An empirical study on brand strategy decisions in Chinese companies based on environmental uncertainties and entrepreneurial orientation

Abstract

This study investigate factors affecting brand strategic decisions in Chinese companies in regard to two factors: environmental uncertainty and entrepreneurial orientation, with the model of environmental management strategies. Based on prior literature and empirical analysis, this study proposes a contingency framework, which indicated that under what conditions Chinese companies prefer to adopt what kind of brand strategies, such as own-brand manufacturing, acquired brand, licensed brand and original equipment manufacturing/original design manufacturing.

Keywords

environmental uncertainty, entrepreneurial orientation, brand strategic decisions