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Book cover image of The Global Market: Developing a Strategy to Manage Across Borders by John A. Quelch

Authors: John A. Quelch (Editor), Rohit Deshpande
ISBN-13: 9780787968571, ISBN-10: 0787968579
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
Date Published: April 2004
Edition: 1st Edition

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Author Biography: John A. Quelch

John A. Quelch is senior associate dean and Lincoln Filene Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. Between 1998 and 2001 he was dean of London Business School. Quelch is the author or coauthor of sixteen books.

Rohit Deshpandeé is Sebastian S. Kresge Professor of Marketing at Harvard Business School. His primary research interest concerns the impact of corporate culture on global marketing strategy.

Book Synopsis

The twin forces of ideological change and the technology revolution make globalization the single most important issue facing executives today. But many companies who have developed a presence in the global market now face the challenges inherent in creating a multinational presence with the demands of the "unglobal consumer" who does not have a "one size fits all" need. Here, HBS Professors John Quelch and Deshpande bring together 13 Harvard Business School professors to discuss these and other problems and benefits encountered by executives in global markets. Topics to be discussed include: operating costs of global advertising and marketing services, global product standards; managing global supply chains; global account management; global brands; global knowledge sharing and performance drivers; managing global customers; and social marketing for global economic development.

Table of Contents

Introduction1
Pt. 1Developing the global mind-set9
1Theodore Levitt's "The globalization of markets" : an evaluation after two decades11
2"The globalization of markets" : a retrospective with Theodore Levitt31
3"The globalization of markets" revisited : Japan after twenty years37
Pt. 2Managing the global business79
4Rooting marketing strategy in human universals83
5Organizing multinational companies for collaborative advantage92
Pt. 3Managing global products113
6Global standardization versus localization : a case study and a model115
7It's a small world after all ... or is it? : the state of globalization in the worldwide automotive industry146
Pt. 4Managing global brands159
8Strategies for managing brand and product in international markets163
9Managing the global brand : a typology of consumer perceptions180
Pt. 5Managing global services203
10The globalization of marketing services207
11Cost economies in the global advertising and marketing services business217
Pt. 6Managing global supply and distribution259
12Managing global supply chains263
13Globalization of retailing288
Pt. 7Setting the global agenda313
14The empire strikes flak : powerful companies and political backlash317
15Globalization and the poor335
Notes and references361
The authors387
Index395

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