Abstract
Brand
orientation is a relatively recent construct in marketing literature, and is
considered by various researchers, academics, and professionals in the field of
marketing as one of the business strategies that have the greatest significant
positive effects on business performance. Furthermore, brand orientation has
been analyzed in the few studies published in literature as a general construct
and has not been analyzed and discussed in a disaggregated manner, that is, the
effects of each of the constructs have not been analyzed and discussed. factors
at the level of business performance. Therefore, using a sample of 300 small
companies, the essential objective of this empirical study is the analysis and
discussion of the effects of brand orientation on the level of business
performance of small companies. The results obtained show that values, norms,
artifacts, and behavior have significant positive effects on the level of
business performance of small businesses.
JEL classification numbers: M31.
Keywords: Brand orientation, Brands, Business performance, Small
firms.