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Building corporate reputation : a director’s perspective
Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2010.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/25673 Building corporate reputation : a director’s perspective Kleyn, Nicola ichelp@gibs.co.za Reddiar, Chantel Amanda UCTD Competitive advantage Directors Corporate reputation Intangible asset Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2010. Corporate reputation has evolved into a strategic and intangible corporate asset and accordingly directors, as custodians of corporate reputation, are tasked with building and managing corporate reputation as a source of competitive advantage. The purpose of this research is to ascertain the extent of the operationalisation of corporate reputation and the perspectives of directors as to the manner in which they perceive, value, build and manage corporate reputation. A critical review of the corporate reputation literature evidenced much ambiguity as to the definition of corporate reputation, whilst the value and competitive advantage of corporate reputation, has been empirically established. The literature within this realm fails to adequately address the operalisation of this construct and accordingly, this study attempts to address the apparent void in the academic literature by offering empirical evidence as to the manner in which directors build and manage a company’s reputation by proposing a framework to guide directors in their endeavours. In order to gauge director’s perspectives, 12 semi-structured, in-depth interviews were conducted with the directors of a multi-national company based in South Africa. The company operates in a highly regulated and competitive industry and the research findings demonstrate that corporate reputation is indeed acknowledged as a key, intangible asset. Whilst the directors did not possess clear insight into building and managing corporate reputation, several key themes emerged and the findings are consolidated into a proposed framework and a portfolio of the dimensions of corporate reputation are established. This study lays the foundation for further studies within the realm of operationalising corporate reputation, particularly as a source of competitive advantage. Copyright Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) unrestricted 2013-09-06T23:16:12Z 2011-07-05 2013-09-06T23:16:12Z 2010-11-10 2010 2011-06-19 Dissertation Reddiar, CA 2010, Building corporate reputation : a director’s perspective, MBA dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/25673 > F11/491/hj http://hdl.handle.net/2263/25673 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-06192011-135913/ © 2010, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretori application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Competitive advantage Directors Corporate reputation Intangible asset Building corporate reputation : a director’s perspective |
| title | Building corporate reputation : a director’s perspective |
| title_full | Building corporate reputation : a director’s perspective |
| title_fullStr | Building corporate reputation : a director’s perspective |
| title_full_unstemmed | Building corporate reputation : a director’s perspective |
| title_short | Building corporate reputation : a director’s perspective |
| title_sort | building corporate reputation a director s perspective |
| topic | UCTD Competitive advantage Directors Corporate reputation Intangible asset |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/25673 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-06192011-135913/ |