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The role relationship benefits have on brand equity in the business to business, services environment
Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2012.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/30612 The role relationship benefits have on brand equity in the business to business, services environment Kleyn, Nicola ichelp@gibs.co.za Kilpatrick, Brett Alan UCTD Brand equity Business to business (b2b) Relationship benefits Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2012. A review of the literature reveals that companies‟ brands and their management have dominated the marketing of goods and services to consumers but the idea of measuring brand equity has been slow to take hold in business to business (B2B) marketing. On-going relationships between businesses and their industrial customers are receiving renewed interest in marketing and the building of strong customer relationships has been suggested as means of gaining a competitive advantage particularly for service businesses. The importance of benefits recieved through relationships indicates that customer value is not linked to the the product or service received, but is also derived from the benefits recieved from relationships with the organisation. The study seeks to determine the importance relationships have on the brand equity of organisations that operate in a B2B services environment. This is achieved by focusing on the drivers of brand equity in a B2B services environment, consisting of price, product quality, service quality and relationship benefits.The findings offer important insightas to the drivers of brand equity in the B2B services industry. The results indicate that the benefits a buying organisation receives from having a relationship with the organisation providing the service is significant to improving itsbrand equity . The other drivers that significantly influence the brand equity of the orgnsiations providing the service is the quality of the product or service it provides followed by the price.The research involved a two phase approach. Phase one involved face-to-face interviews with five Learning and development professionals from various industries in South Africa, namely Financial Services, Manufacturing, Telecommunications and Retail sectors. The data gathered from the interviews, together with the reviewed literature was used to develop an instrument that was used to measure the importance relationship benefits have on brand equity in the B2B services environment . One hundred and twenty one questionairres were processed. The data was subjected to inferential and multivariate statisical analysis.This research provides both an academic contribution to the relationship marketing field as well as a practical implication for marketing managers within B2B service organisations. The main contribution for academic purposes involves confirmation from hypothesised relationships. This research is of specific value to managers who are responsible for increasing brand equity within their organisations. With a more dedicated focus on improving the benefits the buying organisation receives from the organisation providing the service will allow managers to improve their brand equity. Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) unrestricted 2013-09-07T19:24:06Z 2013-04-30 2013-09-07T19:24:06Z 2013-04-25 2012 2013-02-23 Dissertation Kilpatrick, BA 2012, The role relationship benefits have on brand equity in the business to business, services environment, MBA dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/30612 > F13/4/185/zw http://hdl.handle.net/2263/30612 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-02232013-115901/ © 2012 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 Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Brand equity Business to business (b2b) Relationship benefits The role relationship benefits have on brand equity in the business to business, services environment |
| title | The role relationship benefits have on brand equity in the business to business, services environment |
| title_full | The role relationship benefits have on brand equity in the business to business, services environment |
| title_fullStr | The role relationship benefits have on brand equity in the business to business, services environment |
| title_full_unstemmed | The role relationship benefits have on brand equity in the business to business, services environment |
| title_short | The role relationship benefits have on brand equity in the business to business, services environment |
| title_sort | role relationship benefits have on brand equity in the business to business services environment |
| topic | UCTD Brand equity Business to business (b2b) Relationship benefits |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/30612 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-02232013-115901/ |