TY - JOUR T1 - The Effect of Brand Reliability and Brand Intention on Brand Equity AU - Norouzi, Rouhollah AU - Norouzi, Abdollah AU - Ghalandari, Kamal JO - International Business Management VL - 10 IS - 15 SP - 3284 EP - 3289 PY - 2016 DA - 2001/08/19 SN - 1993-5250 DO - ibm.2016.3284.3289 UR - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=ibm.2016.3284.3289 KW - Brand trust KW -brand reliability KW -brand intention KW -brand equity KW -brand loyalty AB - The purpose of this study focuses on the affect of brand trust on brand equity. More specifically, we examine the effect of overall satisfaction on brand trust and brand loyalty and also the effect of brand loyalty on brand equity. The questionnaire was used for measures set of constituent elements of the model. The subjects were 318students that were consumers of mobile phone in Tehran area. The pretest, which measured reliability, asked 47 consumers that they use mobile phone to answer questionnaires. SPSS data analysis indicated that the Cronbach’s α of the questionnaires was 0.91. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) with Lisrel software was used for the data analysis. The results showed that overall satisfaction, brand reliability and brand intention influence brand loyalty. On the other hand brand loyalty had a significant effect on brand equity and also consumer overall satisfaction was considered as a factor influencing brand trust. Based on this finding, organizations should be able to create brand trust among their consumers so that they can establish their competitive advantage based on brand equity and become successful in today hypercompetitive market environment. ER -