• 유통과학연구
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.25-36
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• 2023

Purpose: Brand community in higher education institutions comes up as an important topic to be discussed because the relationships among consumers can support the institutional brand and ultimately give meaning and vitality to the market-oriented strategy. This study aims to investigate how the literature on brand community in higher education have been distributed in research trends, theoretical frameworks, and methods. Research design, data and methodology: A total of 24 articles were organized from four reputable international databases. Content analysis were performed followed by synthesis toward potential directions and suggestions. Results: The researches in this area have increasingly focused on online interaction. Social identity theory and relationship theory were the two most prevalent theories used. Since the internet provides any social relationship with a specific relationship to form the brand community, its contextualization in higher education resulted in new concept implementation. Conclusions: The relationship within online participati on has impacted the market-oriented strategy of higher education in searching for ways toward a long-term and enduring bond among students, alumni, institutions and brands. As there is a plenteous prospect of data availability combined with big data analysis technology, the online participation will pique the interest of scholars to conduct further research on it.

• 인터넷정보학회지
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.8-28
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• 2013

In a backlash against corporate branding and capitalism, a growing number of consumers are resisting current marketplace practices and big corporate brands. One particular form of this phenomenon is the emergence of anti-brand communities in social media. The current study, which surveyed a sample of 251 anti-brand community members on Facebook, provides a preliminary understanding of the characteristics and antecedents of anti-brand communities as a new platform for consumer empowerment and anti-brand activism. Findings suggest that consumers' engagement in online anti-brand communities, especially through social media, may be triggered by their negative experiences with employees, product quality, post-purchase service, and value/price. They are motivated, the results show, by seven primary factors: altruism, revenge, advice seeking, convenience, sympathy seeking, socialization, and the need to vent.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제17권8호
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• pp.2222-2240
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• 2023

Brand fandom refers to a collection of consumers with strong emotions toward a brand. Studying the dynamics of brand fandom can help brands understand which services or strategies influence their consumers to become a part of brand fandom. However, existing literature on fandom in the last three decades has mainly used qualitative methods, and there is still a lack of research on fandom using quantitative methods. Specifically, previous studies lack a framework for locating fandoms from online textual data and analyzing their dynamics. This study proposes a framework for exploring brand fandom dynamics based on online textual data. This framework consists of four phases based on the design thinking model: Preparing Data, Defining Fandom Categories, Generating Fandom Dynamics, and Analyzing Fandom Dynamics. This framework uses techniques such as social network analysis and process mining, combined with brand personality theory. We demonstrate the applicability of this framework using case studies of two Korean home appliance brands. The dataset contains 14,593 posts by consumers in 374 online communities. The results show that the proposed framework can analyze brand fandom dynamics using textual customer data. Our study contributes to the interdisciplinary research at the intersection of data-driven service design and consumer culture quantification.

• 마케팅과학연구
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.51-89
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• 2007

본 연구는 의류 브랜드 온라인 커뮤니티의 이용욕구충족과 커뮤니티 몰입간의 관계 및 이들 관계에 대한 브랜드 이미지의 조절효과를 검증하는 것이다. 9개 캐주얼 의류 브랜드 커뮤니티 회원 317명을 대상으로 온라인 서베이를 실시하여 자료를 수집하였다. 다중회귀분석 결과, 의류 브랜드 커뮤니티에서의 이용욕구 충족은 커뮤니티에 대한 몰입과 유의한 관계가 있었다. 그리고 조절회귀분석 결과, 의류 브랜드 커뮤니티에서의 관계욕구 충족이 커뮤니티 몰입(감정적 몰입, 지속적 몰입, 규범적 몰입)에 영향을 미칠때 의류 브랜드 이미지 수준에 따른 조절효과가 작용함이 발견되었다. 또한 의류 브랜드 이미지의 조절효과는 의류 브랜드 커뮤니티에서의 거래욕구 충족과 커뮤니티에 대한 감정적 몰입의 관계에서도 나타났다. 특히 의류 브랜드 커뮤니티인 경우, 커뮤니티에서의 관계욕구 충족수준에 따른 커뮤니티 몰입의 정도는 브랜드 이미지가 낮을 때 보다 높을 때 더 크게 나타났다. 이것은 의류 브랜드 커뮤니티에서의 이용욕구 충족을 통해 회원들의 커뮤니티 몰입을 증대시키는 전략은 의류 브랜드 이미지 수준이 다른 의류 브랜드 유형에 따라 그 효과에 차이가 있음을 의미한다. 따라서 의류기업의 마케터들은 자사 브랜드의 이미지 수준을 평가하고, 이에 맞춰 커뮤니티 몰입을 증대시키는 전략을 모색할 필요가 있다. 브랜드 커뮤니티에 대한 몰입은 브랜드에 대한 구전이나 재구매 행동과 연결되므로, 명품 의류 브랜드들인 경우 온라인 브랜드 커뮤니티를 구축하고 회원들의 커뮤니티에 대한 몰입을 증대시킴으로써 브랜드 자산을 극대화시킬 수 있을 것이다.

