Origination: The Geographies of Brands and Branding (RGS-IBG Book Series) - Softcover

Pike, Andy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1118556402 ISBN 13: 9781118556405

Publisher: *Wiley-Blackwell, 2015

Synopsis

Origination: The Geographies of Brands and Branding offers innovative theoretical and conceptual frameworks relating to the ways that actors create meaning and value in commodity brands and branding through processes of geographical association.

• Provides innovative conceptualization and theorization to facilitate an understanding of the geographical dimensions of brands and branding
• Challenges current interpretations of brands as vehicles of homogenization in globalization
• Establishes the theoretical and conceptual foundations of a more geographically sensitive approach through rigorous empirical examination of the under-researched geographical differentiation of commodity brands and branding
• Presents innovative new research and analysis of the socio-spatial biographies of the Newcastle Brown Ale, Burberry and Apple brands
• Forges strong new connections between political and cultural economy approaches within geography
• Provides a distinctive and incisive conceptual and theoretical framework capable of engaging other branded commodities and their branding in other times and places

About this title

About the Author

Andy Pike is Professor of Local and Regional Development and Director of the Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies (CURDS), Newcastle University, UK. He is co-author of Local and Regional Development (2006) (with Andrés Rodríguez-Pose and John Tomaney), editor of Brands and Branding Geographies (2011), and co-editor of Handbook of Local and Regional Development (2011) (with Andrés Rodríguez-Pose and John Tomaney).

From the Back Cover

From Latin American coffee and Thai silks to Danish furniture and Hollywood films, geographical associations add untold meaning and value to commodities. Yet while social science research has long focused on the ‘country of origin’ and its inextricable links to consumer behaviour, it has failed to develop critical ways of thinking about the geographies of brands and branding that encompass and extend beyond this national frame. Origination: The Geographies of Brands and Branding addresses this gap by introducing the innovative theoretical and conceptual framework of origination to understand how actors involved in commodity brands and branding create meaning and value through processes of geographical association. To illustrate concepts and facilitate understanding, origination is explored through case studies of three widely recognized brands. “Local” origination is explored through an in-depth analysis of Newcastle Brown Ale. “National” origination is addressed by examination of the iconic Burberry brand. And “global” origination is discussed in relation to the Apple brand. Through rigorous research, Origination: The Geographies of Brands and Branding provides innovative insights into the integral role of geographical associations in creating meaning and value in brands and branding in the contemporary international economy.

From the Inside Flap

From Latin American coffee and Thai silks to Danish furniture and Hollywood films, geographical associations add untold meaning and value to commodities. Yet while social science research has long focused on the ‘country of origin’ and its inextricable links to consumer behaviour, it has failed to develop critical ways of thinking about the geographies of brands and branding that encompass and extend beyond this national frame. Origination: The Geographies of Brands and Branding addresses this gap by introducing the innovative theoretical and conceptual framework of origination to understand how actors involved in commodity brands and branding create meaning and value through processes of geographical association. To illustrate concepts and facilitate understanding, origination is explored through case studies of three widely recognized brands. “Local” origination is explored through an in-depth analysis of Newcastle Brown Ale. “National” origination is addressed by examination of the iconic Burberry brand. And “global” origination is discussed in relation to the Apple brand. Through rigorous research, Origination: The Geographies of Brands and Branding provides innovative insights into the integral role of geographical associations in creating meaning and value in brands and branding in the contemporary international economy.

Edition details

• Publisher: *Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1118556402
• ISBN 13: 9781118556405
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 248