This comprehensive work, covering a wide spectrum of the marketing environment, provides a fundamental basis to marketing geography for those concerned with market research, comparative and international marketing, and the study of economic geography. The book focusses on the spatial patterns and processes in marketing, and the development conflicts occur in the marketing system, and how evolution and change in marketing systems is realised through the resolution of these conflicts. The major sectors and institutions in the marketing system are described and a detailed study is made of the ways they change and interact.
Taking as its starting point the nature of marketing tasks, this book draws on organizational theories and makes its own contribution to generate insights and understanding about some of the concerns that need to be deal with if marketing success is to be achieved. The book surveys developments in the study of organizations, and considers how organizations can be adapted to better serve the needs of marketing.
This book provides a stimulating perspective on a wide range of important topics and major challenges which confronted marketing management in the 1980s and are still of relevance today. The author applies a critical knowledge of modern theory and practice to pinpoint the crucial importance of three interrelated ingredients – productivity, integration and creativity, for success in an increasingly demanding and cost-effective environment. Each chapter reviews marketing concepts, theories and methods – both recent and well-established and each chapter can be read on its own in response to a specific problem. As well as an extensive bibliography, the volume contains useful case-studies.
This book is a basic text for international marketing courses. It introduces the different elements of the international marketing mix and sets these in context. It discusses the firm’s strategic position: how it is orientated at present to take advantage of international marketing opportunities and how its strategy is developing. It: Stresses the wide differences between different overseas markets and the importance of handling sensitively particular local features. Examines the need to structure the whole business organisation in the right way and make international marketing effective Discusses the importance of communication and control Throughout case studies are used to highlight particular issues.
Aimed primarily at the MBA student or those preparing for professional qualifications in the marketing field, this book analyses the process of decision making in marketing and the role of organisation. It examines: The study of the organisational location and positioning of the marketing function The analytical perspectives of information-processing theories of organisation The relationship between structure and information Organisational processes
This book combines analytical depth and width of coverage to present a truly comprehensive review of the theory and practice of marketing in a competitive environment.
This volume is concerned with understanding the factors that determine innovation and its contribution to corporate achievement. It considers the whole range of innovation, consumer and industrial, and both final and intermediate buying behaviour. Although the tenor of the book is towards understanding and evaluation, its ultimate concerns are with the practicalities of marketing and corporate innovation.
Environmental Marketing: Strategies, Practice, Theory, and Research is a timely resource for the 1990s. It examines a broad range of issues that affect environmental behavior while providing materials and guidance to marketing decisionmakers. It will guide your organization toward a decidedly “green” marketing movement, toward marketing concepts and tools that not only serve your organization's objectives but preserve and protect the environment as well. Environmental Marketing clearly defines the potential roles of organizations, consumers, and governments and examines how these groups impact environmental factors through the marketing process. The book helps you understand alternative perspectives to green marketing issues and, in turn, enables you to make clearer, more conscious decisions toward improving your environmental marketing performance. This resourceful text begins by defining the concept of environmental or “green” marketing and how the idea of a healthy planet and successful marketing strategies can co-exist. It discusses the consumer's behavior toward environmental products and how marketers can effectively educate them, the guidelines involved in doing so, and the consequences of failing to do so. The marketer's position on environmental changes in industry is examined along with alternatives for striking a balance between marketing objectives and environmental concerns. Finally, the book discusses the global response to environmental marketing and where multi-national organizations belong within this balance. Environmental Marketing is a book for all managers involved in decisions impacting the environment. It is also of great interest to public policymakers and academics who wish for quick insight into environmental marketing issues.
A good marketing information system is an essential ingredient of all successful marketing. This book provides a comprehensive introduction to this key subject. This book not only covers market research techniques but also shows how research techniques should fit into a broader market information system which is skilfully and intelligently designed to suit the particular corporate context.
