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vietnam national university, HANOI hanoi school of business Tran Sy Mau A STUDY & SOLUTIONS FOR DEVELOPING BRAND OF AN BINH BANK IN THE PERIOD 2005-2010 master of business administration thesis Hanoi – 2007 vietnam national university, HANOI hanoi school of business Tran Sy Mau A STUDY & SOLUTIONS FOR DEVELOPING BRAND OF AN BINH BANK IN THE PERIOD 2005-2010 Major: Business Administration Code: 60 34 05 Master of business administration thesis Supervisor: dr nguyen viet anh Hanoi – 2007 TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS i ABSTRACT ii TÓM TẮT iii DECLARATION .iv TABLE OF CONTENTS v LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS vii LIST OF FIGURES viii LIST OF TABLES viii INTRODUCTION .1 Background Objectives & aims .2 Research question Scope of work Data & process Methods & approaches Significance Limitations Expected results 10 Follow –up (potential) .5 11 Short introductions 11.1 Introduction 11.2 Theoretical Foundation 11.3 Research methodology 11.4 Solutions for Developing Brand of ABBank .6 11.5 Conclusion CHAPTER 1: THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK .7 1.1 Understanding Brands .7 1.1.1 What is brand? 1.1.2 Types of brand 1.1.3 Function of brand 1.1.4 What is branding? .10 1.1.5 Key Concepts in Building Brand 11 1.1.6 The Corporate Brand 12 1.2 Branding strategy 16 1.2.1 Positioning .17 1.2.2 Brand Equity 17 1.2.3 Value 17 1.2.4 Brand Image and Identity 18 1.2.5 Brand Popularity 18 1.2.6 Service and Banking Branding 19 1.2.7 Yin and Yang Model to Branding 19 v 1.3 Building banking brands 20 1.3.1 Introduction about brand in banking .20 1.3.2 Factors in building strong brand 25 1.3.3 Communicating banking brands .36 1.3.4 What brand model for bank 41 1.4 Experience in building and developing banking brands 43 1.4.1 Failures and Success in building brand 43 1.4.2 Experience in building brand 44 CHAPTER 2: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY & EMPIRICAL FINDINGS 48 2.1 Research Approach 48 2.2 Research Method .49 2.3 Data collection method 49 2.4 Overview of the case ABBank .51 2.4.1 Introduction .51 2.4.2 History and development process of ABBank 52 2.4.3 Mission, Vision and Objectives of ABBank 54 2.5 Empirical findings 57 2.5.1 Empirical Data 57 2.5.2 Data analysis .58 2.6 Status of brand development in ABBank 72 2.7 Why are Vietnamese banking brands not great? .74 2.7.1 Overview of banking brand in Vietnam 74 2.7.2 Actual existences of bank branding in Vietnam 75 2.7.3 Why are Vietnamese bank brands not great? 80 CHAPTER 3: SOLUTIONS FOR DEVELOPING BRAND OF ABBANK 86 3.1 Orientations develop banking industry in coming time .86 3.1.1 Objective and strategy in developing Vietnam‘s banks in coming time 86 3.1.2 Government orientation in developing banking services 88 3.1.3 The future of banking branding 95 3.2 Difficulties and challenges in developing brand of ABBank 97 3.2.1 Difficulties to ABBank .97 3.2.2 Challenges to ABBank 100 3.3 Solutions for developing ABBank brand 101 3.3.1 Overall solutions for developing ABBank brand 101 3.3.2 Application of Brand Resonance Pyramid model in ABBank .113 3.3.3 Recommendations 117 CONCLUSIONS .119 REFERENCES 124 APPENDIX vi LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ABBank: An Binh Bank CJS Bank: Commercial Joint- Stock Bank EVN: Electricity of Vietnam Group PR: Public Relation SBV: State Bank of Vietnam SOC Bank: State-owned commercial bank VCB: Vietcombank WTO: World trade organization vii LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1- 1: Importance of brand to banks 20 Figure 1-2: Seven factors in building successful brands 26 Figure 1-3: Brand resonance model 42 Figure 2-1: Highlight of performances 2004-2006 54 Figure 2-2: Performance Results in the period 2004-2006 55 Figure 2-3: Employees‘ Understanding about brand 61 Figure 2-4: Understanding of employees about aspects of brand .62 Figure 2-5: Customers‘ choice 66 Figure 2.6: Satisfaction level of Customers about bank 67 Figure 2.7: Feeling of customers about ABBank brand 68 Figure 2.8: Brand personality of ABBank 69 Figure 2.9: Difference between ABBank and others 69 LIST OF TABLES Table 2.1: Employees‘ understanding about brand 63 Table 2-2: Difficulties of employees in working .63 Table 2-3: Logo of banks 66 Table 2-4: Factor affect to customer‘s choice 70 Table 3-1: Comparison between ABBank and other CJS banks .99 APPENDIX Appendix 1: QUESTIONNAIRE (For customers) Appendix 2: QUESTIONNAIRE (For Manager and employees) viii INTRODUCTION Background In recent years, Vietnam‘s economy has been always at high growth rate, banking is one of the industries has influence on the economy with the highest growth rate in a long time Besides that, go together high growth is competitive pressure becoming increasingly among banks as well as foreign banks which has not only a strong power of finance but also experience in a long time Especially, when Vietnam become formal member of WTO since the January 2007, after that there are many banks establish, and there are more foreign banks send file to State Bank of Vietnam to ask the Vietnam State Bank to permit them open branch or even establish a new foreign bank with 100% their capital What‘s more, with pressure from domestic competitors as well as foreign banks, domestic must have planning to compete in fierce competitive environment An Binh bank (ABBank) is not exception To compete with competitors from domestic to foreign, each bank must have good brand Below are some