Nonprofit branding: a bibliometric analysis
Journal of Product & Brand Management
ISSN: 1061-0421
Article publication date: 27 January 2020
Issue publication date: 4 August 2020
Abstract
Purpose
This study aims to examine articles on nonprofit branding over an 18-year time span to develop an overview and better understanding of the subject.
Design/methodology/approach
This study used the Scopus database in a search for studies that deal, regardless of the approach, with branding in a nonprofit context. Subsequently, through a systematic review, a database with 84 articles was generated and 77 articles were submitted to bibliometric analysis.
Findings
This study identified six main research areas (brand and donation, brand management, brand orientation, nonprofit and for-profit partnership, communication strategies and stakeholder management), which were analyzed and discussed, seeking to identify the relationship between research in each area. In addition, this study presents the limitations of the research and thus verify that, although this body of literature is growing, the complexity of the nonprofit sector offers several opportunities for future research, which are pointed out at the end of the study.
Practical implications
This study contributes to the academic literature on the topic by providing a systematization of knowledge about branding in the nonprofit sector and also offers insights about nonprofit branding to institutions and managers in this industry.
Originality/value
This is the first study, to the authors’ knowledge, to evaluate and quantify the progress of brand literature in the nonprofit sector.
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Acknowledgements
This research was supported by Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq/Brazil), project 304209/2018-0, by Foundation for Research Support of Espírito Santo (FAPES/Brazil), projects 81870973 (50/2018), 84513772 (599/2018) and 85395650 (228/2019), by Portuguese Science Foundation (FCT/Portugal) through NECE (Núcleo de Estudos em Ciências Empresariais), project UID/GES/04630/2019, and by IFTS (Instituto Fucape de Tecnologias Sociais), project 2018-2021.
Citation
Sepulcri, L.M.C.B., Mainardes, E.W. and Belchior, C.C. (2020), "Nonprofit branding: a bibliometric analysis", Journal of Product & Brand Management, Vol. 29 No. 5, pp. 655-673. https://doi.org/10.1108/JPBM-05-2019-2366
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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