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Abstract Purpose – There is limited research examining social drivers and mediators of online brand community identification in the context of business models development. This study aims to identify them behind the social mechanisms and present essential factors which should be applied in business models to foster value co-creation. Design/methodology/approach – Data were collected from a convenience sample of 712 cases gathered among young European Facebook users via an electronic survey and analyzed using the structural equation modeling method. Findings – Customer–other customers’ identification is a pivotal factor in influencing brand community identification. Practical implications – If companies want to implement online brand communities into business models effectively and co-create brand value, they need deliver brand content useful for customer selfexpression and social interaction to enhance consumer-brand identification and customer–customer social bonds which enable to transform the audience into a community. Focusing on the constant reinforcement of online brand community by supporting customer–customer relationships is critical for voluntary value cocreation. Originality/value – The main contribution of this study to the literature on online brand communities is the presentation and empirical verification of pivotal social mechanisms of online brand community identification considered as a starting point to potential co-creation and capturing value based on the social presence theory.

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Journal of Research in Interactive Marketing no. 13, pages 437 - 463,
ISSN: 2040-7122
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2019
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Kucharska W.: Online brand communities’ contribution to digital business models// Journal of Research in Interactive Marketing -Vol. 13,iss. 4 (2019), s.437-463
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Digital Object Identifier (open in new tab) 10.1108/jrim-05-2018-0063
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