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1 Chapter One Marketing's Value to Consumers, Firms, and Society |
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Marketing---What's It All About? |
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Marketing Is Important to You |
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How Should We Define Marketing? |
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The Role of Marketing in Economic Systems |
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Marketing's Role Has Changed a Lot over the Years |
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What Does the Marketing Concept Mean? |
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The Marketing Concept and Customer Value |
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The Marketing Concept Applies in Nonprofit Organizations |
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The Marketing Concept, Social Responsibility, and Marketing Ethics |
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2 Chapter Two Marketing Strategy Planning |
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The Management Job in Marketing |
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What Is a Marketing Strategy? |
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Selecting a Market-Oriented Strategy Is Target Marketing |
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Developing Marketing Mixes for Target Markets |
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The Marketing Plan Is a Guide to Implementation and Control |
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Recognizing Customer Lifetime Value and Customer Equity |
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The Importance of Marketing Strategy Planning |
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What Are Attractive Opportunities? |
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Marketing Strategy Planning Process Highlights Opportunities |
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Types of Opportunities to Pursue |
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International Opportunities Should Be Considered |
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3 Chapter Three Evaluating Opportunities in the Changing Market Environment |
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Objectives Should Set Firm's Course |
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Company Resources May Limit Search for Opportunities |
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Analyzing Competitors and the Competitive Environment |
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The Technological Environment |
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The Political Environment |
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The Cultural and Social Environment |
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Using Screening Criteria to Narrow Down to Strategies |
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Planning Grids Help Evaluate a Portfolio of Opportunities |
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Evaluating Opportunities in International Markets |
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4 Chapter Four Focusing Marketing Strategy with Segmentation and Positioning |
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Search for Opportunities Can Begin by Understanding Markets |
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Naming Product-Markets and Generic Markets |
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Market Segmentation Defines Possible Target Markets |
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What Dimensions Are Used to Segment Markets? |
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A Best Practice Approach to Segmenting Product-Markets |
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More Sophisticated Techniques May Help in Segmenting |
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Differentiation and Positioning Take the Customer Point of View |
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5 Chapter Five Final Consumers and Their Buying Behavior |
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Consumer Behavior: Why Do They Buy What They Buy? |
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Economic Needs Affect Most Buying Decisions |
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Psychological Influences within an Individual |
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Social Influences Affect Consumer Behavior |
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Individuals Are Affected by the Purchase Situation |
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The Consumer Decision Process |
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Consumer Behavior in International Markets |
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6 Chapter Six Business and Organizational Customers and Their Buying Behavior |
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Business and Organizational Customers---A Big Opportunity |
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Organizational Customers Are Different |
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Many Different People May Influence a Decision |
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Organizational Buyers Are Problem Solvers |
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Buyer--Seller Relationships in Business Markets |
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Manufacturers Are Important Customers |
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Producers of Services---Smaller and More Spread Out |
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Retailers and Wholesalers Buy for Their Customers |
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7 Chapter Seven Improving Decisions with Marketing Information |
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Effective Marketing Requires Good Information |
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Changes Are Under Way in Marketing Information Systems |
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The Scientific Method and Marketing Research |
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Five-Step Approach to Marketing Research |
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Defining the Problem---Step 1 |
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Analyzing the Situation---Step 2 |
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Getting Problem-Specific Data---Step 3 |
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Interpreting the Data---Step 4 |
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Solving the Problem---Step 5 |
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International Marketing Research |
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8 Chapter Eight Elements of Product Planning for Goods and Services |
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The Product Area Involves Many Strategy Decisions |
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Differences between Goods and Services |
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Whole Product Lines Must Be Developed Too |
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Branding Is a Strategy Decision |
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Achieving Brand Familiarity Is Not Easy |
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Protecting Brand Names and Trademarks |
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What Kind of Brand to Use? |
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Who Should Do the Branding? |
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Packaging Promotes, Protects, and Enhances |
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Warranty Policies Are a Part of Strategy Planning |
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Product Classes Help Plan Marketing Strategies |
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Business Products Are Different |
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Business Product Classes---How They Are Defined |
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9 Chapter Nine Product Management and New-Product Development |
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Innovation and Market Changes Create Opportunities |
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Managing Products over Their Life Cycles |
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Product Life Cycles Vary in Length |
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Planning for Different Stages of the Product Life Cycle |
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An Organized New-Product Development Process Is Critical |
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New-Product Development: A Total Company Effort |
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Need for Product Managers |
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10 Chapter Ten Place and Development of Channel Systems |
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Marketing Strategy Planning Decisions for Place |
