How They Started Global Brands

'How They Started' features 21 insightful accounts of how some of the most successful businesses and best known global brands got started.

Lots of us have ideas we think would make great businesses. Most of us never do anything with those ideas. But for those that do, a world of opportunity awaits them. This book is about 21 people who acted on their idea, made the first steps to start their business and subsequently went on to turn it into a global brand. From Adidas and Apple to Sony and Swatch, we reveal how some of the world's biggest international businesses got of the ground, and those very first steps taken by their founders. How soon after they started did they venture overseas? Following on from the hugely successful How They Started, this next volume How They Started: Global Brands Edition takes the question one step further and asks 'How do you turn an idea in to a global business?'

Bringing to life the stories behind the world's most successful digital businesses, How They Started Digital showcases profiles from gaming companies to social media brands. Giving insight and inspiration, each profile reveals how each idea originated and became the success it is today.

HOW DO YOU TURN AN IDEA INTO A GLOBAL BUSINESS? Lots of us have ideas we think would make great businesses, yet most of us never do anything about these ideas. Probably because we just wouldn’t know where to start. But what if you took the first step? Where could it lead? This book is about 21 businesses that began by someone acting on their idea, making the decision to start a business. These businesses then grew to be incredibly successful and world renown. We reveal the stories behind some of the world’s biggest brands, including: — Where the initial idea came from — How the brand names were chosen — How and when the businesses first started — How long it took to make that first million — The challenges the founders faced — And the secrets to each brand’s success

In today's hyper-connected world, any brand with a website or digital presence is 'global' by its very definition; yet in practice it takes an enormous amount of strategic planning and adaptability to successfully manage an international brand. Global Brand Management explores the increasingly universal scope of brand management. In an era when many brand managers will find themselves working for large multinationals operating across varied territories, categories and consumer groups, developing an understanding of both the opportunities and risks of multinational brands is truly essential. Meticulously researched, Global Brand Management shows readers how to manage an existing global brand, while simultaneously equipping them with the skills to build one from scratch. The text uses fascinating case studies including Oreo, Harley Davidson and Xiaomi to demonstrate the challenges of maintaining a stable brand identity when operating across territories with different languages, cultural values and logistics. With helpful pedagogy throughout and built-in features to enhance classroom learning, Global Brand Management is the perfect springboard for students to appreciate, enjoy and embrace the nuances and complexities of brand management on an international scale.

In a world focused on science and new technology, brands help to explain why several of the world's multinational corporations have little to do with either. Rather they are old firms with little critical investment in patents or copyrights. For these firms, the critical intellectual property is trademarks. Global Brands, first published in 2007, explains how the world's largest multinationals in alcoholic beverages achieved global leadership; considers the predominant corporate governance structures for such firms; and looks at why these firms form alliances with direct competitors. Brands also determine the waves of mergers and acquisitions in the beverage industry. Global Brands contrasts with existing studies by providing a new dimension to the literature on the growth of multinationals through the focus on brands, using an institutional and evolutionary approach based on original and published sources about the industry and the firms.

Readings in Modern Marketing is a collection of Professor Quelch's highly-praised scholarly articles previously published in leading business journals. Topics covered include marketing and business strategy, managing product lines, pricing, managing the point of sales, global marketing, building global brands, marketing and the new technologies, marketing and society, and so forth. Readings in Modern Marketing offers important theories as well as practical, insightful tactics. It is an indispensable source of reference.