Managing brand extension via licensing: An investigation into the high-end fashion industry

Mariachiara Colucci, Elisa Montaguti and Umberto Lago

International Journal of Research in Marketing, 2008, vol. 25, issue 2, 129-137

Abstract: Brand managers are increasingly confronted with the option of licensing their brands when pursuing brand extensions. Such decisions are typically based on evaluation of the risks associated with such a contractual form, and with the nature of the asset at stake, i.e., the brand. Drawing on transaction cost economics and the brand extension literature, the authors investigate how managers balance the advantages of rapidly accessing new product categories through licensing with the risk of negative reciprocal effects and licensees' opportunistic behavior. Our results suggests that firms tend to be strategically conservative when examining how to extend their brands, as managers see the risk of negative effects on the parent brand as outweighing the advantages associated with licensing.

Keywords: Brand licensing; Brand extension; Transaction cost economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijresmar.2008.01.002

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