Entrepreneurial branding: measuring consumer preferences through choice-based conjoint analysis

Fabian Eggers, Felix Eggers and Sascha Kraus ()
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Fabian Eggers: Menlo College
Felix Eggers: University of Groningen
Sascha Kraus: University of Liechtenstein

International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, 2016, vol. 12, issue 2, No 6, 427-444

Abstract: Abstract Start-ups face branding challenges. Not only are they confronted with the task of building brands from scratch, their newness also leads to a particularly high amount of customer uncertainty. This paper contributes to the emerging field of entrepreneurial branding by investigating start-up characteristics that signal trustworthy information to potential customers. An extended choice-based conjoint approach for modeling brand equity is used to explore the impact of different signals as initiated by established and new firms in the field of tablet computers. An empirical study reveals brand signals that have significant effects on purchase probabilities and are appropriate to overcome information asymmetries between start-ups and prospective customers.

Keywords: Entrepreneurial branding; Signaling; Conjoint analysis; Start-ups; Tablet computers (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1007/s11365-014-0344-1

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