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Considers the importance of a firms′ reputation to the success or failure of its brands; the effect on the firm′s brand when a firm′s reputation decays; how important it is for a firm to maintain or advance I reputation; how a brand′s reputation can be transferred to other products. Addresses and discusses these issues in detail and emphasises the importance of reputation to the ultimate success of a product and company and warns against ignoring its fragility.
Herbig et al. (Mon,) studied this question.