| Abstract [eng] |
Every country has an aim to ensure security and well-being for its citizens. Today such traditional tools as economical, foreign policies and army are not so effective any more. Globalization and global warming are some of the causes for governments to look for new effective methods of strategic governing. This is where the term of country’s image appears. The aim of this work is to present, discuss and rate the main models of country’s image formation and after adapting such theoretical knowledge in practice define a resumptive model of country’s image formation. For the reach of this aim I have defined such smaller tasks: a) Understand the essence of country’s image and main parts of its formation; b) Define the stages which every country passes through while forming an image; c) Review the main model of country image formation; d) Create a resumptive model for Lithuania’s image formation; e) Give recommendations for realization of resumptive model according to results of conducted secondary research. While seeking for the aim and its tasks I have analyzed the material of Lithuanian Government Project of Lithuania‘s image formation strategy. The models examined included those of Kennedy (1977), Dowling (1986), Abratt (1989), Ind (1997) and Stuart (1998). Practical use of this paper is a deeper understanding about the process of country image formation and ability to adapt research data to theoretical model. In conclusion resumptive model of Lithuania‘s image formation strategy is described and recommendations for it practical realization are given. |
