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The book offers an exciting overview of the marketing opportunities, challenges and traditions in Islamic countries. Providing an insight into the specifics of marketing in Islamic countries, the book is an interesting and helpful read for marketers, students and all who enjoy marketing challenges presented by less well-known emerging markets.

This series presents essays on topics in international marketing. Both theoretical/conceptual and empirical contributions are included.

With the increasing globalisation of business, Asia has much to teach and to learn in the areas of management theory, research and education. The relevance and impact of Asian business practices are scrutinized in this volume which presents chapters written by international scholars on issues such as strategic management, organisational behavior, the performance of multinationals, foreign investments and human resource management. Advances in these areas within an Asian context can make a global contribution to the research on management theory.This volume consists of the principal...

This book addresses the following questions: What are the social, cultural or religious particularities of advertising and advertising practices? Are there any taboos? What about legal restrictions? How is the advertising infrastructure? Are there any institutions, federations or boards of advertising? How are media data collected? How can specific target groups be addressed? Are there any specific habits in using media? Specialists from Australia, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, India, Mexico, Russia, South Africa, Taiwan, and the USA provide comprehensive information on advertising...

This interesting book covers the development of 19 prominent European, American and Asian companies from their humble origins to their current status as global operators. The case studies review the changes of their corporate structures and the successes and failures of their marketing and branding strategies. A wide range of business sectors is covered, including foodstuffs, drinks, retail, apparel, electronics, aviation, cars and entertainment. Of prime importance for corporate survival and growth in all sectors and countries is the crucial shift from owner-founder-run companies to...

Global business today is played by new rules -- many of which are being written by the Japanese and their remarkably successful companies. Because the Japanese are redefining business as we know it, Western companies expecting to profit from the new global marketplace must first learn to compete and succeed against the Japanese in Japan.

James C. Morgan, Chairman of Applied Materials, Inc., the leading supplier of advanced processing equipment to the worldwide semiconductor industry which does about forty percent of its business in Japan, and J. Jeffrey Morgan, who has worked in...

Fast track route to mastering global operations

Covers the key areas of international marketing and distribution, logistics, import/export compliance and government regulations

Examples and lessons from some of the world's most successful businesses, including Nortel Networks, Terranova Forest Products and Ampro Electronics, and ideas from the smartest thinkers, including Adrian Wooldridge, Christopher Bartlett, Sumantra Ghoshal and John Micklethwait.

Includes a glossary of key concepts and a comprehensive resources guide

Build the skills needed to compete in the highly competitive global business environment

This incisive book is a comprehensive introduction to contemporary multinational strategic leadership and management. A vital guide to business policy, Multinational Strategic Management: An Integrative Entrepreneurial Context-Specific Process combines basic strategic management with a distinctive international business perspective. The result is invaluable as a preparatory overview for novices and as a guidebook for business practitioners.

Mixing basic management and leadership...

Find out which business teaching techniques work and which don't for Central and Eastern European students

From editor George Tesar: "Educational opportunities in Central and Eastern Europe have changed dramatically over the last twelve years. The restructuring of undergraduate and graduate programs has required a systematic rethinking of programs, courses, and teaching methods. Postgraduate education--particularly professional education and especially management education--has evolved as one of the most important elements impacting the political, social, and economic changes in that...

When GUERRILLA MARKETING was first published in 1983, Jay Levinson was considered a pioneer with his unique "take no prisoners" approach to marketing, oriented to owners of small & medium-sized companies. Almost 20 years & 1,000,000 copies later, GUERRILLA MARKETING is now considered the Marketing Bible & the consulting book for entrepreneurs. Full of scores of solid guerrilla marketing weapons as well as invaluable business recommendations for today's marketers, this completely revised & expanded edition (Spanish version), identifies the following:

The fastest-growing markets for the 21st...

Baby boomers (consumers in the 50+ age bracket) are the wealthiest, fastest growing consumer group in the world. Despite this, the vast majority of marketing spend is focused on much younger people.

Recessions always dampen consumer spending, but in the 21^st century's first recession, the decline in spending among the younger age group has been amplified by excessive borrowing and collapsing house prices. More so than ever before, the current global recession highlights the need for firms to revise their marketing strategies and practices in order to remain...

This is the first book to address the current global recession and its effects on firms' marketing strategies. Chaston argues that firms need to revise their strategies to focus on baby boomers (consumers in the 50+ age bracket), who are the wealthiest, fastest growing consumer group in the world.

The International Brand Valuation Manual is a detailed and extensive review of the main brand valuation models. The book reveals the state of the art in the field of brand valuation and coherently relates major trends in the theory and practice of brand valuation. This "one-stop" source is for valuation professionals as well as financial and marketing specialists who need to have an understanding of the principal valuation methods. Salinas also analyses the respective efficacy, advantages, disadvantages, and prospects for the future for each method.

The book:

- Provides a...

Quantitative marketing as a discipline started around the mid 60's and has been dominated by only a handful of individuals. Robert Blattberg is one of them and has been a leader in setting a research agenda for this discipline. This book, along with commentary by some of Robert's doctoral students, offers a testament to the genius of Robert.

Richard Schonberger, in his fourth and most important book yet, introduces a powerful new concept: that the many links between and within the four main business functions -- design, operations, accounting, and marketing -- form a continuous "chain of customers" that extends to those who buy the product or service. Everyone has a customer -- the next department, office, shop, or person -- at the hundreds of pioneering companies Schonberger has studied throughout the world.

Schonberger demonstrates the universality of customer wants: Both the next and final customers want ever better...

Describes the business environment, organizational culture, consumer behavior, financial investment climate, and examples of best practices in emerging markets. This work covers the major functional areas of business - marketing, strategy, operations and finance - in various continents.

Each chapter in Global Marketing features a unique three-scan model - Competitive Scan, Environmental Scan and Marketing Scan - that provides a consistent framework for analyzing the tremendous variety of global marketing problems. By using one model to determine the similarities and differences of different situations, students are provided with a clearer understanding of how to devise a marketing strategy that works across markets while taking regional differences into account.
Global Marketing: * Discusses contemporary global issues * Covers important cultural issues * Offers a...

Global Business: Positioning Ventures Ahead alerts every business to the new windows of opportunity open to those willing to explore global markets. Authors Czinkota and Ronkainen bring readers quickly up to speed on the essentials of international marketing, explaining all the strategic alternatives for going global--from exporting and licensing to distributorships and joint ventures. They illustrate how to present, promote, and price products and services to appeal to multiple world markets and how to strike back when world competitors move into one's territory.

Each...