Joana Pinto Leite César Machado

Assistant Professor

Generic Bio

Joana César Machado is Ph.D. in Management with a specialization in Marketing from ISCTE‑IUL, Lisbon University Institute, with a dissertation about the Management of the Process of Change in the Name/logo in the Context of Brands’ Merger. She has a degree in Economics from the Faculty of Economics of the University of Oporto, and a Masters degree in Management of Commercial Operations from Católica Porto Business, with a dissertation about the Development of Corporate Identity, and received the prize for the best Master student.

Joana is Assistant Professor at Católica Porto Business School since 1997, where she teaches and researches in the fields of Marketing, Brand Management and Consumer Behaviour.

She is Associate Dean for Global Education at Católica Porto Business School, researcher at CEGE, a FCT‑funded research center, and at CEGEA (the applied research center of Católica Porto Business School).

She is also the chair of the scientific committee of the Academy of Marketing’s Brand, Corporate Identity and Reputation Special Interest Group and a member of the Editorial Review Board of Journal of Product & Brand Management.

She has published her research in several international scientific journals and books and participates regularly at international conferences.

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A Identidade Corporativa em Situação de Fusão - Como se Juntam Nomes e Logótipos e Como as Pessoas os Percebem

Joana Pinto Leite César Machado (with Joana Machado). 2009.
Book chapter

A Identidade da Marca”

Joana Pinto Leite César Machado (with Joana Machado). 2007. O Livro da Marca
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A influência das causas sociais na intenção de compra dos consumidores

Joana Pinto Leite César Machado (with Susana C. Silva). 2014. V Pró-Pesq, ECA – USP, São Paulo, Brazil, 21st -23rd May.
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Analysing consumer-based brand equity on Facebook

Joana Pinto Leite César Machado (with Salim L. Azar). 2016. 11th Global Brand Conference
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Brand gender and consumer-based brand equity on Facebook

Joana Pinto Leite César Machado (with Joana Machado). 2017. 5th International Consumer Brand Relationship Conference, Porto, Portugal, 18/05/17
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Brand gender and consumer-based brand equity on Facebook: The mediating role of consumer-brand engagement and brand love

Joana Pinto Leite César Machado (with Joana César Machado). 2019. Journal of Business Research
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Brand Logo and brand gender

Joana Pinto Leite César Machado (with Joana Machado). 2019. 14th Global Brand Conference 2019, Berlin, Germany, 8/05/19
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Brand logo and brand gender: examining the effects of natural logo designs and color on brand gender perceptions and affect

Joana Pinto Leite César Machado (with Joana César Machado). 2021. Journal of Brand Management
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Brand logo design

Joana Pinto Leite César Machado (with Joana Machado). 2015. Journal of Product and Brand Management
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Brand logo design: Examining consumer response to figurativeness across cultures

Joana Pinto Leite César Machado (with Joana Machado). 2014. Proceedings of the 43rd EMAC - European Marketing Academy Conference
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Brand logo design: Examining consumer responses to figurativeness

Joana Pinto Leite César Machado (with Joana Machado). 2013. Proceedings of the 42nd EMAC - European Academy of Marketing
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Brand Logo Design: Examining consumer responses to name and logo characteristics

Joana Pinto Leite César Machado (with Joana Machado). 2012. Proceedings of the 11th International Marketing Trends Conference
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Brand logo design: Exploring consumer response to figurativeness across cultures

Joana Pinto Leite César Machado (with Joana Machado). 2014. 9th Global Brand Conference
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Brand mergers: an analysis of consumer brand identity preferences

Joana Pinto Leite César Machado (with Joana Machado). 2011. Proceedings of The 7th Thought Leaders International Conference in Brand Management
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Brand mergers: Examining consumers' responses to name and logo design

Joana Pinto Leite César Machado (with Machado, J.C.). 2012. Journal of Product and Brand Management
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Brand mergers: Examining responses to name and logo design

Joana Pinto Leite César Machado (with Joana Machado). 2011. Proceedings of The 7th Global Brand Conference of The Academy of Marketing’s Brand, Identity and Reputation SIG
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Brand, identity and corporate reputation

Joana Pinto Leite César Machado (with Lim Ming). 2015. Marketing Intelligence and Planning
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Branding as a reflection of culture - An analysis of brand consumption patterns in China

Joana Pinto Leite César Machado (with Joana Machado). 2014.
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Bridging the gap between brand gender and brand loyalty on social media: exploring the mediating effects

Joana Pinto Leite César Machado 2020. Journal of Marketing Management
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Cause-related marketing in online environment: the role of brand-cause fit, perceived value, and trust

Joana Pinto Leite César Machado (with Susana Costa e Silva). 2020. International Review on Public and Nonprofit Marketing
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Como avaliar estratégias de co-branding

Joana Pinto Leite César Machado (with Diana Santos). 2015. European Journal of Applied Business & Management
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Constructing and validating a scale to measure Social media brand community enjoyment (SMBCE)

Joana Pinto Leite César Machado (with Subhadip Roy). 2017. 12th Global brand conference
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Design, personality traits and consumer response to brand logos

