Rebranding Thailand through football-food for thought?
dc.contributor.author | Madichie, Nnamdi O. | |
dc.contributor.author | Mbah, Chris | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-01-27T05:09:49Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-01-27T05:09:49Z | |
dc.date.copyright | 2015 | en_US |
dc.date.issued | 2015 | |
dc.description | This article is not available at CUD collection. The version of scholarly record of this article is published in International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business (2015), available online at: https://doi.org/10.1504/IJESB.2015.068772. | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | The purpose of this exploratory study is to highlight the potential of sports and especially football as nation branding tool. Taking the particular case of a developing Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) country, Thailand, which has been embroiled in a catalogue of negative brand perceptions, the study highlights a potential avenue for rebranding. The study is primarily documentary analysis driven, drawing upon a mixture of official statistics, contingent literature and personal observation-especially the on-pitch performance of the War Elephants (Thai national football team) at the Suzuki Cup organised by the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF). Overall the study advances a potential avenue for a perception change of global observers (including potential investors) of a country with a historically entrenched negative brand image. Copyright © 2015 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Madichie, N. O., & Mbah, C. (2015). Rebranding Thailand through football-food for thought? International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, 25(1), 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJESB.2015.068772 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 14761297 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJESB.2015.068772 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12519/37 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. | en_US |
dc.relation | Authors Affiliations: Madichie, N.O., Graduate Studies Division, School of Business Administration, Canadian University of Dubai, P.O. Box 117781, Dubai, United Arab Emirates; Mbah, C., Department of Business Studies, University of Technology, Lae, Papua New Guinea | |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business;Vol. 25, no. 1 | |
dc.rights | Permission to reuse abstract has been secured from Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. | |
dc.rights.holder | Copyright : 2015 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. | |
dc.subject | ASEAN football federation | en_US |
dc.subject | Football | en_US |
dc.subject | Nation branding | en_US |
dc.subject | Suzuki cup | en_US |
dc.subject | Thailand | en_US |
dc.subject | War elephants | en_US |
dc.title | Rebranding Thailand through football-food for thought? | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |