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A Framework for Marketing Management » (4th Edition)

Book cover image of A Framework for Marketing Management by Philip Kotler

Authors: Philip Kotler, Kevin Keller
ISBN-13: 9780136026600, ISBN-10: 0136026605
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Date Published: March 2008
Edition: 4th Edition

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Author Biography: Philip Kotler

Book Synopsis

Framework for Marketing Management is a concise adaptation of the gold standard marketing management textbook for professors who want authoritative coverage of current marketing management practice and theory, but the want the flexibility to add outside cases, simulations, or projects.

Development of marketing strategies, market demand and environments, creating customer value, analysis of consumer markets, market segmentation, brand loyalty, the Product Life Cycle, managing mass communication, and marketing management in the global economy.

This text is for companies, groups, and individuals who want to adapt their marketing strategies and management to the marketplace of the twenty-first century.

Booknews

Explains major concepts of marketing management, with chapters in sections on understanding marketing management, analyzing marketing opportunities, making marketing decisions, and managing and delivering marketing programs. This condensed edition of retains the strengths of the larger text, including a managerial orientation and a basic disciplines perspective, yet is short enough to allow more class time to be spent on cases and simulations. The author is affiliated with Northwestern University. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Table of Contents

Preface
Pt. IUnderstanding Marketing Management1
1Defining Marketing for the Twenty-First Century1
2Adapting Marketing to the New Economy23
3Building Customer Satisfaction, Value, and Retention37
Pt. IIAnalyzing Marketing Opportunities57
4Winning Markets Through Strategic Planning, Implementation, and Control57
5Understanding Markets, Market Demand, and the Marketing Environment85
6Analyzing Consumer Markets and Buyer Behavior111
7Analyzing Business Markets and Buyer Behavior131
8Dealing with the Competition148
9Identifying Market Segments and Selecting Target Markets170
Pt. IIIMaking Marketing Decisions188
10Developing, Positioning, and Differentiating Products Through the Life Cycle188
11Setting Product and Brand Strategy211
12Designing and Managing Services228
13Designing Pricing Strategies and Programs244
Pt. IVManaging and Delivering Marketing Programs266
14Designing and Managing Value Networks and Marketing Channels266
15Managing Retailing, Wholesaling, and Market Logistics284
16Designing and Managing Integrated Marketing Communications302
17Managing the Sales Force332
Glossary349
Index353

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