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Embedded Brand: The Soul of Product Development

In an intriguing and important question, Guido Stompff asks if a brand's essence can be understood and conveyed intuitively. His positive response is based on research done at Netherlands-based Océ Technologies. In that company, analyses done for different divisions in different years revealed a consistent cluster of brand paradigms that Stompff interprets as themes employees absorb as unstated but very real dimensions of the corporate culture.

Remember the moment you bought something you really desired-a car, a phone, an MP3 player? Maybe you were surprised by the clever packaging. Maybe you were annoyed by the incomprehensible manual. Maybe you loved the general design, but it angered ...

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