Format: Hardback, 736 pages, 12th revised United Edition Other Information: ill Published In: United Kingdom, 27 February 2007 The 12th edition of this popular text continues to build on four major marketing themes: building and managing profitable customer relationships, building and managing strong brands to create brand equity, harnessing new marketing technologies in the digital age, and marketing in a socially responsible way around the globe. Thoroughly updated and streamlined, "Principles of Marketing" tells the stories that reveal the drama of modern marketing, reflecting the major trends and forces that are impacting this dynamic and ever-changing field. Topics include: the marketing environment, managing information, consumer & business buyer behavior, segmentation, targeting, and positioning, branding strategies, distribution channels, advertising and sales promotion, direct marketing, and the global marketplace. An excellent tool for anyone in marketing and sales, whether self- or corporate- employed. Table of Contents Part 1-Defining Marketing and the Marketing Process 2 1. Marketing: Managing Profitable Customer Relationships 2 2. Company and Marketing Strategy: Partnering to Build Customer Relationships 34 Part 2-Understanding the Marketplace and Consumers 62 3. The Marketing Environment 62 4. Managing Marketing Information 94 5. Consumer Markets and Consumer Buyer Behavior 128 6. Business Markets and Business Buyer Behavior 158 Part 3-Designing a Customer-Driven Strategy and Marketing Mix 182 7. Customer-Driven Marketing Strategy: Creativing Value for Target Customers 182 8. Product, Services, and Branding Strategies 216 9. New-Product Development and Life-Cycle Strategies 250 10. Pricing Products: Understanding and Capturing Customer Value 282 11. Pricing Products: Pricing Strategies 306 12. Marketing Channels and Supply Chain Management 332 13. Retailing and Wholesaling 364 14. Communicating Customer Value: Integrated Marketing Communication Strategy 396 15. Advertising and Public Relations 424 16. Personal Selling and Sales Promotion 450 17. Direct and Online Marketing: Building Direct Customer Relationships 478 Part 4-Extending Marketing 514 18. Creating Competitive Advantage 514 19. The Global Marketplace 540 20. Marketing Ethics and Social Responsibility 570 APPENDIXES 1. Marketing Plan A-1 2. Marketing by the Numbers A-11 3. Careers in Marketing A-27 References R-1 Glossary G-1 Credits C-1 Index I-1 About the Author As a team, Philip Kotler and Gary Armstrong provide a blend of skills uniquely suited to writing an introductory marketing text. Professor Kotler is one of the world's leading authorities on marketing. Professor Armstrong is an award-winning teacher of undergraduate business students. Together they make the complex world of marketing practical, approachable, and enjoyable. Philip Kotler is S. C. Johnson & Son Distinguished Professor of International Marketing at the Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University. He received his master's degree at the University of Chicago and his Ph.D. at M.I.T., both in economics. Dr. Kotler is author of Marketing Management (PrenticeHall), now in its twelfth edition and the world's most widely used marketing text book in graduate schools of business worldwide. He has authored dozens of other successful books and has written more than 100 articles in leading journals. He is the only three-time winner of the coveted Alpha Kappa Psi award for the best annual article in the Journal of Marketing. Professor Kotler was named the first recipient of two major awards: the Distinguished Marketing Educator of the Year Award given by the American Marketing Association and the Philip Kotler Award for Excellence in Health Care Marketing presented by the Academy for Health Care Services Marketing. His numerous other major honors include the Sales and Marketing Executives InternationalMarketing Educator of the Year Award; The European Association of Marketing Consultants and Trainers Marketing Excellence Award; the Charles Coolidge Parlin Marketing Research Award; and thePaul D. Converse Award, given by the American Marketing Association to honor "outstanding contributions to science in marketing. In a recent Financial Times poll of 1,000 senior executives across the world, Professor Kotler was ranked as the fourth "most influential business writer/guru" of the twenty-first century. Dr. Kotler has served as chairman of the College on Marketing of the Institute of Management Sciences, a director of the American Marketing Association, and a trustee of the Marketing Science Institute. He has consulted with many major U.S. and international companies in the areas of marketing strategy and planning, marketing organization, and international marketing. He has traveled extensively throughout Europe, Asia, and South America, advising companies and governments about global marketing practices and opportunities. Gary Armstrong is Crist W. Blackwell Distinguished Professor of Undergraduate Education in the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He holds undergraduate and masters degrees in business from Wayne State University in Detroit, and he received his Ph.D. in marketing from Northwestern University. Dr. Armstrong has contributed numerous articles to leading business journals. As a consultant and researcher, he has worked with many companies on marketing research, sales management, and marketing strategy. But Professor Armstrong's first love is teaching. His Blackwell Distinguished Professorship is the only permanent endowed professorship for distinguished undergraduate teaching at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He has been very active in the teaching and administration of Kenan-Flagler's undergraduate program. His administrative posts have included Chair of Marketing, Associate Director of the Undergraduate Business Program, Director of the Business Honors Program, and many others. He works closely with business student groups and has received several campuswide and Business School teaching awards. He is the only repeat recipient of school's highly regarded Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, which he has received three times. Professor Armstrong recently received the UNC Board of Governors Award for Excellence in Teaching, the highest teaching honor bestowed by the sixteen-campus University of North Carolina system. Publisher: Prentice-Hall ISBN: 0132390027 EAN: 9780132390026 Dimensions: 28.0 x 22.0 x 3.0 centimetres (1.78 kg) Age Range: 15+ years
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