• 인터넷정보학회논문지
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.91-100
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• 2013

최근 많은 기업들이 도입하는 온라인 브랜드 커뮤니티는 기업 혁신에 도움이 될 고객의 의견을 수집하는 데 유용하게 활용되고 있다. 본 논문은 온라인 브랜드 커뮤니티에 게시되는 다양한 의견들 중 부정적 감정을 담고 있는 고객의견이 기업 혁신에 기여하는데 미치는 영향력을 분석하였다. 이를 위해 먼저 부정적 감정을 Fear, Anger, Shame, Sadness, Frustration의 총 다섯 가지 세분화된 감정으로 분류하고 WordNet과 SentiWordNet을 기반으로 부정적 감정에 대한 감정 어휘군을 구축하였다. 실험을 위해 본 연구에서는 스타벅스의 브랜드 커뮤니티인 MyStarbucksIdea.com에서 81,534건의 고객의견을 수집하였으며 부정적 감정 어휘군을 활용하여 각 고객의견 내 부정적 감정 정보를 추출하였다. 부정적 감정의 유무, 빈도, 강도의 세 가지 측면에 따른 기업 혁신에 대한 영향력을 분석한 결과, 부정적 감정이 담긴 고객의견이 기업 혁신에 유의미한 영향력을 미치는 것으로 나타났으며 부정적 감정 중, Frustration과 Sadness의 감정이 기업 혁신에 긍정적인 영향을 가지고 있음을 확인할 수 있었다.

• 한국실내디자인학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국실내디자인학회 2006년도 춘계학술발표대회 논문집
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• pp.179-182
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• 2006

Since the middle of 1990's, domestic apartment building suppliers have set up brand images to overcome the difficulties in financial situation after IMF foreign exchange crisis. The main trends in recent apartment buildings could be classified generally into several types, such as 'Ubiquitous Intelligent(standing for High-tech)', 'Walkable Community(community-friendly)', 'Eco-friendly', 'Ergonomic Humanity(Human Engineering)', 'e-easy Home through Internet(Digital Home)'. With those brand images, construction enterprises have been making inroads into local apartment markets, especially one of the region around Dae-gu. It is meaningful and worth researching and analyzing the local residents' preferences and tendencies to form marketing strategies of brand images. Here, this research and analysis is of pre-examination before getting down the study of this subject.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제10권12호
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• pp.366-377
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• 2010

인터넷과 모바일 등 정보화 사회가 급속한 변화를 가져오자 소비자 상호간의 관계를 어떻게 하느냐가 기업에 영향을 미치는 요인이 되었다. 기업들은 자사 브랜드를 중심으로 인터넷에 커뮤니티를 개설하고 있으며 소비자가 능동적으로 브랜드 커뮤니티를 형성하고 발전시키는 형태를 확산하고 있다. 따라서 소비자의 능동적 개입에 따른 커뮤니티 활동의 영향이 어느 정도이며 이에 대한 관리와 활용을 어떻게 효율적으로 할 것인가에 대한 방안을 분석을 통해 제시하고자 한다. 본 연구는 온라인 브랜드커뮤니티의 특성과 온라인 브랜드커뮤니티가 소비자태도에 어떤 영향을 미치는지 알아보고자 한다. 온라인 브랜드커뮤니티가 브랜드 선택시 커뮤니티 태도가 브랜드 결정과 구전커뮤니케이션에 어떤 영향을 미치는가를 연구하고자 한다. 연구는 온라인 대학생이 온라인 대학 선택시 커뮤니티 태도가 온라인 대학 브랜드결정과 구전커뮤니케이션에 어떤 영향이 있는지를 알아보고자 한 것으로 온라인 대학생들을 대상으로 설문조사를 실시하였다. 연구에 의하면 브랜드커뮤니티의 특성(정보의 신뢰성, 상호작용성, 편리성, 친밀성)에 긍정적 반응을 보였으며 소비자태도에서도 구매의도와 구전커뮤니케이션에서 긍정적 행동을 기대할 수 있다. 또한 브랜드커뮤니티의 특성이 구매의도, 구전커뮤니케이션에 영향을 미치는 것을 알 수 있다. 이런 연구를 바탕으로 소비자들이 브랜드커뮤니티 활동을 활발히 할 수 있도록 마케팅전략을 제시할 수 있다.

