Anatomy of British Business School Brands: Attributes Affecting Choice Among Pakistani Postgraduate Students

• Authors: Ahmad Usman , Kashif Muhammad , Eaton Jessica , Qadeer Rooma

Title variants

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Anatomija maraka britanskih poslovnih škola: obilježja koja utječu na odabir studenata poslijediplomskog studija u pakistanu

• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The research studies that investigate business school brands from an Asian consumer perspective are scarce. Current study aims at discovering the branding attributes of UK Business Schools that influence Pakistani business students to apply for admission in higher degrees. Following a naturalistic tradition, data has been collected through semi-structured interviews from a sample of 25 students who were planning to study in United Kingdom. The respondents were identified through personal sources and were later selected using the purposive sampling technique. Thematic analysis was performed to generate themes from the collected data. The data analysis generated four dominant themes that influence the choice of a business school in United Kingdom. These are “financial assistance”, “employability”, “brand reputation” and “rankings”. The study is a pioneer work in the field of university branding from a developing country perspective of Pakistan. The research will be useful to British higher education marketers in devising student-centered branding initiatives. It will also benefit the Pakistani academia, as the country can develop business school brands as well by imparting these attributes to better compete with business schools in UK.

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Malobrojna su istraživanja koja proučavaju marke poslovnih škola iz perspektive azijskih korisnika usluge. Ovim istraživanjem nastoji se otkriti obilježja maraka britanskih poslovnih škola koja utječu na pakistanske studente poslovne ekonomije pri prijavi za više stupnjeve obrazovanja. U skladu s naturalističkom tradicijom, podaci su prikupljeni kroz polustrukturirane intervjue na uzorku od 25 studenata koji su planirali studirati u Ujedinjenom Kraljevstvu (UK). Ispitanici su identificirani kroz osobne kontakte i kasnije odabrani u namjerni uzorak. Provedena je tematska analiza radi generiranja tema iz podataka. Analizom podataka došlo se do četiri dominantne teme koje utječu na izbor poslovne škole u Ujedinjenom Kraljevstvu. To su Financijska pomoć, Zapošljivost, Reputacija marke i Rang. Ovo je jedno od prvih istraživanja u kontekstu upravljanja markom sveučilišta iz perspektive Pakistana kao zemlje u razvoju. Marketinškim stručnjacima u visokom obrazovanju u Velikoj Britaniji ono može biti korisno za osmišljavanje inicijativa upravljanja markom u kojima su studenti u središtu aktivnosti. Isto tako, može koristiti pakistanskoj akademskoj zajednici za razvijanje maraka poslovnih škola prenošenjem tih obilježja radi boljeg natjecanja s poslovnim školama u Ujedinjenom Kraljevstvu.

Keywords

EN

business schools. UK, brand, qualitative research, Pakistan

HR

poslovne škole, Ujedinjeno Kraljevstvo, kvalitativno istraživanje, Pakistan

• Publisher: Faculty of Economics & Business Zagreb, Department of Marketing, Zagreb, Croatia and CROMAR (Croatian Marketing Association)
• Journal: Market - Tržište
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 26
• Issue: 1

Dates

published

2014-06-30

Contributors

author

Ahmad Usman

• GIFT University, Pakistan

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Kashif Muhammad

• GIFT University, Pakistan

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Eaton Jessica

• SARAC, United Kingdom

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Qadeer Rooma

• GIFT University, Pakistan

Identifiers

ISSN

0353-4790