<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The aim of this paper is to identify the impact of a co-branding strategy on the innovations development on international market. The research has been conducted in 2013–2015, and has been targeting 50 large international companies which operated in minimum 3 countries of Europe and have implemented a co-branding strategy for 3 years. The analysis of findings has shown that the possibility of use of the new technologies and the use of knowledge and experience of partner’s through technical knowledge exchange are rated at the low level in case of implementation of co-branding strategy. These findings suggest that co-branding is not a source of innovation on international market due to the fact of the limited trust in the foreign partner and the protection of own’s know-how by the companies. These outcomes confirm also that today the managerial actions should focus mainly on the symbolic dimension of brands.</p></abstract>

The aim of this paper is to identify the impact of a co-branding strategy on the innovations development on international market. The research has been conducted in 2013–2015, and has been targeting 50 large international companies which operated in minimum 3 countries of Europe and have implemented a co-branding strategy for 3 years. The analysis of findings has shown that the possibility of use of the new technologies and the use of knowledge and experience of partner’s through technical knowledge exchange are rated at the low level in case of implementation of co-branding strategy. These findings suggest that co-branding is not a source of innovation on international market due to the fact of the limited trust in the foreign partner and the protection of own’s know-how by the companies. These outcomes confirm also that today the managerial actions should focus mainly on the symbolic dimension of brands.

Co-branding Strategy as a Source of Innovation on International Market

ESIEE-Paris and Institut de Recherche en Gestion

Journal of Intercultural Management

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The aim of this paper is to identify the impact of a co-branding strategy on the innovations development on international market. The research has been...

Co-branding Strategy as a Source of Innovation on International Market

Data publikacji: 14 lut 2018

Zakres stron: 63 - 77

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/joim-2017-0014

Słowa kluczowe
co-branding, marketing, innovation, competitive advantage, partner, brand management

© 2017 Magdalena Grębosz-Krawczyk et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Co-branding Strategy as a Source of Innovation on International Market

Data publikacji: 14 lut 2018

Zakres stron: 63 - 77

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/joim-2017-0014

Słowa kluczoweco-branding, marketing, innovation, competitive advantage, partner, brand management

© 2017 Magdalena Grębosz-Krawczyk et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Słowa kluczowe
co-branding, marketing, innovation, competitive advantage, partner, brand management