Determinants of commercial identities of brandname cities

Yıl 2014, Cilt: 1 Sayı: 1, 37 - 47, 01.03.2014

Funda Kaya Mehmet Marangoz

Öz

As commercial products, cities compete by performing branding strategies in their own market. However branding strategies serve not only to create a tourism destination attracting more visitors by differentiating from its rivals. Further to that, residents and investors are also the stakeholders that cities target within city branding. Therefore developing a city brand identity that introduces the city to new investors and entrepreneurs is important. Accordingly, the aim of the study is to examine how the commercial city brand identity elements make sense specific to Muğla province from the perspective of investors and entrepreneurs. In this context, with face-to-face interview method, Muğla city brand identity model was proposed by defining commercial mission, vision, values, personality, distinguishing preferences and benefits of the city through city brand identity elements. It is regarded that analyzing the meanings of brand identity elements is an effective tool in order to promote the city to targeted investors and entrepreneurs. As well as the findings of the study is limited to Muğla province, commercial stakeholders, who were paid less attention in city branding literature that is increasingly getting more attention both academically and practically, are in focus in the study

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