Brands are among the most valuable intangible assets of the firm. The billions of dollars assigned to Apple, Google, and Hermès on Interbrand’s annual ranking lists attest to their value. But notwithstanding these impressive numbers, do firms fully capitalize on …
Executive Summary In June 2021, the Marketing Accountability Standards Board (MASB), issued the landmark publication, The Financial Value of Brands Imperative: Why Brands Must be Valued in Financial Terms. A fundamental premise of the publication is that the measurement and …
Part 1 provides an overview of the current state of sponsorship use and management. Part 2 explores the long-term nature of sponsorship relationships and the resulting importance of fit between properties and brands. Part 3 establishes the importance of developing …
The value of a brand, creating it, maintaining it or, even better, growing it, is of significant importance to any enterprise that currently has brands. Brands influence customer choice, and the power of a brand’s attraction influences sales today and …
The MASB Finance in Marketing Course Project is producing a series of videos on financial issues that influence marketing strategy. In this segment, Dartmouth College Marketing professor Kevin Lane Keller explains the difference between a brand and a Brand. The …
