Brand Real is a business strategy guide for making a brand's promise stand up at every customer touch point. Packed with proven, repeatable management practices, the book shows how to establish a clean brand architecture while avoiding the needless complexity that has tripped up many promising companies. Author Laurence Vincent presents cautionary tales of supposed brand superstars as well as instructive case studies of genuine brand giants like American Express, Apple, Cisco, Google, Qualcomm, Virgin, and others. Readers will learn how to connect the outward-facing elements of their brands--logos, advertising, imagery, communications--directly to the core elements of business strategy. Most importantly, they'll explore the correlation between a succinct, efficient brand and powerful, lasting connections with their customers.Companies are becoming increasingly creative in their branding strategies--building identities ranging from the warm and fuzzy to the ultra cool and edgy. But it seems many of these enterprises forget that a brand, at its heart, is a promise to deliver. Brand Real ensures your customers' experiences lives up to that promise and that their loyalties stay with you.

Der stationare Reisevertrieb sieht sich durch die gesteigerte Nutzung von Online-Kanalen zur Suche und Buchung von Reisen einem erhoehten Wettbewerb in der Tourismusbranche ausgesetzt. In-Store-Technologien - wie die Virtual Reality-Brille, der Touchscreen und das Tablet - werden zur Unterstutzung in der Beratung im stationaren Reisevertrieb genutzt. Deren Bedeutung wird aufgrund der Verzahnung von Online- und Offline-Kanalen im Zuge der Digitalisierung zunehmend hoeher. Die Untersuchung des Einflusses von In-Store-Technologien auf das Kaufverhalten ist Gegenstand der Publikation. In einer dreistufigen Untersuchung wird aufgezeigt, welche Determinanten der In-Store-Technologien im Hinblick auf das Kaufverhalten relevant sind und welchen Einfluss diese auf die Kaufabsicht aus Sicht des Konsumenten haben. Daruber hinaus werden zukunftsgerichtete Handlungsempfehlungen fur die Unternehmenspraxis abgeleitet, welche als Entscheidungsgrundlage nutzlich sein koennen.

This report provides a systematic review of the evidence to date, both published and grey literature, on the relationship between water and sanitation and nutrition. We also survey the potential impact of improved water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) on undernutrition. This is the first report that undertakes a thorough review and discussion of WASH and nutrition in Bangladesh. The report is meant to serve two purposes. First, it synthesizes the results/evidence evolving on the pathway of WASH and undernutrition for use by practitioners working in the nutrition and water and sanitation sectors to stimulate technical discussions and effective collaboration among stakeholders. Second, this report serves as an advocacy tool, primarily for policy makers, to assist them in formulating a multisectoral approach to tackling the undernutrition problem.

In an age where even the best products are quickly imitated, businesses must constantly find new ways to outpace competitors. Successful companies differentiate themselves not just with superior products, but also by how they behave toward their customers at every touchpoint: service, product development, marketing, branding, bids and proposals, presentations, negotiations, and more. Behavioral Differentiation is emerging as the ""final frontier"" in competitive strategy, and "Winning Behavior" shows how leading companies use it to exceed expectations and outperform competitors. This eye-opening book offers case histories and examples from companies like GE, Volvo, EMC, Ritz-Carlton, Wal-Mart, and Harley-Davidson, plus interviews with executives like George Zimmer (Men's Wearhouse), Colleen Barrett (Southwest Airlines), and Gerry Roche (Heidrick & Struggles). In today's ultracompetitive business landscape, product quality and competitive pricing are prerequisites for staying afloat. Winning Behavior reveals the secrets the best companies use -- and any business can use -- to stay at the pinnacle of success in their industry.