Analysis of Brand Skills Pattern on Brand Performance in Corporate Steel Exchange

Document Type : Original Article

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1 university of Isfahan

2 Associate Professor, Management Department, Faculty of Administrative Sciences and Economics, university of Isfahan

3 faculty member, university of Isfahan

Abstract

Objective: This study seeks to design and test the brand skill model in companies active in the field of Iranian steel metals exchange.
Methodology: This research has been done qualitatively-quantitatively. The qualitative part of the data was collected from semi-structured interviews with 18 experts. Due to the unlimited statistical population, 384 customers of companies operating in the metal exchange were selected and a researcher-made questionnaire was extracted from the qualitative stage of the research. Thematic analysis was used to analyze the qualitative data and structural equations were used for the quantitative part.
Findings: In the qualitative part of the research, the factors that create brand skills in three categories of factors: functional characteristics of the brand, market orientation and marketing capability; Underlying factors include government sovereignty and the role and problems of exports; Finally, the consequences or performance of brand skills were classified into four categories: brand equity, brand market performance, brand financial performance, and brand export performance.
Result: The results of the model test showed that the functional characteristics of the brand, market orientation, marketing capability, government governance, brand skills and brand skills affect brand equity, market performance, financial performance, export performance. Export problems and shortcomings also have a negative impact on brand skills.

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  • Receive Date: 05 February 2020
  • Revise Date: 08 January 2021
  • Accept Date: 31 December 2020

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