reasons, which make me to, decided chose this topic what makes ABbank to develop its brand in coming time First, under competitive pressures from foreign banks, domestic banks more increasing, ABBank cannot develop without development planning of brand and a certain brand image in customers ‗mind Therefore, ABBank needs to have a plan to develop its brand in coming time, before cope with direct competition from foreign banks Second, Vietnam participates into WTO (world trade organization), more and more foreign banks penetrate into Vietnam market, and this makes a large pressure for Vietnam‘s banks Third, ABBank changed operation in commercial and investment banking in a short time and it is new one in Vietnam financial market Therefore, ABBank must many things to build and develop a believable image in customers trust Furthermore, ABBank has difficulties in finding solutions for developing brand as well as improve brand image in customers‘ mind Therefore, ABBank has to not only compete with domestic commercial banks but also prepare finance and human resource to guarantee existence and development in fiercely competitive environment as well as cope with foreign banks At this moment, ABBank has not yet an overall plan to develop its brand Therefore, it must have a plan to develop brand if it wants to exist and develop in fierce condition in today Moreover, there are sub-reasons what make me interest in studying brand in banking, that is brand in banking is new concept in Vietnam and the number of banks have strong brands is very little Objectives & aims The purpose of this study is to show the issues of ABBank case and propose the solutions for developing brand of ABBank in the period 2007-2010 In the study, I will concentrate studying brand problem of ABBank and raise solutions to develop its brand in coming time Furthermore, the purpose is to provide an overall seeing about bank brands in Vietnam financial market as well as foundation for future research in the banking brand in Vietnam in the future In this thesis, the objectives and aims as following: Objectives of the study This study focus mainly on three objectives as following:  Studying deeply and more detail how brand development is conducted in banking field  Finding issues in process of building brand at ABBank as well as aspects, which relate to ABBank  Propose some solutions and brand model for developing An Binh brand in coming time Aims of study  Applying successfully solutions in the process of developing ABBank brand  Help ABbank become one of five leading commercial joint stock banks in Vietnam in 2010  Make ABBank brand becomes one strong brand in Vietnam Research question As mentioned above, there are several important issues need to consider when developing a brand Local bank brands not only have to compete with each other but also to compete with international bank brands that have the advantage of capital and management skills to attract the consumer Because of new business in investment and commercial, ABBank actually has not an overall brand strategy for developing bank brand The question to ABBank now is to find the solution for developing Brand of ABBank in coming time As an intangible and risky purchase, the brand can reassure the customer and add functional as well as emotional value Based on the discussion so far, the research problem is stated as: Research question 1: What solutions can help ABBank develop its brand in the period from now to 2010? However, to have solutions for developing brand of ABBank, the study needs consider the issues discussed in this paragraph, the research problem is further narrowed down as one following sub research question Research question 2: What are difficulties and challenges facing AnBinh? Scope of work The study is conducted only in ABBank as a sample of Vietnam banking system However, the thesis only study in Hanoi branch of ABBank about 150 to 200 personal customers will be chosen in some transaction offices of ABBank in Hanoi to fulfill the objectives detailed above The period is chosen for the study is only in years from 2005-2010 and in this thesis, the study focus on finding difficulties and challenges and then propose solutions for ABBank to build and develop its brand in the period 2005-2010 Data & process With the main objectives are to find solution for ABBank to develop its brand in the period from now to 2010 Study takes information from many sources as following: Data source: Bank‘s information & findings, Internet, papers The way to process data: The method to process data is mainly by excel Data has been taken from some websites, which specialize on branding in the world and Vietnam such as Brand channel, Interbrand, Businessweek or vneconomy, saigontimes and so on Information from survey/interviews more than 100 customers in Hanoi as well as over 100 employees of ABBank in Hanoi branch Methods & approaches The study uses case study to make clear the problem of brand in banking system in Vietnam Moreover, to have information for this study, this study concentrates on survey customers and employees by some ways such as questionnaires, interview and observation or in research method, we use case study method Especially, in the survey, we use three methods that includes questionnaires, interview, observation This study will be an empirical research, which preliminarily adopts the following: Review of related literature/documentation, survey, in-depth interview, Review of related literature/documentation: this will examine the