Table of Contents

PART 1: INITIATING THE MARKETING PROCESSChapter 1: Creating Customer Relationships and Value through MarketingChapter 2: Developing Successful Organizational and Marketing StrategiesAppendix A: Building an Effective Marketing PlanChapter 3: Scanning the Marketing EnvironmentChapter 4: Ethical and Social Responsibility in MarketingPART 2: UNDERSTANDING BUYERS AND MARKETSChapter 5: Understanding Consumer BehaviorChapter 6: Understanding Organizations as CustomersChapter 7: Understanding and Reaching Global Consumers and MarketsPART 3: TARGETING MARKETING OPPORTUNITIESChapter 8: Marketing Research: From Customer Insights to ActionsChapter 9: Market Segmentation, Targeting, and PositioningPART 4: SATISFYING MARKETING OPPORTUNITIESChapter 10: Developing New Products and ServicesChapter 11: Managing Successful Products, Services, and BrandsChapter 12: Services MarketingChapter 13: Building the Price FoundationChapter 14: Arriving at the Final PriceAppendix B: Financial Aspects of MarketingChapter 15: Managing Marketing Channels and Supply ChainsChapter 16: Retailing and WholesalingChapter 17: Integrated Marketing Communications and Direct MarketingChapter 18: Advertising, Sales Promotion, and Public RelationsChapter 19: Using Social Media to Connect with ConsumersChapter 20: Personal Selling and Sales ManagementPART 5: MANAGING THE MARKETING PROCESSChapter 21: Implementing Interactive and Multichannel MarketingChapter 22: Pulling It All Together: The Strategic Marketing ProcessAppendix C: Planning a Career in MarketingAppendix D: Alternate Cases

About the Author

Roger A. Kerin is the Harold C. Simmons Distinguished Professor of Marketing at the Edwin L. Cox School of Business, Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. Professor Kerin holds a B.A. (magna cum laude), M.B.A., and Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota. His teaching and research interests lie in marketing planning and strategy, product management, and financial aspects of marketing. Professor Kerin is a frequent participant in executive development programs and is also an active consultant on matters of marketing planning and strategy. Professor Kerin has published and authored several texts and many articles on marketing. He also serves on numerous journal editorial review boards and is currently a member of the Board of Governors of the Academy of Marketing Science.



Steven W. Hartley is Professor of Marketing in the Daniels College of Business at the University of Denver. He holds a bachelors degree in mechanical engineering, an M.B.A., and a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota. Dr. Hartley was formerly the chair of the Department of Marketing at the University of Denver and has taught at the University of Colorado, the University of Minnesota, and in several executive development programs. His teaching interests include principles of marketing, marketing research, and marketing planning. Dr. Hartley's research has appeared in many leading marketing publications. He is an active consultant to several prominent U.S. corporations and is active in many professional organizations including the American Marketing Association, the Academy of Marketing Science, and the Marketing Educators' Association.