• Culinary science and hospitality research
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• v.23 no.2
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• pp.189-202
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• 2017

The purpose of the study is to investigate the effects of information search for Korean food brand on perceived risk and preference. To achieve this goal, using 10 exemplary restaurants appointed as Korean food brands in Seoul, a questionnaire survey was used to collect data through interview. Using the SPSS 21.0. total 296 responses were analyzed to test the relationship among variables. The findings are as follows. First, information search for Korean food brand showed that all external search, internal search and direct experience had a positive effect on preference. Second, there was no difference between information search for Korean food brand, risk perception and preference according to gender, but there was a significant difference between information search for Korean food brand, risk perception, and preference according to their age. Third, indifference moderated the relationship between external and internal information search and Korean food preference. Fourth, maladjustment moderated the relationship between external information and direct experience for Korean food preference.

• Culinary science and hospitality research
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• v.22 no.7
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• pp.222-234
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• 2016

This study measures the impact of restaurant franchise brand equity and brand value on consumer loyalty and customer satisfaction. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between variables based on previous studies. The survey for this present study was conducted from consumers who visited in a franchise restaurant within three months. in Seoul and the metropolitan area. Research revealed that brand equity and value of the franchise restaurant appeared to have a positive impact on customer loyalty, and then consumer loyalty exhibiting a positive impact on consumer satisfaction. In addition, brand equity and value of the franchise restaurant showed a positive impact on customer loyalty.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.13 no.10
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• pp.235-243
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• 2015

Because modern people are not preferred on the relationship between the brand and there is no reliable target in accordance with the traditions and community collapse, the public stable state of mind in a world that changes rapidly as the exit filled through the psychological emptiness, the relationship between consumers and brands, which this time occurs It will be able to maintain. The purpose of this study is to analyze the mediating effect of the convergence apartment brand relationship quality influence on the relationship between brand loyalty. The results of the analysis are as follows. First, the image of the brand showed a positive (+) effects on loyalty. Second, the image on the brand showed a positive(+) effect on the relationship quality. The third relationship quality brand image and brand loyalty will be mediated. Results in apartment construction companies as a result of the mediating effects influence the quality of the relationship between consumers and the brand image and loyalty and feel to consumers and to enforce effective marketing strategy may also be pursued strategies accordingly.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.11 no.9
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• pp.275-292
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• 2011

In this research, we executed a questionnaire survey targeting men and women in 20' or more who reside in the metropolitan area and have experienced purchasing the vehicles in order to study how Promotion Mix Activity affects Brand equity, and ultimately what kind of relation it has with Purchase intention. In the statistical process of collected data, we analyzed the data by using SPSS 12.0 for Windows statistical package and AMOS 7.0 program. As the result of analysis, first, when we analyzed the relation of the Promotion Mix Activity and Brand Equity of the companies, the more affirmative the assessment on the advertising activities of the companies was, the higher the brand popularity, royalty and image increased, And it appeared that as the assessment on PR activities of the companies got more affirmative, the brand popularity, image and royalty increased. Second, as the result of the analysis of the relation between salespersons' Promotion Activities and Brand assets, it appeared that salespersons' social capacity improved Brand awareness and royalty and their strategic capacity improved Brand awareness, royalty and image. Third, seeing the result of the analysis on the relation between Brand equity and Purchase intention, it was shown that Brand popularity had a meaningful positive(+) effect upon satisfaction and repurchase(oral) intention, and Brand royalty had a meaningful positive(+) effect upon satisfaction and repurchase(oral) intention. In addition, it appeared that Brand image had a meaningful positive(+) effect upon satisfaction and repurchase(oral) intention, and finally it could be known that Brand assets had a close correlation with Purchase intention.

• Journal of Service Research and Studies
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• v.7 no.3
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• pp.1-19
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• 2017

The purpose of this study is to analyze the influencing relationship among image of the festival, city brand equity, and regional loyalty. For the study, questionnaires were handed out to the visitors of 2015 Andong International Maskdance Festival and a total of 289 copies were collected carrying out frequency analysis, factor analysis, multiple regression analysis, descriptive statistic analysis, correlation analysis, and structure equation model analysis. The result showed that image of the festival had influence on city brand equity and city brand equity had influence on regional loyalty. However, image of the festival did not have direct influence on regional loyalty. This research is expected to further extend the study of image of the festival and city brand equity, and the study of Andong International Maskdance Festival

• Management & Information Systems Review
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• v.30 no.3
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• pp.27-56
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• 2011

