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ME2026 Brand, Trends and Traditions 6.0 credits

Administer About course

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Headings with content from the Course syllabus ME2026 (Autumn 2012–) are denoted with an asterisk ( )

Content and learning outcomes

Course contents

  • Brand as a marketing and cultural metaphor
  • The protective and law oriented brand direction
  • The Strategic Brand discourse
  • The cultural and radical brand discourse
  • The equity direction
  • Semiotic brand onthology & epistemology

Intended learning outcomes

  • To understand the brand from a macrosociologicla and idéah historical view-point
  • To gain normative insights in pragmatic and normativ brand
  • To gain insight into the brand management trends

Literature and preparations

Specific prerequisites

ME1023 Industrial Marketing, or similar.

Recommended prerequisites

ME1023 Industrial Marketing, or similar.

Equipment

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Literature

Kapferer, JN och Bastien, V (2009); The Luxury Strategy: Freak the rules of Marketing to Build Luxury Brands, Kogan Page.

Examination and completion

If the course is discontinued, students may request to be examined during the following two academic years.

Grading scale

A, B, C, D, E, FX, F

Examination

  • LIT1 - Literature Task, 6.0 credits, grading scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F

Based on recommendation from KTH’s coordinator for disabilities, the examiner will decide how to adapt an examination for students with documented disability.

The examiner may apply another examination format when re-examining individual students.

Other requirements for final grade

Assessment of group project and case analyses.

Opportunity to complete the requirements via supplementary examination

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Opportunity to raise an approved grade via renewed examination

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Examiner

Profile picture Henrik Uggla

Ethical approach

  • All members of a group are responsible for the group's work.
  • In any assessment, every student shall honestly disclose any help received and sources used.
  • In an oral assessment, every student shall be able to present and answer questions about the entire assignment and solution.

Further information

Course room in Canvas

Registered students find further information about the implementation of the course in the course room in Canvas. A link to the course room can be found under the tab Studies in the Personal menu at the start of the course.

Offered by

ITM/Industrial Economics and Management

Main field of study

Industrial Management

Education cycle

Second cycle

Add-on studies

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Contact

Henrik Uggla, henrik.uggla@indek.kth.se, +46 8 790 87 34

Supplementary information

Established Spring 2007 

Replaces 4D1079