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Place Decisions Are Guided by "Ideal" Place Objectives |
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Channel System May Be Direct or Indirect |
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Channel Specialists May Reduce Discrepancies and Separations |
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Channel Relationship Must Be Managed |
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Vertical Marketing Systems Focus on Final Customers |
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The Best Channel System Should Achieve Ideal Market Exposure |
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Multichannel Distribution and Reverse Channels |
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Entering International Markets |
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11 Chapter Eleven Distribution Customer Service and Logistics |
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Physical Distribution Gets It to Customers |
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Physical Distribution Customer Service |
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Physical Distribution Concept Focuses on the Whole Distribution System |
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Coordinating Logistics Activities among Firms |
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The Transporting Function Adds Value to a Marketing Strategy |
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Which Transporting Alternative Is Best? |
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The Storing Function and Marketing Strategy |
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Specialized Storing Facilities May Be Required |
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The Distribution Center---A Different Kind of Warehouse |
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12 Chapter Twelve Retailers, Wholesalers, and Their Strategy Planning |
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Retailers and Wholesalers Plan Their Own Strategies |
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Planning a Retailer's Strategy |
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Conventional Retailers---Try to Avoid Price Competition |
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Expand Assortment and Service---To Compete at a High Price |
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Evolution of Mass-Merchandising Retailers |
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Some Retailers Focus on Added Convenience |
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Retailing on the Internet |
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Why Retailers Evolve and Change |
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Retailer Size and Profits |
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Differences in Retailing in Different Nations |
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Wholesaling Is Changing with the Times |
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Wholesalers Add Value in Different Ways |
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Merchant Wholesalers Are the Most Numerous |
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Agents Are Strong on Selling |
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13 Chapter Thirteen Promotion---Introduction to Integrated Marketing Communications |
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Promotion Communicates to Target Markets |
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Several Promotion Methods Are Available |
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Someone Must Plan, Integrate, and Manage the Promotion Blend |
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Which Methods to Use Depends on Promotion Objectives |
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Promotion Requires Effective Communication |
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When Customers Initiate the Communication Process |
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How Typical Promotion Plans Are Blended and Integrated |
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Adoption Processes Can Guide Promotion Planning |
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Promotion Blends Vary over the Life Cycle |
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Setting the Promotion Budget |
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14 Chapter Fourteen Personal Selling and Customer Service |
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The Importance and Role of Personal Selling |
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What Kinds of Personal Selling Are Needed? |
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Order Getters Develop New Business Relationships |
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Order Takers Nurture Relationships to Keep the Business Coming |
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Supporting Sales Force Informs and Promotes in the Channel |
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Customer Service Promotes the Next Purchase |
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The Right Structure Helps Assign Responsibility |
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Information Technology Provides Tools to Do the Job |
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Sound Selection and Training to Build a Sales Force |
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Compensating and Motivating Salespeople |
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Personal Selling Techniques---Prospecting and Presenting |
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15 Chapter Fifteen Advertising, Publicity, and Sales Promotion |
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Advertising, Publicity, Sales Promotion, and Marketing Strategy Planning |
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Advertising Is Big Business |
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Advertising Objectives Are a Strategy Decision |
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Objectives Determine the Kinds of Advertising Needed |
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Choosing the "Best" Medium---How to Deliver the Message |
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Planning the "Best" Message---What to Communicate |
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Advertising Agencies Often Do the Work |
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Measuring Advertising Effectiveness Is Not Easy |
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How to Avoid Unfair Advertising |
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Customer Communication and Types of Publicity |
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Sales Promotion---Do Something Different to Stimulate Change |
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Challenges in Managing Sales Promotion |
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Different Types of Sales Promotion for Different Targets |
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16 Chapter Sixteen Pricing Objectives and Policies |
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Price Has Many Strategy Dimensions |
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Objectives Should Guide Strategy Planning for Price |
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Profit-Oriented Objectives |
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Sales-Oriented Objectives |
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Status Quo Pricing Objectives |
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Most Firms Set Specific Pricing Policies---To Reach Objectives |
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Price Flexibility Policies |
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Price-Level Policies---Over the Product Life Cycle |
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Discount Policies---Reductions from List Prices |
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Allowance Policies---Off List Prices |
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Some Customers Get Something Extra |
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List Price May Depend on Geographic Pricing Policies |
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Pricing Policies Combine to Impact Customer Value |
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Legality of Pricing Policies |
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17 Chapter Seventeen Price Setting in the Business World |
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Price Setting Is a Key Strategy Decision |
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Some Firms Just Use Markups |
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Average-Cost Pricing Is Common and Can Be Dangerous |
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Marketing Managers Must Consider Various Kinds of Costs |
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Break-Even Analysis Can Evaluate Possible Prices |
