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Tag Archives: country brand
“Qatar: As independent as you are”
by Kenneth Wardrop Forbes Magazine in February 2012 identified the Gulf State of Qatar as the world’s richest country with GDP per capita of more than €67,376 for 2010. Qatar’s wealth is based on its substantial natural gas and … Continue reading
Posted in opinions, pick of the day
Tagged country brand, Doha, Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, I.M.Pei, Kenneth Wardrop, Qatar, World Cup
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Country Stereotypes in Times of Crisis
Originally posted on Yanis Varoufakis:
Over the past two years, the economic crisis that has engulfed Greece has also thrust me in front of the microphones and note pads of the myriad journalists who descended upon Athens to report on…
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Tagged country brand, crisis, Germany, Greece, journalism, story-telling, Yanis Varoufakis
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Scotland’s Tartan Day: Celebrating National Identity
by Kenneth Wardrop I am writing this on Good Friday (6 April 2012) which is also Scotland’s Tartan Day http://www.tartandayscotland.com/home/home.asp. It has led me to reflect on which other nation has such a well known and instantly recognisable icon, and … Continue reading
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Tagged American Tartan Week, country brand, Kenneth Wardrop, Lord Lyon, Scotland, tartan, Tartan Day, Tartan Day Parade
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Switzerland is the World
by Caspar Lundsgaard-Hansen Last week, Efe Sevin posted an interesting article on this blog about the Nation Brands Index. This seemed to me like a good opportunity to hint at the work of Yanko Tsvetkov. The graphic designer and visual … Continue reading
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Tagged country brand, Image, mapping, nation branding, Place Identity, visual art
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A Brand Needs more than a Facebook *Like* – but It’s a Good Start
By Renard Teipelke In the article “Facebook Rankings Reflect National Stereotypes” on SPIEGEL Online International, Alison Kilian writes about the findings of Socialbakers – a statistics portal that counted the ten most popular Facebook pages for each country. It may … Continue reading
Posted in opinions, pick of the day
Tagged city tourism, country brand, Facebook, Image, Place Branding, Socialbakers, SPIEGEL, stereotype
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B(r)and Aid for Nations
By Renard Teipelke Do you remember the time when some nations or their progressive leaders/decision makers thought of nation branding as an innovative and cool tool to position their country in a globalized world?! That is to say: a time … Continue reading
Posted in opinions, pick of the day
Tagged Arab Revolution, Arab Spring, country brand, crisis, crisis management, disaster, economic development, erdogan, Fukushima, Greece, Image, Japan, Middle East, nation branding, recovery, tourism, turkey, US
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Mediterranean Tourism Conference
in:polis | urbanism in cooperation with the School of Tourism and Hotel Management (Akdeniz University Antalya) are happy to announce the first edition of the Conference “Destination Management and Branding in the Mediterranean Region” to be held in Antalya in … Continue reading
Posted in conferences
Tagged africa, Balkan, climate, Conference, conflict, country brand, crisis, culture, economic development, ecotourism, governance, Greece, growth, heritage, Institute of Place Management, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, licensing, local community, local product, Mediterranean, Network, place, Place Branding, Place Development, Place Identity, Place Management, Place Marketing, planning, Portugal, Spain, stakeholder, sustainibility, Syria, tourism, turkey, urban planning, urban space
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Dirk – the Brand
By Renard Teipelke In the night from Sunday to Monday history was made. The Dallas Mavericks won the prestigious NBA finals against Miami Heat in the sixth game. NBA? Well, this acronym stands for “National Basketball Association,” i.e. the world-famous … Continue reading
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Tagged basketball, brand, country brand, German, marketing, nation brand, NBA, nowitzki, player
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Spanish Cucumbers and the New German Arrogance
by Ares Kalandides Spanish farmers are furious. The German health authorities accused their cucumbers of bringing into Germany a serious coli-bacterium (Escherichia coli O157:H7) that spread as an epidemic throughout the country. After a week of panic (tomatoes and fresh … Continue reading
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Tagged Ares Kalandides, Brain-drain, country brand, Economic Crisis, EHEC, FINA World Cup 2006, Germany, Greece, Spain, Spanish cucumbers, Yugoslavia
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From Peru to Peru, NE
Guest Article by Efe Sevin For Spanish speakers, here is a 15-min documentary about a small Peruvian nation-branding campaign. Practically, Peruvians travel to Peru, Nebraska and share their music, drinks, food, culture, and daily lives with the locals. The video … Continue reading
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