multidisciplinary theories of and empirical studies on brand in the literature In Surveys/interviews sessions: questionnaires will be developed and structured interviews are conducted Significance With the objective mentioned above, the study contributes several meanings to banks in Vietnam On the theory, this study makes clear some aspects of the theory of banking brand in general and in ABBank in particular This study is also a good reference for banks in Vietnam when they have demand to build brand It is hoped that this study will contribute to the body of knowledge on brand and show how the brand concept could be deployed more effective in other parts of Vietnam It will also help Vietnamese banks to understand fully about brand importance and come up with more suitable brand strategies and policies On the practice, this study gives an overall strategy for ABBank developing its brand in the future CONCLUSIONS This final part will examine the conclusions and findings of this study Conclusions are based on the empirical data and analysis of the process of building and developing brand in An Binh bank Overall Findings The findings in this study are based on case study of ABBank; thus, the purpose is not to generalize the findings to a banking system in Vietnam Moreover, a qualitative case study usually does not aim to so However, as the study suggests, results from case study can be used to support or challenge existing theory Furthermore, the main empirical evidence was collected in interviews and surveys from both sources, which are customers and manager, employees at each department and transaction office More important, the thesis relied on secondary data to collect all information obtained from the personal interviews and surveys The findings presented in this chapter relate to the research questions examined in this study: What solutions can help ABBank develop its brand in the period from now to 2010? What are difficulties and challenges facing AnBinh? In the literature, the brand was described as an important strategic asset to a bank, which was confirmed in the case study as all respondents saw the banking brand as a very important asset It was also found that the interest for the banking brand among the banks being studied was at a peak However, the focus in the banking brand literature is the implementation of the brand, which was outside the focus of this study The difficulties and challenges of ABBank found in the brand building in bank were mainly the internal corporate brand building process involved in this process The major steps identified in the process included the band awareness, brand identity, and brand position, which confirmed the steps in the theoretical framework Furthermore, the main elements of the brand building process were the brand awareness and brand identity The detailed answers to the 119 research problem will be provided by answering the research questions, which are presented next  Make clear problem in developing brand of commercial banks  Indicate the importance of brand to banks  Raise challenges and difficulties as well as propose solutions in developing brand of a bank  Learn more experience from case study and then draw lessons in building and developing a brand for bank  Analyze and show the status of developing brand of ABBank in the period 2005-20010 and then propose solutions for developing brand of ABBank in order to get the objective as mention above Conclusions An Binh still has not an overall strategy in developing, all activities for brand are set of marketing activities There is no detailed strategy for branding but they consider that marketing activities are synonymous with brand building Therefore, the bank meets difficulties in propagandizing its brand image and brand name to customers Without brand strategy blueprint, the bank cannot give out direction to set out the vision, values, personality, and positioning for the brand, brand culture and architecture and other aspects of longer term brand strategy First, bank needs to realize that the brand is even more important for services than the goods Bank lacks a physical product, which embodies a large part, or even all of the brand and its values Therefore, a bank brand is based entirely on ‗the way the bank does things‘ and on the bank‘s culture A brand personality and brand image cannot just be designed by a marketing department This is because customers‘ perceptions of the brand depend highly on individual interactions with staff, so particular emphasis has to be placed on the consistent delivery of the service Building brand is duty of everybody in organization from the CEO to bodyguard, everyone has responsibility in make impression to customers when they 120 come to transact Especially, the leader must be set a good example before require others follow up To that, building brand become not difficult to any organization Corporate culture at ABBank is not prominent, so the Directors board need focus on making a specific corporate culture and propagandize the importance of brand to people In doing so, people are easy to understand and accept That is the way to make people feel comfortable and enthusiastic in working Brand building needs to be undertaken from the bottom up and involves a profound analysis of every aspect of the interaction between the customer and the bank Finally, the brands of banks should reflect the fact that most customers purchase financial products not as an end in itself, but rather as a mean to acquire non-financial products, such