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- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- List of Boxes
- List of Exhibits
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- About the Authors
- PART ONE THE CHANGING ROLE OF MARKETING
- 1 The Marketing Concept
- 1.1 The marketing concept defined
- 1.2 Steps in implementing strategic marketing
- 1.3 More questions about the marketing concept
- Chapter summary
- Bibliography
- 2 The Market Orientation Concept
- 2.1 An alternative: the market orientation concept
- 2.2 The extended model of market orientation
- 2.3 Actors in the global market
- 2.4 Three misconceptions in customer orientation
- 2.5 The costs of a weak market orientation
- 2.6 The changing marketing organization
- 2.7 Characteristics of a market-driven organization
- Chapter summary
- Appendix 2.1: Market Orientation Questionnaire
- Bibliography
- 3 The Impact of Globalization
- 3.1 The development of free trade
- 3.2 The customization–standardization dilemma
- 3.3 Questioning the benefits of globalization
- 3.4 Can marketing alleviate poverty in the world?
- Chapter summary
- Bibliography
- 4 Emerging Values and Issues
- 4.1 The objective of sustainable development
- 4.2 New eco-sensitive business models
- 4.3 Affirmation of civil society’s power
- 4.4 The emergence of new values
- 4.5 Implications for market-driven management
- 4.6 The impact of Internet technology
- 4.7 Differential advantages of Internet technology
- 4.8 The solution approach and the virtual market
- Chapter summary
- Notes
- Bibliography
- PART TWO UNDERSTANDING CUSTOMER BEHAVIOUR
- 5 Customers’ Needs Analysis
- 5.1 The notion of generic need
- 5.2 Motivation of the individual customer
- 5.3 Structure of the individual customer’s needs
- 5.4 Motivation of the B2B customer
- Chapter summary
- Bibliography
- 6 The Customer Purchase Behaviour
- 6.1 The different customer roles
- 6.2 The purchasing process in B2C markets
- 6.3 The purchasing process in B2B markets
- 6.4 The product as a bundle of benefits
- 6.5 Customer relationship management
- 6.6 Customer postpurchase behaviour
- 6.7 The satisfaction–loyalty relationship
- 6.8 Post-recession consumers’ behaviour
- Chapter summary
- Bibliography
- 7 Measuring Customers’ Response
- 7.1 Structure of a market information system
- 7.2 Marketing research and the scientific method
- 7.3 Exploratory research studies
- 7.4 Descriptive research studies
- 7.5 Causal research studies
- Chapter summary
- Bibliography
- PART THREE IMPLEMENTING STRATEGIC MARKETING
- 8 Needs Analysis Through Market Segmentation
- 8.1 Steps in the strategic segmentation process
- 8.2 Macro-segmentation analysis
- 8.3 Development of a macro-segmentation grid
- 8.4 Micro-segmentation analysis in B2C markets
- 8.5 Micro-segmentation analysis in B2B markets
- 8.6 Requirements for effective segmentation
- 8.7 Emergence of transnational market segments
- Chapter summary
- Bibliography
- 9 Market Attractiveness Analysis
- 9.1 Basic concepts in demand analysis
- 9.2 Business opportunity analysis in a virtual market
- 9.3 Structure of primary demand for consumer goods
- 9.4 The demand for consumer services
- 9.5 The demand for industrial goods
- 9.6 Growth opportunity analysis in existing markets
- 9.7 The PLC model
- 9.8 The PLC model as a conceptual framework
- Chapter summary
- Bibliography
- 10 Company Competitiveness Analysis
- 10.1 A growing competitive interdependence
- 10.2 The notion of competitive advantage
- 10.3 Forces driving industry competition
- 10.4 Competitive advantage based on market power
- 10.5 Competitive advantage based on cost domination
- 10.6 The international competitive advantage
- Chapter summary
- Bibliography
- 11 Market Targeting and Positioning Decisions
- 11.1 Reference market coverage strategies
