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The unbearable lightness of university branding : Cross-national patterns
Delmestri, Giuseppe
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Oberg, Achim
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Drori, Gili S.
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DOI:
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https://doi.org/10.1080/00208825.2015.1006012
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URL:
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https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/002088...
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Weitere URL:
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https://www.researchgate.net/publication/275097088...
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Dokumenttyp:
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Zeitschriftenartikel
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Erscheinungsjahr:
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2015
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Titel einer Zeitschrift oder einer Reihe:
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International Studies of Management and Organization : ISMO
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Band/Volume:
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45
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Heft/Issue:
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2
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Seitenbereich:
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121-136
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Ort der Veröffentlichung:
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Abingdon
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Verlag:
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Routledge, Taylor & Francis
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ISSN:
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0020-8825 , 1558-0911
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Sprache der Veröffentlichung:
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Englisch
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Einrichtung:
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Fakultät für Betriebswirtschaftslehre > Mittelstandsforschung u. Entrepreneurship (Woywode 2007-)
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Fachgebiet:
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330 Wirtschaft
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Abstract:
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This study investigates how universities brand themselves and in what ways visual self-representation varies cross-nationally. We trace differences in the icons (emblems and logos) used in the Internet self-representation of 821 universities and higher education institutions in 20 countries in 5 continents. Emerging from content analyses of the icons were three main visual types (guilded, national, and organizational), arranged in five subtypes (classic, science/technology, local, abstract, and just-text). Generally, the visual expression of abstract or text-based organizational type is the least visually loaded, such lightness matching modern principles of corporate branding; the other types are rich in references to the national or guilded professional field of universities. We find that while the abstract organizational type of visual expression has become dominant in Western countries, including France, Germany, and the United States, heterogeneity prevails in other nations such as Australia, Italy, or South Africa. We develop possible explanations of the observed distribution of types across countries and discuss the implication of our findings for world society institutionalism and the institutional logics approach.
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