The NAIA has two members in Canada and at one point had another in the Bahamas, which made it the only international intercollegiate athletic association in North America until 2009. As of October 2013, the NAIA reports having 255 member institutions.
How Brands Grow: What Marketers Donât Know (HBG) is one of those business bestsellers that has fast become an absolute must-read for marketers; it has perhaps done more to shake up the world of brand marketing than anything else created or published in the last decade (see our summary of Sharpâs 2016 followup book How Brands Grow Part 2 here).
Brand owners manage their brands carefully to create shareholder value, and brand valuation is an important management technique that ascribes a money value to a brand, and allows marketing investment to be managed (e.g.: prioritized across a portfolio of brands) to maximize shareholder value. Most companies aim for  Top-of-Mind 2  . Top-of-mind awareness occurs when a brand pops into a consumer's mind when asked to name brands in a product category. 3  For example, when someone is asked to name a type of facial tissue, the common answer is Kleenex, represents a top-of-mind brand.