The concept of brand equity is widely used in the consumer-goods sector to measure the added value of established brands over their generic equivalents. This paper describes a method of extending the concept to Major League Baseball as a method of evaluating management's cumulative performance in brand-building. Results of the analysis indicate unsatisfactory performance by the owner-managers of most Major League Baseball franchises.
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