At this point in time when the percentage of foreign consumers as well as domestic consumers are being increased in domestic open market users due to the recent interest and promotion on the open market, the purposes of this study are as follows. First, the relationship between open market brand personality, satisfaction and brand loyalty will be clarified targeting all Korean consumers and Chinese consumers using domestic open market. Second, whether there is difference in the effect of domestic open market brand personality on customer satisfaction and brand loyalty between Korean consumers and Chinese consumers will be compared. The results are as follows. First, as a result of testing the study hypothesis targeting the open market users, in other words targeting all Korean consumers and Chinese consumers, only the ability among brand personality dimensions did not have positive effect on the satisfaction toward open market. Other than that, it could be confirmed that the reliability, sincerity and familiarity, etc are important influence factors in forming satisfaction toward open market. Next, as a result of testing whether there is difference in the effect of domestic open market brand personality on customer satisfaction and brand loyalty between Korean consumers and Chinese consumers, it was shown as having difference. In other words, the Korean consumers were shown as not having positive significant effect in the relationship between the ability among brand personality and satisfaction toward open market while all other brand personality dimensions were shown as having positive effect on the satisfaction toward open market. It could be found that if the satisfaction toward open market is high, the brand loyalty toward open market also gets high.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.5 no.4
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• pp.28-35
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• 2005

This paper examines empirically the effect of mileage program in e-Business on brand loyalty, and the mediating role of customers' trust and relational commitment. The results show that customer's benefits and convenience of the program significantly influences positively customer's trust. In addition, customer's trust also influences positively relational commitment, and relational commitment significantly influences positively brand loyalty. Thus, trust and relational commitment should be considered in the mileage program to improve the brand loyalty of internet shopping mall. Implications and limitations of this study are suggested.

• (The) Korean Journal of Advertising
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• v.27 no.4
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• pp.71-90
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• 2016

Managers of firms often wonder whether advertising expenditure is a mere expense or an investment with foreseeable future returns. When top management makes a decision on the level of advertising expense, it must consider whether an increase in advertising spending will positively affect brand loyalty and the increased brand loyalty will positively affect profitability and firm value. We investigate the industry-specific effects of advertising spending on marketing and the effect of loyalty on financial performances using top companies in Korea, specifically, 184 firms' data from year 1998 to 2014. The empirical results of a fixed effect model indicate that the effects of advertising on customer satisfaction index and loyalty on the firms' financial performance are positive. In service industry, unlike manufacturing industry, advertising has a significantly positive effect Brand Loyalty. In addition, Brand Loyalty had positive impacts on ROA and ROE as profitability index, and Tobin's q, a market-value index. The research results suggest that advertising in service industry should be considered as customer satisfaction investment and the increased Brand Loyalty as a profit for present and a business investment for the future respectively.

• Culinary science and hospitality research
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• v.22 no.5
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• pp.277-294
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• 2016

This study was to empirically determine the relationship between hotel food & beverage service quality, and customer satisfaction and brand loyalty. A total of 260 survey responses were collected from food & beverage' customers of seven five star hotels in Seoul. The results of hypothesis testing can be summarized as follows. The results showed that facility and reliability factors, and employee service and excellence factors had significant effects on customer satisfaction, and then reliability factors and excellence factor had significant effects on brand loyalty. Customer satisfaction also had a significant effect on brand loyalty. It can be concluded that the service quality components of hotel food & beverages are perceived responsiveness, service capabilities, food and beverages products, and physical environments. A strategy should be developed to create internal communication programs based on the empirical analysis results of this study.

• Asia Marketing Journal
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• v.5 no.3
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• pp.80-105
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• 2003

본 연구는 기존 브랜드자산의 구성개념과 구성개념들 간의 관계 연구들을 비판적으로 검토하여 첫째, 브랜드자산의 구성개념을 재정립하여 브랜드자산을 구성하는 세부적 구성요소를 제시하고 둘째, 브랜드자산 형성과정에서 세부적 구성 요소들 간의 인과적 관계를 제시하고 셋째, 세부적 구성요소를 측정하기 위한 척도를 제시하며 넷째, 전략적 브랜드자산 구축 즉, 브랜드자산이 기업의 핵심전략으로 한 단계 더 성숙하기 위해서는 기업측면에서 어떠한 요인이 중요한가를 확인하고 이에 대한 이론적·실무적 시사점을 제시하고자 하였다. 본 연구에서는 브랜드자산이 기업성과에 긍정적인 영향을 미친다는 기존 연구들과 같은 견해를 가지나, 기업성과로 연결되기 위한 브랜드자산의 구성개념과 형성과정에 있어서 기존 연구의 의문점을 제기하고, 그에 따라 연구가설과 연구모형을 설정하였다. 연구모형과 연구가설을 검증하기 위하여 스포츠브랜드와 컴퓨터브랜드의 2가지 카테고리를 대상으로 설문을 배포하여 311부를 회수하였으나 불성실하게 응답한 3부를 제외하고 308부를 실증분석에 이용하였다. 연구결과 브랜드의 지각된 품질, 리더십, 인지와 연상과 브랜드자산의 관계에서 존중, 차별성, 만족, 전환장벽, 애호도가 중요한 매개적 역할을 하고 있음을 알 수 있었다.