The brand management of “Port Wine”: relevance of country equity and of productive clusters

Authors

  • Caio Miralles de Araújo UFSC - Florianópolis - SC
  • Luis Moretto Netto UFSC - Florianópolis - SC
  • Valentina Gomes Haensel Schmitt UFSC - Florianópolis - SC

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-8069.2008v10n20p182

Abstract

Brand management in today’s business world is extremely related to the organizations purpose and improvement of their strategies. The goal of this study is to analyze the characteristics of brand management “Port Wine”, who caries a strongly distinctive name, outstanding the “country equity” and its importance in order to achieve competitive advantage, to the product and for the country in a general way. It’s a study based on information obtained from institutes related to the Port Wine, commercial companies, and studies already publicized about the wine, being analyzed and developed with the aid of works about brand management, publicity, positioning and clusters. The structure is based on the efforts made by the company’s, institutes and Portugal’s government to publicize the brand upon the global market, being the product not only the creator of innumerous direct and indirect employments, but also a Portuguese ambassador to the world.

Author Biographies

Caio Miralles de Araújo, UFSC - Florianópolis - SC

Bacharel em Ciências da Administração pela Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina – UFSC.

Luis Moretto Netto, UFSC - Florianópolis - SC

Doutor em Engenharia de Produção e mestrado em Geografia -Desenvolvimento Regional e Urbanopela UFSC/SC. Exerceu funções executivas de Diretor de Operações, Planejamento e Presidente Da Agência de Fomento de Turismo de Santa Catarina. Atualmente é Professor Associado I da UFSC/SC.

Mais informações: Currículo Lattes - CNPq.

Valentina Gomes Haensel Schmitt, UFSC - Florianópolis - SC

Valentina Gomes Haensel Schmitt Professora Substituta do departamento de CIências da Administração CAD/CSE/UFSC Mestre em Administracao pela UFSC. Graduada em Administração pela UFSC. Linhas de Pesquisa: Marketing e estratégia, Turismo e Desenvolvimento, Administração geral.

Mais informações: Currículo Lattes - CNPq.

Published

2008-01-01

How to Cite

Araújo, C. M. de, Moretto Netto, L., & Schmitt, V. G. H. (2008). The brand management of “Port Wine”: relevance of country equity and of productive clusters. Revista De Ciências Da Administração, 182–193. https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-8069.2008v10n20p182

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