope and domain of the concept of ‘origin’ fivefold. Avenues for both management practice and future research exploration related to the multidimensional nature of brand origin are proposed.
期刊介绍:
Journal of Strategic Marketing publishes papers on key aspects of the interface between marketing and strategic management. It is a vehicle for discussing long-range activities where marketing has a role to play in managing the long-term objectives and strategies of companies. The objectives of the Journal are as follows: 1.To bridge the disciplines of marketing and strategic management, and to address the development of knowledge concerning the role that marketing has to play in the management of strategy. 2.To provide a vehicle for the advancement of knowledge in the field of strategic marketing and to stimulate research in this area. 3.To consider the role of marketing as an orientation of management at the strategic level of organizations.