Strategic Brand Management in Higher Education

Convincing brand management has become a central challenge for all HEIs. The book presented by Nguyen, Melewar, and Hemsley-Brown offers an excellent opportunity to mentally penetrate and analyze the specific problem situation of HEI's and develop appropriate brand strategies and action programs. I am convinced that not only students but also practitioners in particular will benefit from reading the book. - Prof. Dr. Klaus-Peter Wiedmann, Full Chaired Professor of Marketing and Management and the Director of the Institute of Marketing and Management at the Leibniz University Hannover, Germany. Strategic Brand Management in Higher Education offers a unique, robust and useful perspective to all university stakeholders. The book is well organised around a strategic planning structure, updated by contemporary branding developments like co-creation. Building blocks are strategy, planning, co-creation and metrics. Well- timed to effectively meet the sector's challenges. - Professor Bill Merrilees, Professor of Marketing, Griffith Business School, Australia. The book Strategic Brand Management in Higher education is a very timely topic since higher education institutions undoubtedly face severe competition, not only concerning student attraction, but also financing and funding challenges, and in attracting companies for co-operation within teaching and research. This places more pressure on institutions to move from mere communication approaches towards developing the university brand in a strategic way. The book also has an important angle since most universities' communication is handled by administrational staff with very limited understanding on strategic marketing and branding. - Anne Rindell, Associate Professor in Marketing, Hanken School of Economics, Finland. This book provides a comprehensive text on all aspects of corporate brand management in the higher education sector. The editors are leading academics in the fields of corporate branding and higher education and they have assembled an excellent cast of experts to produce the most comprehensive book in this specialised field. The topics covered will be valuable to students as well as practitioners in this highly competitive sector. - Russell Abratt, Professor of Marketing, Huizenga College of Business and Entrepreneurship, Nova Southeastern University, Florida, USA.