managing relevant touch points with customers (e.g., Aaker and Joachimsthaler, 2000; Keller and Lehmann, 2003). To this end, managers are striving to better understand consumer behavior and positively influence consumers' brand perceptions through marketing initiatives (e.g., Keller, 1993). However, the direction of influence on a brand's perception and image has become increasingly bilateral. Today, consumers are no longer simply “receivers” of company- and brand-related information. Instead, they
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Fahy, Smithee / Strategic Marketing and the Resource Based View of the Firm Strategic Marketing and the Resource Based View of the Firm John Fahy University of Limerick Alan Smithee Alloa Metropolitian University John Fahy is Professor of Marketing, Dept. of Management & Marketing, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland 353-61-213126 (office), 353-61-338171 (fax) John.Fahy@ul.ie. Alan Smithee is Senior Lecturer in Marketing, Alloa Metropolitian University, Alloa, Scotland. Please address
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MBA 6050 Marketing Management and Strategy College of Business Administration Bowling Green State University Spring 2014 Instructor: Dr. David A. Reid Phone: (419) 372-3410 Office: 285 Business Administration Building Fax: (419) 372-8062 E-Mail: dreid@bgsu.edu Class Hours: MW 1:30 - 2:45 p.m. (in BA116) Office Hours: MW 12:30 - 1:15 p.m.; 3:00 – 4:15 p.m., and other times by appointment “Marketing…is the whole business seen from the point of view of its final result
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GERMAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO - MARKETING DEPARTMENT Antecedents To Consumerism The Role Of Marketing By Nabila Youssri El-Assar 22-3384 To Dr. Noha El-Bassiouny On 10/12/2012 1 Literature Review Outline 1. Introduction 2. Consumerism in perspective 2.1. Definitions 2.1.1. First stream of thought: Benign Definitions 2.1.1.1. 2.1.1.2. 2.1.1.3. First definition: Manipulative Techniques Second definition: Customer is King Third definition: Globalization 2.1.2. Second stream of thought:
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imbalance between manufacturer and consumer and reflect the moral and ethical standards of society. The following essay will evaluate the effectiveness of the legal responses which protect consumers with regards to occupational licensing, implied terms, marketing and advertising, exclusion causes, and unfair contracts. A contract is a legally binding agreement. Every consumer transaction is a contract. A contract for goods and services is the main consumer contract; it involves one party (the supplier) supplying
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perceptions, learning and his beliefs and attitudes, or personality traits. The social factors that can have an influence include: personal influence, reference groups, family influence, social class, culture and subculture. While marketing products and services to certain individuals or groups, manufacturers need to determine the needs of the purchaser to reach their target group, which is where the psychological processes may come into play. Many psychological processes influence consumer’s buying behavior
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Running head: MARKETING ARTICLE REVIEW Marketing Article Review Chad L. Million Grand Canyon University: Marketing Management June 18, 2013 Marketing Article Review Appropriate global marketing has the power to hurtle a business into an international franchise, when done properly. Diverse tactics are employed based upon the area the corporation is marketing to. Case-in-point, the menu at fast-food restaurants differs depends on the whereabouts of the restaurant. The corporation emphases
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Asian Social Science; Vol. 8, No. 12; 2012 ISSN 1911-2017 E-ISSN 1911-2025 Published by Canadian Center of Science and Education Green Marketing: A Study of Consumers’ Attitude towards Environment Friendly Products Jacob Cherian1 & Jolly Jacob2 1 2 Department of Management, College of Business Administration, Abu Dhabi University, Abu Dhabi, UAE Department of Applied Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, Abu Dhabi University, Abu Dhabi, UAE Correspondence: Jolly Jacob, Department of
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of contents 1 The Philosophy of Science 1 1.1 The Philosophy of Marketing Theory: Historical and Future Directions – Mark Tadajewski 1 1.2 “Paradigms Lost”: On Theory and Method in Research in Marketing – Rohit Deshpande 4 1.3 Empirical Business Ethics Research and Paradigm Analysis – V. Brand 6 2 Summary on key learning notes 9 Bibliography 12 The Philosophy of Science The discussion of marketing as a science and the different paradigms related to it were unfamiliar
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Research proposal Consumer choice of service provision in services industries Birgit Rettinger Author: Dipl.-Kffr. Birgit Rettinger Doctoral Student ESCP-EAP European School of Management Berlin Chair of Marketing (Prof. Dr. Frank Jacob) Heubnerweg 6 14059 Berlin Germany T: ++49 (0) 30 / 3 20 07-129 F: ++49 (0) 30 / 3 20 07-118 birgit.rettinger@escp-eap.de I. Introduction In the past decade the range of service provision modes in services industries has increased considerably
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