All posts tagged: academia

Berkeley on branding: ‘If nobody sees your adverts. Does your brand still exist?’

The title of this short essay is a barely amusing paraphrase of the famous quotation from Bishop George Berkeley (1685–1753). Berkeley was an idealist, which means, in philosophical terms, that he believed that mind predominates over matter. In fact Berkeley was something of an extremist among idealists, believing that matter, or the material world, does not actually exist at all.

Six Medinge members quoted and cited in upcoming Viewpoint magazine

Stockholm, July 31 Five Medinge Group members—founder Thomas Gad, CEO Stanley Moss, director Jack Yan and long-standing members Philippe Mihailovich and Tony Quinlan—were interviewed by journalist Anna Sansom on cognitive fluency in the next issue of Viewpoint magazine in the UK. Medinge director Dr Nicholas Ind was cited by Ms Sansom.    Ms Sansom’s story,

Special issue of Journal of Brand Management sees strong Medinge Group participation

Stockholm, July 6 The special issue of The Journal of Brand Management, on ‘Conscientious Brands’, has the participation of three senior members and one life member of the Medinge Group, the Swedish-based, high-level branding think-tank.    Both Medinge Group director Nicholas Ind and life member Ian Ryder have edited the well respected academic journal. The

The Medinge Group to conduct round table at the Sorbonne in February

Stockholm, Seal Beach, Calif. and Wellington, December 31 (JY&A Media) The Medinge Group, a Stockholm-based think-tank on international branding, will conduct a round table discussion at the CELSA campus of La Sorbonne in Paris on Friday afternoon, February 6, 2009. The group will share ideas about brand creation and relationship-building in the wake of the