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Marginal Analysis Considers Both Costs and Demand |
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Additional Demand-Oriented Approaches for Setting Prices |
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Bid Pricing and Negotiated Pricing Depend Heavily on Costs |
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18 Chapter Eighteen Implementing and Controlling Marketing Plans: Evolution and Revolution |
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Good Plans Set the Framework for Implementation and Control |
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Speed Up Information for Better Implementation and Control |
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Effective Implementation Means That Plans Work as Intended |
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Control Provides Feedback to Improve Plans and Implementation |
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Sales Analysis Shows What's Happening |
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Performance Analysis Looks for Differences |
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Performance Indexes Simplify Human Analysis |
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A Series of Performance Analyses May Find the Real Problem |
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Marketing Cost Analysis---Controlling Costs Too |
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Planning and Control Combined |
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19 Chapter Nineteen Managing Marketing's Link with Other Functional Areas |
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Marketing in the Broader Context |
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The Finance Function: Money to Implement Marketing Plans |
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Production Must Be Coordinated with the Marketing Plan |
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Accounting Data Can Help in Understanding Costs and Profit |
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Enabling Marketing Strategy with Information Technology |
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People Put Plans into Action |
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20 Chapter Twenty Ethical Marketing in a Consumer-Oriented World: Appraisal and Challenges |
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How Should Marketing Be Evaluated? |
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Can Consumer Satisfaction Be Measured? |
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Micro-Marketing Often Does Cost Too Much |
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Macro-Marketing Does Not Cost Too Much |
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Marketing Strategy Planning Process Requires Logic and Creativity |
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The Marketing Plan Brings All the Details Together |
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Challenges Facing Marketers |
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How Far Should the Marketing Concept Go? |
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Appendix A Economics Fundamentals |
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Appendix B Marketing Arithmetic |
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Appendix C Career Planning in Marketing |
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1 Chick-fil-A: "Eat Mor Chickin" (Except on Sunday) |
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2 Bass Pro Shops (Outdoor World) |
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592 | (1) |
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3 Toyota Prius: The Power of Excellence in Product Innovation and Marketing |
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593 | (2) |
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4 Potbelly Sandwich Works Grows through "Quirky" Marketing |
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595 | (1) |
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5 Suburban Regional Shopping Malls: Can the Magic Be Restored? |
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596 | (2) |
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6 Strategic Marketing Planning in Big Brothers Big Sisters of America |
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598 | (3) |
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7 Invacare Says, "Yes, You Can!" to Customers Worldwide |
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601 | (2) |
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8 Segway Finds Niche Markets for Its Human Transporter Technology |
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603 | (3) |
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606 | (41) |
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1 McDonald's "Seniors" Restaurant |
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607 | (1) |
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2 Golden Valley Foods, Inc. |
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607 | (1) |
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3 NOCO United Soccer Academy |
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608 | (1) |
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609 | (1) |
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610 | (1) |
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611 | (1) |
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612 | (1) |
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612 | (1) |
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9 Peaceful Rest Motor Lodge |
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613 | (2) |
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615 | (1) |
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616 | (1) |
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12 DrJane.com---Custom Vitamins |
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617 | (1) |
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13 AAA Office World (AAA) |
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618 | (1) |
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619 | (1) |
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620 | (1) |
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620 | (2) |
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17 Simply Pure H2O4U, Inc. |
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622 | (2) |
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18 Whistler Township Volunteer Fire Department (WTVFD) |
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624 | (1) |
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625 | (1) |
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20 Blue Lagoon Marine & Camp |
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626 | (1) |
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21 Global Chemical, Inc. (GCI) |
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627 | (2) |
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22 Bright Light Innovations: The Starlight Stove |
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629 | (1) |
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629 | (2) |
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631 | (1) |
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631 | (1) |
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632 | (1) |
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27 Advanced Molding, Inc. |
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633 | (1) |
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28 KCA Precision Tools (KCA) |
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634 | (1) |
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29 Quality Iron Castings, Inc. |
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635 | (1) |
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30 Walker-Winkle Mills, Ltd. |
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636 | (1) |
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31 Amato Home Health (AHH) |
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637 | (2) |
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639 | (2) |
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33 Kennedy & Gaffney (K&G) |
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641 | (1) |
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34 Chess Aluminum Worldwide (CAW) |
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642 | (1) |
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643 | (3) |
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646 | (1) |
Computer-Aided Problems |
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647 | (5) |
Notes |
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652 | (41) |
Illustration Credits |
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693 | (4) |
Name Index |
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697 | (11) |
Company Index |
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708 | (5) |
Subject Index |
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Glossary |
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