Brand Building Strategies of SMEs in Yemen:A Grounded Research that Investigates if Yemeni SMEs Follow Western Theory in Brand Building Practices

Today’s discourse of globalization is highly influenced by western powers; it is no news that this is evident in all walks of life starting with the global political economy and international trade, to the media and the collective body of knowledge, resulting in a less accurate representation of the...

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Main Author: Al-Saqqaf, Raidan Abdulaziz
Format: Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2005
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/24505/
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description Today’s discourse of globalization is highly influenced by western powers; it is no news that this is evident in all walks of life starting with the global political economy and international trade, to the media and the collective body of knowledge, resulting in a less accurate representation of the global scenario, resulting in creating a new world economy based on western conceptualization & theory. Nevertheless, the experience of multinational corporations such as Procter & gamble, McDonalds and Microsoft in their globalization processes’ have indicated time and again that one of the most important obstacles they faced during their globalization process was the issue of culture, as the discourse of globalization is motivated by harvesting international business opportunities, rather than by cultural bridging.
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spelling nottingham-245052018-03-08T03:55:57Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/24505/ Brand Building Strategies of SMEs in Yemen:A Grounded Research that Investigates if Yemeni SMEs Follow Western Theory in Brand Building Practices Al-Saqqaf, Raidan Abdulaziz Today’s discourse of globalization is highly influenced by western powers; it is no news that this is evident in all walks of life starting with the global political economy and international trade, to the media and the collective body of knowledge, resulting in a less accurate representation of the global scenario, resulting in creating a new world economy based on western conceptualization & theory. Nevertheless, the experience of multinational corporations such as Procter & gamble, McDonalds and Microsoft in their globalization processes’ have indicated time and again that one of the most important obstacles they faced during their globalization process was the issue of culture, as the discourse of globalization is motivated by harvesting international business opportunities, rather than by cultural bridging. 2005 Dissertation (University of Nottingham only) NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/24505/1/raidanabdulaziz.pdf Al-Saqqaf, Raidan Abdulaziz (2005) Brand Building Strategies of SMEs in Yemen:A Grounded Research that Investigates if Yemeni SMEs Follow Western Theory in Brand Building Practices. [Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)] (Unpublished)
spellingShingle Al-Saqqaf, Raidan Abdulaziz
Brand Building Strategies of SMEs in Yemen:A Grounded Research that Investigates if Yemeni SMEs Follow Western Theory in Brand Building Practices
title Brand Building Strategies of SMEs in Yemen:A Grounded Research that Investigates if Yemeni SMEs Follow Western Theory in Brand Building Practices
title_full Brand Building Strategies of SMEs in Yemen:A Grounded Research that Investigates if Yemeni SMEs Follow Western Theory in Brand Building Practices
title_fullStr Brand Building Strategies of SMEs in Yemen:A Grounded Research that Investigates if Yemeni SMEs Follow Western Theory in Brand Building Practices
title_full_unstemmed Brand Building Strategies of SMEs in Yemen:A Grounded Research that Investigates if Yemeni SMEs Follow Western Theory in Brand Building Practices
title_short Brand Building Strategies of SMEs in Yemen:A Grounded Research that Investigates if Yemeni SMEs Follow Western Theory in Brand Building Practices
title_sort brand building strategies of smes in yemen:a grounded research that investigates if yemeni smes follow western theory in brand building practices
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/24505/