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Building Customer-Based Brand Equity:
A Blueprint for Creating Strong Brands
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Building Customer-Based Brand Equity:
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Kevin Lane Keller
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This research was sponsored in part by Grey Advertising and Knowledge Networks. Thanks to Grey Advertising’s Barbara Feigin and Bob Berenson, and Knowledge
Networks’ Jean Durall, K. K. Davey, Doss Struse, and others at both organizations for their support and valuable input. Special thanks to Grey Advertising’s Ben Arno who suggested the term brand resonance. Additional thanks to workshop participants at Duke University and Dartmouth College.
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