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Article: City branding and the Olympic effect: a case study of Beijing

TitleCity branding and the Olympic effect: a case study of Beijing
Authors
KeywordsBeijing City
City Branding
City's Identity
The Beijing Olympics
Issue Date2009
PublisherPergamon. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/cities
Citation
Cities, 2009, v. 26 n. 5, p. 245-254 How to Cite?
AbstractCity branding is a common practice adopted by many cities in the context of intensified urban competition for mobile resources, markets, opportunities and attention. This paper examines the effectiveness of efforts to brand Beijing, the capital city of China. Based on an analysis of official branding strategies through the Olympics, and an attitudinal survey of peoples' understanding of Beijing, the paper investigates to what extent the current campaign has caught the city's good attributes. The paper finds a mismatch between the identity and core values as branded by the city government, and the realities as experienced by visitors and residents. The paper argues that the Beijing Olympics could only have limited impacts on the city's brand. © 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/157907
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2023 Impact Factor: 6.0
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.733
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dc.contributor.authorZhao, SXen_US
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dc.description.abstractCity branding is a common practice adopted by many cities in the context of intensified urban competition for mobile resources, markets, opportunities and attention. This paper examines the effectiveness of efforts to brand Beijing, the capital city of China. Based on an analysis of official branding strategies through the Olympics, and an attitudinal survey of peoples' understanding of Beijing, the paper investigates to what extent the current campaign has caught the city's good attributes. The paper finds a mismatch between the identity and core values as branded by the city government, and the realities as experienced by visitors and residents. The paper argues that the Beijing Olympics could only have limited impacts on the city's brand. © 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.en_US
dc.languageengen_US
dc.publisherPergamon. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/citiesen_US
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dc.subjectBeijing Cityen_US
dc.subjectCity Brandingen_US
dc.subjectCity's Identityen_US
dc.subjectThe Beijing Olympicsen_US
dc.titleCity branding and the Olympic effect: a case study of Beijingen_US
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dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.cities.2009.05.002en_US
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