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Brand Is a System
A systems-oriented view of brand, organization, environment, and meaning
- Author
- Mandana Aeinechian
- Version
- Iteration 0
- Publication year
- 2026
- Language
- English
- Publication approach
- Open Authority Publishing
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Unless otherwise stated, the Brand Operating System framework, BOS-related terminology, conceptual models, diagrams, matrices, tables, and analytical extensions introduced in this book are original works of the author and remain protected under the author's copyright.
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