vol.191BRANDING
Integration of brand strategy, organizational culture, and business strategyIn today’s mature markets, it has become increasingly difficult to differentiate products and services based solely on function or price. As a result, brands have emerged as the decisive factor influencing customer choice. A “brand” is not merely a logo or an advertisement—it represents the total value customers experience through products and services: a collective of expectations, trust, and experiences. In this sense, a brand is a core management resource rooted in an organization’s business strategy and culture.
Recent environmental shifts—such as market saturation, changes in consumer behavior, and technological advancements—have revealed that treating branding as a mere marketing function is no longer sufficient. Placing the brand at the heart of management, and integrating it across organization, strategy, and execution, is essential to building sustainable brand equity.
This article introduces the fundamentals of brand integration, where business strategy, organizational culture, and brand strategy function coherently as one unified system.