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Effective Marketing Coordination

Effective Marketing Coordination: Proceedings of the Forty-Fourth National Conference of the America

Effective Marketing Coordination was edited by George L. Baker, Jr. This work is a collection of proceedings from the 1961 National Conference of the AMA. These conference papers revolve around the theme of effective marketing coordination. Divided in five parts, the papers present the need and use of coordination in every dimension of marketing. The first part elaborates on coordination within marketing segments such as agriculture marketing, banking and finance marketing, defense marketing, pharmaceutical marketing, and public utility marketing. The second part explains the coordination needed during various stages of marketing planning for consumer and industrial goods and services. The third part explains coordination through control, i.e., while using controllable variables like advertising, packaging, and distribution. The fourth part is all about coordination through uncontrollable variables such as marketing regulation and business atmosphere. Finally, the volume explains the importance of coordination in marketing research be it government data or various form of research such as motivational, attitude, or operations. Also featured is an historic perspective of marketing in the 1970s.

Emerging Concepts In Marketing

Emerging Concepts in Marketing: Proceedings of the Winter Conference of the American Marketing Association

Emerging Concepts in Marketing was edited by William S. Decker. This work contains proceedings of the 1962 Winter Conference. Major emphasis of the papers is on the direction in which marketing is headed in the 1960s. The papers discuss advanced thinking and exploration of new concepts developed largely through industry and university research on market planning and the influence of behavioral sciences on marketing.

Enhancing Knowledge Development In Marketing

Enhancing Knowledge Development in Marketing: Perspectives and Viewpoints

Enhancing Knowledge Development in Marketing: Perspectives and Viewpoints was edited by P. Rajan Varadarajan and Anil Menon. This monograph brings together the thoughts and concerns of some of the leading marketing academics and practitioners on the issue of knowledge development and knowledge use within the marketing discipline. Also included are selected papers presented at special sessions on enhancing knowledge development in marketing at the 1989 AMA Summer Marketing Educators Conference.

Franchising The State Of The Art

Franchising: The State of the Art

Franchising: The State of the Art is a detailed yet brief analysis of the growth and impact of franchising in the American business community.  Renowned author, Donald Hackett, fills the gap left in literature which focuses on the pervasiveness of franchising in business.  Real world examples of franchising are examined in three primary ways:

  1. First, an overview is provided tracing the origin and growth of franchising as a channel system;
  2. Second, the advantages and limitations of franchising as a channel alternative are compared to classical channel selection criteria; and,
  3. Lastly, the major trends influencing franchising today, such as the legal environment and ownership trends.

Produced with the assistance of the American Marketing Association, Franchising: The State of the Art is a concise, thorough examination of the evolution and impact of franchising.  This monograph will prove an invaluable tool to students and practitioners of marketing research, advertising, and economics.


Table of Contents

  1. Franchising:  An Overview
  2. Managerial Aspects of Franchising
  3. Trends in Franchising
Frontiers In Marketing Thought

Frontiers in Marketing Thought: Contributed Papers, Conference of The American Marketing Association

Frontiers in Marketing Thought was edited by Stewart H. Rewoldt. This work contains papers presented at the Conference of American Marketing Association in 1954. The papers focus on the content of broadly based marketing concepts rather than how to teach marketing perspective. Designed specifically for marketing teachers, the papers also aid other marketing personnel by providing insights on physical handling, discount selling, value added marketing, branding, motivation research, and a comprehensive round up on research in marketing.

Improving Inner City Marketing

Improving Inner-City Marketing

Improving Inner-City Marketing was edited by Alan R. Andreason. This work contains drafts that served as principal background documents for the 1970 conference on inner-city marketing. These proceedings focus on the marketing and distribution to the lowest income generation group, known as the inner-city audience. They discuss in detail the consumer problems, operating problems, and participation in inner-city markets.

International Marketing

International Marketing: Managerial Issues, Research, and Opportunities

International Marketing: Managerial Issues, Research, and Opportunities was edited by V.H. Kirpalani. This work contains proceedings presented at the 1983 International Marketing Workshop organized by the AMA. The papers aspire to enhance the knowledge and practice of marketing in the international arena. Besides export marketing practices and international marketing strategies that help business development beyond the American continent, this volume also deals with future marketing strategies to tackle competition from foreign companies setting up their business in American soil.

Life Style And Psychographics Cover

Life Style and Psychographics Full Book

Life Style and Psychographics provides an opportunity to obtain a firm grasp of the emerging dimensions of life style and psychographic analysis. The specific applications, accomplishments, and research findings are fully discussed. Topics of discussion include:

  • Conceptual, measurement, and analytical problems in life style research
  • The role of psychographics in the development of media strategy
  • European developments in psychographics

This thoroughly detailed work is written by a variety of distinguished scholars, all drawn together by first-hand research and a firm belief in the value of life style and psychographic analysis. It will prove highly useful to market researchers and strategists, as well as students and faculty of business, economics, and management.


Table of Contents

  1. Psychographics and from Whence It Came
  2. The Development and Application of Psychographic Lifestyle and Associated Activity and Attitude Measures
  3. Construing Life Style and Psychographics
  4. Some Conceptual, Measurement, and Analytical Problems in Life Style Research
  5. The Role of Psychographics in the Development of Advertising Strategy and Copy
  6. Applications of Life Style Research to the Creation of Advertising Campaigns
  7. Life Style Analysis as a Basis for Media Selection
  8. Use of Psychographics in Analysis of Channels of Distribution
  9. Psychographics and Industrial Design
  10. Life Style: The Essence of Social Class
  11. European Developments in Psychographics
  12. The Second Generation of Market Segmentation Studies: An Audit Buying Motivation
  13. Life Style and Psychographics: Definitions, Uses, and Problems
Linking Marketing And Technology Strategies

Linking Marketing and Technology Strategies

December 3-5, 1989

Linking Marketing and Technology Strategies is a collection of papers edited by Ronald McTavish. These papers were presented at a workshop at Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on December 3-5, 1989. The main focus of this collection discusses the historical perspective from the end of the 1980s in connecting marketing and technology strategies in relation to product and design, manufacturing, as well as research and development.

Managing The Marketing Research Function

Managing the Marketing Research Function

Managing the Marketing Research Function is a monograph produced by the American Marketing Association to fill the gap in existing literature on the managerial side of marketing research. The text provides a discussion of and suggestions for the most effective techniques for managing the marketing research function. The authors’ objective is twofold: first, to help marketing researchers manage the research function most effectively in order to make a greater contribution to the marketing process; secondly, to help marketing and corporate executives understand the managerial process and problems. The topics of discussion include:

  • Dealing with the political and emotional climate in which market researchers must work;
  • Technical factors effecting the growth of marketing research, including real-world examples; and
  • The role of the research function in providing meaningful input in corporate plans and problems.

This monograph brings much needed attention to the marketing practitioners’ need for developing communication links and credibility in order to increase the impact of market research. The authors, distinguished Professors Adler and Mayer, focus primarily on the management, organization, and control of the research function to improve its use as a tool in decision making. This text will prove a highly informative and beneficial tool not only to research professionals and marketing executives, but educators, advertising agencies and consulting firms as well.