Bringing together different theoretical perspectives on brand co-creation and discussing their practical applicability and ethical implications, this Research Handbook explores emerging notions of brand construction which view brands as co-created through collaborative efforts between multiple stakeholders.

Contents: Preface xxiv PART I THE ONTOLOGY AND EPISTEMOLOGY OF BRAND CO-CREATION 1 A conceptual analysis of labels referring to brand co-creation 2 Jaana Tähtinen and Kati Suomi 2 Establishing the boundaries of brand co-creation 32 Catherine da Silveira and Cláudia Simões 3 Brands as co-creational lived experience ecosystems: an integrative theoretical framework of interactional creation 47 Venkat Ramaswamy and Kerimcan Ozcan 4 Reassessing brand co-creation: towards a critical performativity approach 65 Andrea Lucarelli, Cecilia Cassinger and Jacob Östberg PART II CO-CREATION OF INTANGIBLE BRAND ASSETS 5 Co-creation of intangible brand assets: an integrative S-D logic/organic view of brand-based conceptual framework 80 Victor Saha, Venkatesh Mani, Praveen Goyal and Linda D. Hollebeek 6 Co-creation or co-destruction? Value-based brand formation 90 Andrea Hemetsberger, Maria Kreuzer and Hans Mühlbacher 7 Dealing with discrepancies of a brand in change: recomposition of value and meanings in the network 105 Anu Norrgrann and Saila Saraniemi 8 The role of brand-facing actors in shaping institutions through brand meaning co-creation 122 Kieran D. Tierney, Ingo O. Karpen and Kate Westberg 9 Co-creation of multi-sensory brand experiences: a manufacturer perspective 138 Clarinda Rodrigues, Andreas Aldogan Eklund, Adele Berndt and Susanne Sandberg 10 B2B branding in global commodity networks: a cultural branding analysis of a Danish company going global 153 Christian Dam and Dannie Kjeldgaard PART III CO-CREATION OF BRAND OFFERINGS 11 Freedom and control in brand co-creation communities 167 Nicholas Ind and Oriol Iglesias 12 Exploring the brand co-creation–brand performance linkage and the roles of innovation and firm age: resource-based and dynamic capabilities views 177 Ahmed Rageh Ismail 13 Toward a co-creation approach to nation branding: an integrative framework 198 Mai T. Pham and Roderick J. Brodie 14 The dark side of brand co-creation: a psychological ownership perspective 218 Fabian Bartsch and Bart Claus PART IV ETHICAL IMPLICATIONS OF BRAND CO-CREATION 15 The universal moral standards and the ethics of co-creation 241 Sumire Stanislawski 16 Co-creation of conscientious corporate brands – facilitating societal change towards sustainability: a structured literature analysis 256 Christine Vallaster and Philip Lechner 17 Organizational citizenship behaviour principles: a guide for employees and customers in the brand value co-creation journey 274 Maja Arslanagić-Kalajdžić and Vesna Babić-Hodović 18 “We look within... So we can look up” – towards a nonviolent ethics of human brand co-creation 291 Monica Porzionato and Cecilia Cassinger 19 The ethics of conspicuous virtue signaling: when brand co-creation on social media turns negative 303 Ulf Aagerup PART V CRITICAL REFLECTIONS ON THE FUTURE OF BRAND CO-CREATION 20 Brand co-creation and degrowth: merging the odd couple 317 Feyza Ağlargöz 21 Brand co-creation management in the light of the social-materiality approach 337 Géraldine Michel and Valérie Zeitoun 22 Violent brands: from neoliberal vessels to far-right fantasies 348 Sofia Ulver PART VI CASE STUDIES ON BRAND CO-CREATION 23 Alternative methods to study affective information processing in brand co-creation 359 Monika Koller and Peter Walla 24 Prolonging the shared project value of surplus co-creation 367 Yun Mi Antorini and Gry Høngsmark Knudsen 25 The iconization of Greta Thunberg: the role of myths in co-creating a person brand 374 Teresa Brugger and Verena E. Wieser 26 Finding new product ideas at Eisenbeiss: integrating non-frontline employees into co-creation processes 381 Oliver Koll 27 Turning lead into gold: from weighty consumer feedback to co-creation 387 Peter Espersen Closing remarks 393 Index 394