摘要:The aim of the article was to find nexus between brand orientation and financial performance in companies doing business in Serbia.We surveyed general managers,marketing managers,and brand managers in order to examine their views on the brand orientation dimensions of their companies.We matched the survey results with financial performance of those companies(EBITDA margin)in order to find linkages between these variables.We got expected results in the sense that strong brand orientation and weaker brand barriers lead to better financial performance.Overall brand orientation is significantly positively correlated with EBITDA margin,and brand barriers are significantly negatively correlated with that measure.We analysed the brand orientation and brand barriers between groups of companies classified according to their size,internationalization,origin of company ownership,origin of brand,specific business area of key brands and type of goods sold.Interestingly,there are undoubted differences in brand orientation and brand barriers only between foreign and domestic companies.These differences could be seen as one of the main reasons of differences between their EBITDA margins.Also,we saw some differences in brand orientation in case of companies with international brands in relation to companies with domestic brands,but those differences are fewer and smaller.We did not find any other statistically significant difference.The significance of the paper is in emphasizing that development of brand orientation of domestic companies could lead to improvement of their profitability and competitiveness.
其他摘要:Cilj članka je bio da pronađemo vezu između orijentacije ka brendu i finansijskih performansi u preduzećima koja posluju u Srbiji.Anketirali smo generalne menadžere,marketing menadžere i brend menadžere u cilju ispitivanja njihovih pogleda na dimenzije orijentacije ka brendu u njihovim preduzećima.Rezultate ove ankete doveli smo u vezu sa finansijskim performansama ovih kompanija(marža EBITDA)u cilju pronalaženja veze između tih promenljivih.Dobili smo očekivane rezultate u smislu da jaka orijentacija ka brendu i slabije barijere brendu dovode do boljih finansijskih performansi.Ukupna orijentacija ka brendu je značajno pozitivno korelisana sa ovim merilom,a barijere brendu su značajno negativno korelisane sa istim merilom.Analizirali smo orijentaciju ka brendu i barijere brendu između grupa preduzeća klasifikovanih prema veličini,internacionalizaciji,poreklu vlasništva nad preduzećem,poreklu brenda,specifičnog poslovnog područja ključnih brendova i vrste robe koja je predmet poslovanja.Zanimljivo,nesumnjive razlike u orijentaciji ka brendu i barijerama brendu postoje samo prilikom poređenja stranih i domaćih preduzeća.Ove razlike se mogu shvatiti kao jedan od glavnih razloga razlika u njihovim EBITDA maržama.Takođe,uvideli smo neke razlike u orijentaciji ka brendu i barijerama brendu u slučaju preduzeća koja rade sa internacionalnim brendovima u odnosu na preduzeća koja rade sa domaćim brendovima,ali je ovih razlika u manjem broju,a i po veličini su manje.Nismo pronašli nikakve druge statistički značajne razlike. Značaj ovog rada ogleda se u naglašavanju da unapređenje orijentacije ka brendu domaćih preduzeća može da vodi unapređenju njihove profitabilnosti i konkurentnosti.