What is marketing? / Alvin J. Silk content adviser - Boston, Mass. : Harvard Business School Press, c2006. - xii, 207 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - What is? series .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Analyzing marketing opportunities. Marketing strategy -- Appendix to chapter 1, Basic marketing mathematics -- Understanding consumer behavior -- Understanding business customers -- Developing marketing strategies. Market segmentation, target market selection, and positioning -- Product policy -- Appendix to chapter 5, Brand valuation -- Going to market -- Marketing communications and promotions -- Optimal pricing -- Implementing marketing strategies. Personal selling and sales management -- Managing customers.

This book explores what marketing is and how an enterprise can differentiate itself from others in attracting and retaining customers. The book is organized according to the design of the first-year marketing course in the two-year MBA program at the Harvard Business School. Each chapter of the book is written by HBS faculty and used by MBA students in preparation for classroom participation. The book consists of three parts: the analysis of marketing opportunities, the formulation of marketing strategy, and the execution of that strategy.

9781422104606

2006021351


Marketing

HF5415 / .W483 2006

658.8

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