Joana Pinto Leite César Machado (with Joana Machado). 2018. 13th Global Brand Conference, Newcastle, United Kingdom, 2/05/18
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Exploring consumer segments defined by affective responses to naturalness in logo design

Joana Pinto Leite César Machado (with Anna Torres). 2023. Journal of Product and Brand Management
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Guest editorial

Joana Pinto Leite César Machado 2020. Internet Research
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How can a corporate brand (of higher education) benefit from social networks in its internal communication strategy? The case of Catholic University of Portugal

Joana Pinto Leite César Machado (with Joana Machado). 2014.
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How can a corporate brand (of higher education) benefit from social networks in its internal communication strategy? The case of Catholic University of Portugal – Porto

Joana Pinto Leite César Machado (with Sofia Amorim). 2014. 9th Global Brand Conference
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How do brand gender and consumer-brand engagement contribute to the development of brand loyalty on Facebook?

Joana Pinto Leite César Machado (with Joana Machado). 2019. Proceedings of the 14th Global Brand Conference
Book chapter

How does brand-cause fit influence the success of CrM campaigns?

Joana Pinto Leite César Machado (with Inês Padilha Campelo). 2021. Handbook of sustainability-driven business strategies in practice
Book chapter

How does brand-cause fit influence the success of CrM campaigns?. in Markovic and Sancha (eds.), Handbook of Sustainability-Driven Business Strategies in Practice.

Joana Pinto Leite César Machado 2021. Handbook of Sustainability-Driven Business Strategies in Practice
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How natural features in logo design influence consumers’ preferences: revision of the literature and proposal for a data collection instrument'

Joana Pinto Leite César Machado (with Joana Machado). 2011. Proceedings of the 11th International Marketing Trends Conference
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M&As and brand identity

Joana Pinto Leite César Machado (with Joana Machado). 2010. Proceedings of the 6th Thought Leaders International Conference in Brand Management
Book chapter

M&As and Brand Identity – How can Names and Logos be Combined and how do Consumers Perceive them

Joana Pinto Leite César Machado (with Joana Machado). 2010. Contemporary Issues in Brand Research
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Motivations to interact with brands on Facebook – Towards a typology of consumer–brand interactions

Joana Pinto Leite César Machado 2016. Journal of Brand Management
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Motives to engage with sports brands on Facebook and Instagram–The case of a Portuguese football club

Joana Pinto Leite César Machado (with Joana César Machado). 2020. International Journal of Sports Marketing and Sponsorship
Book chapter

O Marketing e a Identidade Corporativa

Joana Pinto Leite César Machado (with Joana Machado). 2014. Os Novos Horizontes do Marketing,
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Online cause-related marketing

Joana Pinto Leite César Machado (with Susana C. Silva). 2018. EURAM 18
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Private Label Brands: Benefits and Challenges Pingo Doce Case Study

Joana Pinto Leite César Machado (with Joana Machado). 2014.
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Rebranding mergers: How attitudes influence consumer choices

Joana Pinto Leite César Machado (with MacHado, J.C.). 2012. Journal of Brand Management
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Rebranding mergers: how important is the figurativeness of the brand’s signs

Joana Pinto Leite César Machado (with Joana Machado). 2011. Proceedings of the 10th International Marketing Trends Conference
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Rebranding the merger

Joana Pinto Leite César Machado (with Joana Machado). 2010. Proceedings of The 6th International Conference of The Academy of Marketing’s Brand, Identity and Reputation SIG
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Same design, same response? Investigating natural designs in international logos

Joana Pinto Leite César Machado (with Anna Torres). 2019. Journal of Product and Brand Management
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Same design, same response? Investigating natural designs in international logos

Joana Pinto Leite César Machado 2019. Journal of Product & Brand Management
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SOCIAL MEDIA BRAND COMMUNITY ENJOYMENT (SMBCE): SCALE CONSTRUCTION AND VALIDATION FROM AN ETIC PERSPECTIVE

Joana Pinto Leite César Machado 2018. Journal of Marketing Theory and Practice
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The effect of brand names and logos’ figurativeness on memory

Joana Pinto Leite César Machado (with Paulo de Lencastre). 2023. Journal of Business Research
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The impact of brand gender on consumer-brand engagement and consumer-based brand equity on Facebook

Joana Pinto Leite César Machado (with Joana Machado). 2017. 12th Global brand conference
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The impact of personality and design on consumer responses to logos

Joana Pinto Leite César Machado (with Joana Machado). 2018. Proceedings of the AEMARK 2018
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The influence of WOM and peer interaction in the decision-making process of Generation Z within the family

Joana Pinto Leite César Machado (with Susana C. Silva). 2017. International Journal of Marketing, Communication and New Media
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Towards a typology of consumer-brand interaction on Facebook

Joana Pinto Leite César Machado (with Joana Machado). 2015. Proceedings of the 44th EMAC - European Marketing Academy Conference
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Visual effects of logo on the attentional filter and perception

Joana Pinto Leite César Machado (with Dana Murphy). 2017. 12th Global Brand Conference
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What is engaging content? Influence of social media type of message on consumer engagement

Joana Pinto Leite César Machado (with Tiago Paraty). 2018. Proceedings of the 13th Global Brand Conference