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B2B Brand Architecture
Muylle, Steve , Niraj Dawar, and Deva Rangarajan
54/2  (Winter 2012): 58-71

This article, based on work with dozens of Business-to-Business firms, extracts general principles of brand architecture design based on specific examples, and then tests these principles by applying them more broadly to a wide sample of brand architectures. B2B brand architecture is a function of two key dimensions: the organizational structure, in particular, the extent to which a firm is cen¬tralized or decentralized (in terms of its product range, sales, and marketing); and the extent to which the firm’s market offerings are standardized versus customized. This framework and the axiom of risk alleviation through the sales process together capture the principal elements of B2B brand architecture design.

 

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