Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0985178

Funding Activity

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Funded Activity Summary

Can commerce be authentic? Developing and testing consumer-based measures of brand authenticity. Academics and practitioners identify the management of brand authenticity as a critical success factor in building brand equity. Significant opportunities exist for Australian firms to benefit from application of a brand authenticity scale in the development of brand communication strategies. In particular, small firms where reputation can be built on an authentic connection to family or regional history; tourism organisations where consumption is driven by authenticity; or exporters of local brands where perceptions of what is authentically Australian are critical. It is also significant for sports organisations where the opportunity to self-authenticate is a major motivation for consumers whether spectator or participant.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 2009

End Date: 12-2009

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $35,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Marketing And Market Research | Marketing

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Marketing | Consumption |