as a car or a holiday Customers not really want a mortgage; rather they want to buy a house The current lack of powerful brands in the banking sector clearly illustrates the overall challenges associated with banking branding A banking brand has to be based on a clear competitive position, which in turn has to be derived from the corporate strategy This requires a holistic approach and the involvement of the entire bank The brand positioning and benefits should then be communicated to both staff and the target market segments The bank needs to develop a strategic brand platform, depends on careful selection, development and management of a brand personality, and proposes ownership of a specific and unique position in the minds of consumers Implications for further research From this study, we can study more detail and further about brand in banking system Base on this study we can expand topics about brand or aspects, which relate to brand in banking and financial services This study is basis for An Binh developing its brand in the period 2007-2010 Therefore, to develop brand in a higher level, the bank needs to apply the rest two stages in the Brand Resonance 121 model as well as maintain the results in the first two stages Through that, the brand of ABBank will be one of five strongest commercial joint stock banks after 2010 Besides that, every year, the bank should hold the short courses in order to training employees and managers about brand building and its principles in developing brand in new area Develop a new concept in brand: That is lovemark, this is higher grade of brand in the future, a brand when surpass simple advertising campaign to make sympathy with customers In customers‘ eyes, brand is a live object and has sound Therefore, people love that by a love beyond their reason According to Kevin Roberts, Lovemark stress on relationship between brand and customers Due to this relationship, Lovemark is always stand in the top of customers‘ mind compare to competitors, it also have absolute loyalty in customers, and the customers are people protect the brand According to this theory, mystery, suggestion and closeness are main factors to make Love mark In the future, Lovemark is a higher grade of brand development and this is a new achievement to all brands in where bank brand After carry out two stages in Brand resonance model, the bank continue to apply the two rest stages in develop its brand, this is chance to make a huge resonance about An Binh brand in banking sector To that, ABBank will be a brand has strong and lure impression in customers mind in the 21st century in Vietnam After building a good brand, wee need have policy to manage brand in order to maintain an impressed brand image in customer‘s mind Here is Brand checklist for banks Given the opportunities to leverage brands in the financial services world, what are the basics to keep in mind when implementing brand management? This checklist provides a high-level view  Do you know what you want your brand to stand for? Ensure that you have established a set of goals for your brand that is based on how you want your clients to perceive you, how you want to differ from the competition, and how you want your brand to support your business 122  Do the messages your clients receive reflect your brand? Once you have set a strategy for your brand, identify the messages that will best communicate the brand‘s promise and integrate the messages across various channels, such as advertising, media/investor relations and sponsorship  Do the messages your employees receive reflect your brand? After you have ensured that your client messaging is ―on-brand‖, verify that your employee communications – such as management letters, road shows and intranet sites consistently reflect your brand  To what degree are the interactions with your clients guided by brand? Assess your client interactions by firstly identifying all the points where your client interacts with the firm; assess each of these interactions with regard to the brand and determine what improvements are necessary  Is brand incorporated in organizational decision-making? 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With desire to improve and enhance quality to serve customers as well as to reduce inconvenient procedures for customers Please let us to know your opinion through questionnaire below With your contributive ideas will help us improve services quality better Thank you very much! ……………………………………………… Notice: Answer questions by tickling X signal in blank spaces What information channels you know ABBank’s services through? Internet TV, newspapers Other means Friends When people mention ABBank, the first you think about is: Name of services of bank Image Employees‘ behaviour Service quality What programs you often see on? Films Sport, social culture Entertainment programs Economic information Which services of bank are you not satisfied? Saving service Western union Lending service Other services What services of bank you often use? Saving service Western union Lending service Other services What bank you like trading most?  