Brand management at the internationalization strategy of firms: study with Brazilian franchisors / Gestão de marcas na estratégia de internacionalização de empresas: estudo com franqueadoras brasileiras

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2010

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This study combines two relevant and up-to-date subjects: internationalization of firms and brand management. The need for Brazil to become a true global player is almost consensus, and the number of Brazilian companies entering the global marketplace in a structured way has increased. However, there is still a long way to go before the country increases its participation in the international transactions by means of its companies. With the purpose of growing and obtaining better results, companies choose to compete in the international market, adding value to their offers through brand building and management. Nevertheless, Brazilian companies are still at an embryonic stage in the global scenario and this situation is reflected in the academy, although the amount of research has grown in the last decade. The purpose of the thesis was to analyze the brand building and management process in the scope of the strategy of internationalization and insertion of companies in the globalized world. For such a purpose, firstly it was developed a theoretical basis pertaining to the subjects at hand and, afterwards, an empirical, qualitative and exploratory research was carried out. The data were collected from in depth interviews with the representatives of ten Brazilian franchisors that became international, which are associated to the Brazilian Association of Franchising (ABF): Bobs, Cantão, Carmen Steffens, CCAA, Fisk, Mundo Verde, O Boticário, Spoleto, Totvs and Via Uno. The analytical procedure adopted was the content analysis. The following elements were analyzed at the research: i) the process of internationalization of the firms, including the reasons for the internationalization, the modes of entry and the difficulties experienced in this process; ii) the use of brands in the strategy of internationalization of the Brazilian companies and how they are managed overseas; iii) the critical aspects of the effort of development of the Brazilian brands overseas; iv) the use of brand origin in the processes of internationalization of the Brazilian companies; v) the associations made by local consumers as a result of the use of brand origin in the building of Brazilian product or corporate brands overseas. The results of the field research were analyzed in the light of the theoretical reference, and a systematization of the brand building and management process in the internationalization strategy of firms was suggested. In theoretical terms, the thesis contributes by establishing a link between the theories of internationalization of firms and brand management, discussing the subjects in the Brazilian context. The study aims at contributing to an increase in the understanding that brand management is essential to choose and develop the internationalization strategy of firms, providing a systematization of the most productive brand management practices for Brazilian companies to become global players.

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internacionalização de empresas franchising internationalization of firms franquia marcas brands

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