• 복식문화연구
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• 제19권5호
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• pp.1088-1101
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• 2011

The purpose of this study was to examine the outdoor sportswear purchase behavior, outdoorwear sportswear brand preference, functional fabric awareness, and benefits sought. The research was performed through in-depth interview during February to March 2011. Data were collected from 10 consumers who had purchased outdoor sportswear and experienced camping in 6 months. First, the results from study showed that functionality/comfortability, design, color, and brand name were important factors in selecting outdoor sportswear. Offline stores were the main place to purchase, however, internet shopping mall and portal online community were another shopping channel as well. Second, respondents preferred imported outdoor sportswear brand to national brand. According to the study, the respondents trusted the imported outdoor sportswear quality based on the brand name, value, and brand history more than national brand. Third, consumers who had low functional fabric awareness were more likely to evaluate apparel products based on the brand name. Knowledge levels for textile functions were high in elastic, UV protection, air permeable, and antibacterial properties. The essential features for camping were water absorbing and quick dry, water resistance, wind proof, UV protection, and fire retardant properties. Finally the results showed that there were two sportswear benefit soughts: functionality and status ostentation.

• 산업융합연구
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.33-66
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• 2011

As an information-oriented society is arrived. an internet market has been developed steadily. This advance of internet market made the augmentation of purchasing clothes, and thus the fashion trade has tried to use effectively the internet marketing as a new channel of profit increasement. However, the fashion trade did not utilize efficiently an internet as a marketing mediation so far. This results from the want of coping with consumer behavior on the internet community. To answer the necessity of analysis of consumer behavior, this thesis inquires the difference of buying clothes on the internet shopping mall according to the lifestyle of consumer. Then this thesis provides the strategy of internet marketing fitted to each lifestyle for making a good profit. The inquiry was conducted to university located on Seoul, and the lifestyle of undergraduate was categorized to five groups, that is, trendy, information-inclined, economical purchase, brand-inclined, and spirit-pursuit types. This thesis analyzed the difference of consumer behavior of each type according to various factor, and presented a marketing strategy fitted to each type from these analysis results.

• 유통과학연구
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• 제10권8호
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• pp.25-34
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• 2012

Understanding customer' lifestyles important for banks because it will guide in determining marketing policies, such as services, pricing, service delivery and promotion decisions. From the customer' lifestyle, banks will know what kind of customers' attitudes, interests and opinions, so they also will understand what the costumer' needs and what services needed by them. For Islamic banks, customers understanding are important because, nowadays, the competition of the banks is not only with other Islamic banks but also with the well-established conventional banks offering Islamic products or services The aims of this research paper are to describe what factors underline the customer's lifestyle of both Islamic and conventional bank, to segment the bank customers based on their lifestyles and investigate the profile of each segments, to compare the characteristics of the segments, and to identify marketing policies based on the characteristics. The population of the study is banking customers in Indonesia, in which the researchers have used judgment sampling as sample selection. There were 186 customers of Islamic banks and 244 customers of conventional bank as respondents in this study. Statistical methods employed were exploratory factor analysis and cluster analysis. The finding of the study shows that there are twelve factor underlining the customers' lifestyle, namely: factor of fashion conscious, internet usage, sports spectator, financial and technology optimism, price sensitivity, independent, compulsive housekeeper, new brand tryer community activities, opinion leader, credit usage, and homebody. In addition, for Islamic banking, there are two market segments, namely fashionable-independent and innovative-social segment. Based on the lifestyle characteristics, the first segment has higher level in factor of fashion conscious, homebody, independent, optimism and price conscious, which is therefore called fashionable-independent segment. On the other hand, the second cluster has higher level in factor of new brand tryer, community minded, sport spectator, credit user, internet usage, opinion leader, and compulsive housekeeper, which is therefore called the innovative-social segment. Furthermore, for conventional banking, there are also two segments, namely persuasive-optimistic and sensitive-independent segment. The first segment has higher level on some factors, namely: opinion leader, optimism, internet usage rate, credit usage level, sport spectator, and new brand tryer. On the other hand, the second cluster is characterized by higher level in factor of price conscious, confidence, community minded, homebody, fashion conscious, and compulsive housekeeper. Managerial implications for the management of Islamic banks could be identified in this study as follows. Firstly, the twelve lifestyle factors of this study could be an alternative view in observe Islamic banking customers. The domination of both the fashionable conscious and the internet usage factor show that the aspects are quite instrumental in perceiving the customer' lifestyles, in which reflects the importance of these two aspects to customers. Secondly, in serving their customers, Islamic banks need to understand the customer lifestyle, in which the lifestyle segments found in this study provide a guide of how their needs were reflected. Finally, by understanding the segments and the characteristics each segment of the conventional banks, Islamic banks could adjust their marketing strategies differently from the conventional banks.