- 11.2 The strategic positioning decision
- 11.3 Positioning response behaviour
- 11.4 The value chain in differentiation analysis
- 11.5 Targeting international market segments
- Chapter summary
- Bibliography
- 12 Formulating a Marketing Strategy
- 12.1 Product portfolio analyses
- 12.2 The choice of a generic strategy
- 12.3 Assessing growth opportunities
- 12.4 Choosing a competitive strategy
- 12.5 International development strategies
- Chapter summary
- Bibliography
- PART FOUR IMPLEMENTING OPERATIONAL MARKETING
- 13 New Product Decisions
- 13.1 The strategic role of innovations
- 13.2 Organization of the new product development process
- 13.3 New product idea generation
- 13.4 New product idea screening
- 13.5 New product concept development
- 13.6 Business analysis and marketing programming
- 13.7 The customer adoption process
- 13.8 Pricing new products
- 13.9 Assessing the financial risk
- Chapter summary
- Bibliography
- 14 Brand Management
- 14.1 Strategic role of branding
- 14.2 The branded product as a bundle of attributes
- 14.3 Functions of the brand
- 14.4 Key brand management concepts
- 14.5 Building a successful brand
- 14.6 International branding strategies
- Chapter summary
- Bibliography
- 15 Distribution Channel Decisions
- 15.1 The economic role of distribution channels
- 15.2 Channel design alternatives
- 15.3 Factors affecting the channel structure
- 15.4 Vertical marketing systems
- 15.5 Market coverage strategies
- 15.6 Communication strategies in the channel
- 15.7 Distribution cost analysis
- 15.8 Impact of Internet on channels’ decisions
- Chapter summary
- Bibliography
- 16 The Battle of the Brands in B2C Markets
- 16.1 Major changes in the retailing sector
- 16.2 Changes in consumers’ retail buying behaviour
- 16.3 Differentiation strategies of the retailer
- 16.4 Private label development
- 16.5 Strategic objectives of distributors
- 16.6 Strategic options for manufacturers’ brands
- Chapter summary
- Bibliography
- 17 Pricing Decisions
- 17.1 The customer’s perception of price
- 17.2 Cost-based pricing procedures
- 17.3 Demand-oriented pricing procedures
- 17.4 Competition-oriented pricing procedures
- 17.5 Impact of Internet on pricing decisions
- Chapter summary
- Bibliography
- 18 Marketing Communication Decisions
- 18.1 The role and nature of marketing communication
- 18.2 The communication process
- 18.3 Selling or personal communication
- 18.4 Sales promotion decisions
- 18.5 Public relations decisions
- Chapter summary
- Bibliography
- 19 Advertising Offline and Online Decisions
- 19.1 The value of advertising information
- 19.2 Alternative advertising objectives
- 19.3 The development of an advertising campaign
- 19.4 Platforms of advertising communication
- 19.5 Forms of advertising communication
- 19.6 Media planning
- 19.7 Advertising budget decisions
- 19.8 Evolution of Internet spending
- 19.9 Benefits of Internet advertising
- 19.10 Internet: a customer-dominated medium
- 19.11 Online communication objectives
- 19.12 Key online communication tools
- 19.13 The emergence of social networks and virtual communities
- Chapter summary
- Bibliography
- PART FIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF MARKET-DRIVEN MANAGEMENT
- 20 Measuring Marketing Performance
- 20.1 The challenge of marketing measurement
- 20.2 The Customer Response Cycle
- 20.3 Usefulness of marketing models
- 20.4 Marketing impact of stock market values
- Chapter summary
- Bibliography
- 21 The Strategic and Operational Marketing Plan
- 21.1 Overview of marketing planning
- 21.2 Content of a strategic marketing plan
- 21.3 Objectives and programmes
- 21.4 Selection of the strategic path
- 21.5 Design of the marketing programme
- 21.6 Vulnerability analysis and contingency planning
- Chapter summary
- Bibliography
- Index