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Learn about the principles of marketing – a textbook for students and practitioners This textbook conveys the fundamental principles of marketing and consistently draws on practical experience. This application-oriented approach enables readers to analyze marketing problems and develop solutions independently. In this 16th edition, all chapters have been brought up to date. Compared to previous editions, the fact that services play a very significant role in the economy has also been taken into account. Therefore, decisions made by service companies have been given greater and more consistent consideration. Content Marketing as a Management Process Strategic Marketing Market Research Product and Pricing Policy Communication and Sales Policy Marketing Organization and Controlling For ideal exam preparation, we also recommend the exercise book that accompanies this marketing textbook for business administration students.
This book provides assistance for ensuring and increasing service quality. Manfred Bruhn presents a holistic, scientifically based approach to quality management for services, which is consistently oriented to the management process with the phases of analysis, planning, control, implementation and controlling of quality management. Core parts of the book are procedures for measuring service quality, instruments for controlling quality and expectation management, the implementation of quality management based on ISO 9000 ff. standards as well as the EFQM model, and comprehensive quality controlling to ensure effectiveness and efficiency. In the previous editions to date, the work has evolved...
Written from a European perspective, this book demonstrates how services firms can create value by marketing. Divided into five parts, it includes case studies and "Services Marketing in Action" boxes. Aimed at final year marketing students, it is also useful for practitioners who work in the area of services management and marketing.
This book provides assistance for ensuring and increasing service quality. Manfred Bruhn presents a holistic, scientifically based approach to quality management for services, which is consistently oriented to the management process with the phases of analysis, planning, control, implementation and controlling of quality management. Core parts of the book are procedures for measuring service quality, instruments for controlling quality and expectation management, the implementation of quality management based on ISO 9000 ff. standards as well as the EFQM model, and comprehensive quality controlling to ensure effectiveness and efficiency. In the previous editions to date, the work has evolved...
'Relationship Marketing' delivers a comprehensive unifying principle with which to approach the subject. Current debates are examined to develop both a theoretical and conceptual approach to the topic.
This book provides the basic knowledge ("basics") for professional sports marketing and gives suggestions for management practice. In the course of social and economic development, sports marketing has grown from rudimentary beginnings into a highly professional and complex discipline that not only affects those directly involved, but has also involved other interest groups (stakeholders) who often pursue their own and not always compatible intentions and interests.In addition, megatrends such as digitalisation and globalisation have given new impetus to sports marketing, just as sport itself has changed significantly in all its different manifestations and structures (including professional...
The innovation economy sets new standards for global business and requires efficient innovation management to plan, execute and evaluate innovation activities, establish innovative capability and coordinate resources and capacities for innovation on an intra- and inter-organizational level. Moreover, communication of innovation is one essential impact factor of innovation success due to successful launches of innovations into markets, establishment of stakeholder relationships, and strengthened corporate reputation in the long-run. Consequently, the portfolio of communication activities for innovations has to be mastered by a company or collaborative network equal to the innovation portfolio...
Cyberspace and cyberculture are becoming the norms of our reality; this volume explores questions of memory, law, politics, death and remembrance, travel, social change, and cross-cultural understandings of what it means to be human in this new digital age.
Introduction Are services millennium-proof? Certainly not. At least not at this moment. There is no thorough research needed to derive that conclusion, simply ask around. The evi dence is overwhelming. True horror stories exist of all types of services in all types of sectors. It is even becoming a business in itself. Television shows that are based on customer complaints about services are becoming more and more popular. As is the case in the millennium problem, management of service companies experiences a lot of problems in the hardware and the software of services. There are still prob lems in defining and developing the service, and problems in creating, realizing and managing weil defi...