Brand Authenticity in the Healthcare Industry: Analyzing of the Antecedents, Consequences and Dimensions by Using Qualitative Approach

The role of brands in identifying the company's product in today's expanding markets is undeniable. The present study focuses specifically on medical centers and brands related to these centers. The issue of brand management in this industry is not taken very seriously and many well-known centers with popular brands among target customers do not focus as much as they should on taking advantage of the existing brand and what is advantageous in such a market are the resources. They are human (doctors) and not the brands of these centers. The purpose of this study is to identify the determinants and consequences of brand authenticity in the healthcare industry. Therefore, by adopting a qualitative research method, on the one hand, the researcher has sought to provide solutions to solve tangible problems in the study environment, and on the other hand, has tried to eliminate study and research gaps in brand management in Iran. Reduce by identifying local antecedents and implications for brand authenticity. In the present study, interview tools (semi-structured) in the qualitative section have been used in order to collect data. In order to collect qualitative data from experts in the field of brand authenticity in the field of treatment and health of the country, an expert panel was used. In this study, members of the panel of experts were selected using the snowball sampling approach. Factors identified for brand authenticity are 2 factors, identified factors for brand authenticity antecedents are 6 factors and identified factors for brand authenticity consequences are 3 factors.