Innovative Business Practices Innovative Business Practices: Prevailing a Turbulent Era Edited by Demetris Vrontis and Alkis Thrassou Innovative Business Practices: Prevailing a Turbulent Era, Edited by Demetris Vrontis and Alkis Thrassou This book first published 2013 Cambridge Scholars Publishing 12 Back Chapman Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 2XX, UK British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library
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order to know the perception of the customer with respect to after sales services and to gauge the satisfaction of its consumers. Every customer tends to develop a certain image of the company after using the product. In this process, After Sales Services of the company also plays a major role. The complaints lodged by the customer if duly attended to and given a service in such a manner so that the product is trouble free for a considerable period of time, the customer feels satisfied and tends to become
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BRIDGING THE VALLEY OF DEATH: LESSONS LEARNED FROM 14 YEARS OF COMMERCIALIZATION OF TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION ABSTRACT We argue for the increasing importance of providing graduate students skills in technology entrepreneurship and the commercialization of technology. We describe the lessons we have learned from fourteen years of developing commercialization of technology pedagogy and adapting it for use on four continents and within numerous corporations. We demonstrate that the straightforward theory-driven
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Retailing in the 21st Century Manfred Krafft ´ Murali K. Mantrala (Editors) Retailing in the 21st Century Current and Future Trends With 79 Figures and 32 Tables 12 Professor Dr. Manfred Krafft University of Muenster Institute of Marketing Am Stadtgraben 13±15 48143 Muenster Germany mkrafft@uni-muenster.de Professor Murali K. Mantrala, PhD University of Missouri ± Columbia College of Business 438 Cornell Hall Columbia, MO 65211 USA mantralam@missouri.edu ISBN-10 3-540-28399-4 Springer
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A Marketing Analysis of Household Appliances Market in Finland A Case Study for the Haier Group Na Wang Degree Programme in International Business May 2009 Supervisor: Shaidul Kazi TA MPERE 2009 TAMPEREEN AMMATTIKORKEAKOULU University of Applied Sciences INTER NATIONAL 2 B USINESS Writer(s): Study Programme(s): Title of Thesis Na Wang International Business A Marketing Analysis of The Household Appliances Market in Finland, A Case for the Haier Group Month
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Goods: physical, tangible products Services: intangible products Exist to satisfy the needs (basic necessities) or wants (desires) of people, organizations and governments Important to have clearly defined functions/processes Ex. human resources, production, marketing and finance Customers: people/organizations that buy the product Consumers: those who use the product Consumer goods: sold to the general public and can be split into: Consumer durables: products that last a long time Non-durables:
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Newcastle-upon-Tyne Jim Hamill University of Strathclyde Tony Purdie Northumbria University Copyright # 2004 John Wiley & Sons Ltd, The Atrium, Southern Gate, Chichester, West Sussex PO19 8SQ, England Telephone (þ44) 1243 779777 Email (for orders and customer service enquiries): cs-books@wiley.co.uk Visit our Home Page on www.wileyeurope.com or www.wiley.com All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic
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Universität Zürich Institut für Strategie und Unternehmensökonomik Lehrstuhl für Services und Operationsmanagement Dr. Patricia Deflorin Operations Management: A supply chain Approach (UE) Simulation Manual 1 Inhaltsverzeichnis I. Introduction to Marketplace ................................................................................................ 5 II. Game Scenario .............................................................................................................
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Pricing Els Gijsbrechts and Katia Campo Objectives This chapter does not have as its aim the provision of ready-made methods for the assessment of price levels. Its objectives are: 1 to indicate the importance and complexity of price decisions for marketing managers; 2 to consider what is a ‘price’; 3 to identify the factors internal to the firm that influence price decisions; 4 to identify the factors external to the firm that influence price decisions; 5 to discuss pricing strategies and tactics. C
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CONTENTS Introduction Part One: Foundations Chapter One: Introduction to Advertising 1 Chapter Two: Advertising’s Role in Marketing 34 Chapter Three: Advertising and Society 68 Part Two: Planning and Strategy Chapter Four: How Advertising Works 103 Chapter Five: The Consumer Audience 135 Chapter Six: Strategic Research 169 Chapter Seven: Strategic Planning 205 Part Three: Effective Advertising Media Chapter Eight: Print and Out-of-Home Media 239 Chapter
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