An Binh bank Vietcombank ACB bank Other banks According to your point of view, An Binh is a brand: (Only to chose one) Very good Good but need to improve some points Bad Ordinary, many points need to improve Below which is logo of ABBank? Have promotion programs attracted yet? Very attractive Attractive normal Boring 10 How often you take part in promotional campaigns of bank? Usually Sometimes Seldom Never 11 Working style of employees  Professional Nimble Normal 12 Has time of solving procedure of employees met requirements yet? Good Passable Not good Need to improve 13 Have employees’ behaviour made you satisfy? Very happy Happy Unhappy 14 Which factor below is basic you decide to choose our bank service? Service quality Employees‘ behaviour Promotional Interest rate Quick trading time 15 According to you, what is An Binh’s style? Dynamic & Enthusiastic Traditional & Modern Combination Professional Training Youthful & Ebullient 16 Have you ever introduced services of ABBank to others?  Very many times Sometimes  Many times Never 17 Difference between An Binh and other banks is: (may be to choose many criteria together)  Material  Cost & reasonable Interest rate  Service behaviour Convenient Venue  Other (explain).…………………………… 18 Please evaluate your satisfaction to reasons you trading at An Binh Very Reason satisfying Satisfying Not Complete not satisfying satisfying Convenient Venue     Reasonable cost     Service behaviour     Promotional policy     Quick time of transaction     Working style     other factors :     19 According to you, what service An Binh need to improve? : 20 Please have your name: 21 Please have your kind of enterprise at State enterprise Foreign enterprise Private company Joint- venture company Thank you very much for your cooperation Appendix 2: QUESTIONNAIRE (For managers and employees) Dear Ladies and Gentlemen! With desire to study and develop AnBinh brand more and stronger We would like to know your opinion through below questionnaire Thank you very much! Notice: Each question may be has many choices Answer questions by tickling X signal in blank spaces What is brand?  Trade mark Advertising tool  Geographical indicator Goods origin The importance of brand to a bank? (One choice only)  Very important Important  Normal Unimportant What functions does brand have below?  Identity and differentiation Information and Indication  Emotional and creditable function Economic Function What characteristics does brand have?  Legible Easy to differentiate  Easy to pronounce To be registered by trade mark Brand building is a process of making choice and combination invisible and visible characteristics with objective to differentiate from significant and attractive products and services Yes No What is brand equity?  Is tangible and intangible value that brand brings to related person (customers, staff, shareholders, community)  Is the company‘s promise about product and service to customers  Is percentage on population or target market getting know of a brand or company presence  Is benefits that company gets when using this brand According to your point of view, Brand vision is Direction for future, an aspiration of the brand toward what it reaches  Is brand mission  Building strong brand based on public media  Is customers‘ awareness about brand The importance level of brand vision (One choice only)  Very important Important  Normal Unimportant Brand strategy is an overall plan implementing objectives of brand building in brand vision to make the differentiation and attraction to customers  Yes  No 10 The importance level of Brand strategy (One choice only)  Very important Important  Normal Unimportant 11 To popularize brand what should An Binh use tool of media marketing?  Sponsorship  Other means  Advertising  Take part in community activit 12 According to your point of view, to make people quickly know itself brand, what should An Binh do?  Making unique methods  Making difference in service  Apply traditional method  Do nothing 13 Do you take part if have chance to learn brand?  Yes  Do not know  Unnecessary 14 When working with AnBinh, you feel:  Comfortable and jolly  Normal  Boring  Stressed work 15 Difference between An Binh and other banks is: (may be to choose many criteria together)  Material  Cost & reasonable Interest rate  Service behaviour  Convenient Venue  Other (explain).…………………………… 16 Are you interested in corporate culture environment?  Very interested  Interested  Do not know  Don‘t care 17 Is corporate culture at An Bình attractive to you?  Attractive  Not attractive yet Unattractive 18 Can AnBinh’s recruitment and training policy make motivation for you?  Very good  Normal  Less attractive 19 Do you have to overcome difficulties to succeed in work?  Professional knowledge  Communication skill  Skill and experience in work  Other difficulties 20 What makes you feel unsatisfied with customers?  Complaint  Not clear understanding  Customers‘ behaviour  Noisiness of customers 21 Have you ever feel have important role in making good impression in customers’ mind?  Always to be aware  Never  Sometimes  Do not know 22 What you have to yourself to make good impression to customers?  Cultivate knowledge  Have presentation and persuasive skills  Listen to customers  Explain carefully to customers 23 Please have your name: Thank you very much ... brand after a period Other way of study will be analyzing the importance of brand to banks in ABBank particularly and all over banks in Vietnam in generally This study is an information channel and... Brand as a mark  Brand as a marketing tool  Brand as a source of sustainable competitive advantage Branding started to develop and come to the fore in the marketing process in the USA in the. .. role of brand in banking 1.3.1 Introduction about brand in banking a The importance of brand to bank in business If brands are a strategic asset, then how they affect business? A strong brand provides