A literature review and future agenda for B2B branding: Challenges of branding in a B2B context

S Leek, G Christodoulides - Industrial marketing management, 2011 - Elsevier
The existing body of research knowledge on brand management has been predominantly
derived from business-to-consumer markets, particularly fast moving consumer goods and …

[HTML][HTML] The buying center concept as a milestone in industrial marketing: Review and research agenda

P Cabanelas, RM Cortez, J Charterina - Industrial Marketing Management, 2023 - Elsevier
The buying center (BC) has captivated the attention of researchers for> 50 years, becoming
a central element of organizational buying behavior. While it seems easy to identify the BC …

What messages to post? Evaluating the popularity of social media communications in business versus consumer markets

K Swani, GR Milne, BP Brown, AG Assaf… - Industrial Marketing …, 2017 - Elsevier
Although social media usage in business markets continues to grow, managers still struggle
with designing popular brand message posts. This research investigates the key factors that …

Should tweets differ for B2B and B2C? An analysis of Fortune 500 companies' Twitter communications

K Swani, BP Brown, GR Milne - Industrial marketing management, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract Business-to-business (B2B) marketers hesitate to embrace social media as a
marketing tool, unlike their business-to-consumer (B2C) counterparts, and they struggle to …

Strengthening B2B brands by signalling environmental sustainability and managing customer relationships

M Vesal, V Siahtiri, A O'Cass - Industrial Marketing Management, 2021 - Elsevier
Resource depletion and environmental pollution concerns are forcing manufacturers to pay
greater attention to environmental sustainability. This is especially so for business-to …

Spreading the word through likes on Facebook: Evaluating the message strategy effectiveness of Fortune 500 companies

K Swani, G Milne, B P. Brown - Journal of Research in Interactive …, 2013 - emerald.com
Purpose–This research aims to investigate the message strategies most likely to promote
online “word-of-mouth”(WOM) activity for business-to-business (B2B)/business-to-consumer …

A framework of brand value in B2B markets: The contributing role of functional and emotional components

S Leek, G Christodoulides - Industrial Marketing Management, 2012 - Elsevier
The creation of value is admittedly a critical task for marketers regardless of industry. This
paper focuses on a type of value that has traditionally been perceived as irrelevant to …

Building industrial brand equity by leveraging firm capabilities and co-creating value with customers

J Zhang, Y Jiang, R Shabbir, M Du - Industrial marketing management, 2015 - Elsevier
Few studies have examined potential impacts of firm's capabilities upon industrial brand
equity, and it remains unclear how value co-creation exerts an effect in the capabilities …

The brand management system and service firm competitiveness

ML Santos-Vijande, AB del Río-Lanza… - Journal of Business …, 2013 - Elsevier
Despite the growing body of literature acknowledging that strong brands are crucial for firms'
long-term competitiveness, little research examines how firms should manage their brands …

[HTML][HTML] B2B brands on Twitter: Engaging users with a varying combination of social media content objectives, strategies, and tactics

M Juntunen, E Ismagilova, EL Oikarinen - Industrial Marketing …, 2020 - Elsevier
The objective of this research is to increase understanding about B2B company-led user
engagement on social media content. Building on hierarchy-of-effects (HoE) theory, we …