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The Impact of Corporate Rebranding on the Firm's Market Value

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  • Maria Rosa Borges
  • Ana Sofia Branca

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Rebranding corresponds to the creation of a new name, term, symbol, design or a combination of them for an established brand with the intention of developing a differentiated position in the mind of stakeholders and competitors. Increased competition has led firms to an avenue of differentiation, and rebranding has been approached by firms in order to differentiate themselves and to promote the corporate image. Corporate rebranding, although commonly referred in the press, has received little attention from academia. This paper tends to contribute to fill this gap in the academic literature, by analysing the impact that corporate image through rebranding has on the firms' stock market value, using event study methodologies. We focus on firms listed on the Lisbon Stock Market in the period 2000 - February 2009. We do not find evidence of a positive impact of corporate rebranding on firm value, in Portuguese firms. In fact, our results suggest that these events may have a negative impact on firm value, even though our empirical evidence is weak, in supporting this conclusion.

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  • Maria Rosa Borges & Ana Sofia Branca, 2010. "The Impact of Corporate Rebranding on the Firm's Market Value," Working Papers Department of Economics 2010/13, ISEG - Lisbon School of Economics and Management, Department of Economics, Universidade de Lisboa.
  • Handle: RePEc:ise:isegwp:wp132010
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    1. Neelam Akbar & Alam Zeb & Shabir Ahmad, 2017. "The Impact of Brand Rejuvenation on Consumer Purchase Intention: Brand Attitude as Mediator," Global Regional Review, Humanity Only, vol. 2(1), pages 197-210, June.
    2. Mohit Gupta & Navdeep Aggarwal, 2018. "Signaling Effect of Shifts in Dividend Policy: Evidence from Indian Capital Markets," Business Perspectives and Research, , vol. 6(2), pages 142-153, July.
    3. Козлова Антонина Алексеевна & Семенова Мария Владимировна, 2017. "Влияет Ли Название На Рыночную Дисциплину: Пример Иностранных Банков В России," Higher School of Economics Economic Journal Экономический журнал Высшей школы экономики, CyberLeninka;Федеральное государственное автономное образовательное учреждение высшего образования «Национальный исследовательский университет «Высшая школа экономики», vol. 21(1), pages 66-88.

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    Keywords

    corporate image; rebranding; market value; event study;
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    JEL classification:

    • G14 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Information and Market Efficiency; Event Studies; Insider Trading
    • M31 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Marketing and Advertising - - - Marketing

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