The Corporate Brand [Hardcover]

What determines the strength of a corporate brand? And how can it be enhanced? A corporate brand conveys a company's reputation to its audience. It is about far more than names and logos. A successful corporate brand links the corporate name to the company's distinctive qualities such as service or value. This book's fundamental premise is that organisations should use all forms of communication - be they performance of products and services, the action of employees or advertising - to build interactive relationships with their audience. It shows how successful corporate brands build and maintain both 'corporate identity' and reputation.The Corporate Brand - The Changing Environment - The Corporate Brand and Corporate Strategy - Analysing the Corporate Brand - Corporate Structures - Communications and the Corporation - Employees: the Hidden Asset - The Role for Visual Identity - Influencing Professional Audiences - The Global Image - Managing the Corporate Brand - ConclusionNICHOLAS IND is Director of the corporate branding consultancy, Ind Associates. His previous books include Terence Conran: The Authorised Biography, also published by Macmillan, and The Corporate Image and Great Advertising Campaigns. He was founder of the International Corporate Identity Group.