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You can browse or download additional books there. ii Table of Contents About the Authors................................................................................................................. 1 Acknowledgments................................................................................................................. 3 Preface..................................................................................................................................... 5 Chapter 1: What Is Marketing? .......................................................................................... 7 Defining Marketing........................................................................................................................................ 8 Who Does Marketing?.................................................................................................................................. 17 Why Study Marketing?................................................................................................................................ 21 Themes and Organization of This Book..................................................................................................... 26 Discussion Questions and Activities........................................................................................................... 33 Chapter 2: Strategic Planning .......................................................................................... 36 The Value Proposition................................................................................................................................. 37 Components of the Strategic Planning Process........................................................................................ 40 Developing Organizational Objectives and Formulating Strategies.......................................................52 Where Strategic Planning Occurs within Firms ....................................................................................... 58 Strategic Portfolio Planning Approaches .................................................................................................. 62 Discussion Questions and Activities........................................................................................................... 67 Chapter 3: Consumer Behavior: How People Make Buying Decisions ..................... 69 Factors That Influence Consumers’ Buying Behavior .............................................................................. 72 Low-Involvement Versus High-Involvement Buying Decisions and the Consumer’s Decision-Making Process .......................................................................................................................................................... 95 Discussion Questions and Activities......................................................................................................... 105 Chapter 4: Business Buying Behavior........................................................................... 107 The Characteristics of Business-to-Business (B2B) Markets .................................................................108 Types of B2B Buyers................................................................................................................................... 113 Buying Centers ........................................................................................................................................... 120 Stages in the B2B Buying Process and B2B Buying Situations ..............................................................126 International B2B Markets and E-commerce.......................................................................................... 133 Ethics in B2B Markets................................................................................................................................ 140 Discussion Questions and Activities......................................................................................................... 144 iii Chapter 5: Market Segmenting, Targeting, and Positioning................................... 147 Targeted Marketing versus Mass Marketing .......................................................................................... 148 How Markets Are Segmented ................................................................................................................... 156 Selecting Target Markets and Target-Market Strategies ......................................................................177 Positioning and Repositioning Offerings................................................................................................. 184 Discussion Questions and Activities......................................................................................................... 188 Chapter 6: Creating Offerings ........................................................................................ 190 What Composes an Offering?.................................................................................................................... 191 Types of Consumer Offerings.................................................................................................................... 202 Types of Business-to-Business (B2B) Offerings....................................................................................... 207 Branding, Labeling, and Packaging.......................................................................................................... 212 Managing the Offering .............................................................................................................................. 218 Discussion Questions and Activities......................................................................................................... 221 Chapter 7: Developing and Managing Offerings ........................................................ 223 The New Offering Development Process ................................................................................................. 225 Managing New Products: The Product Life Cycle................................................................................... 235 Discussion Questions and Activities......................................................................................................... 249 Chapter 8: Using Marketing Channels to Create Value for Customers ................. 252 Marketing Channels and Channel Partners ............................................................................................ 253 Typical Marketing Channels ..................................................................................................................... 263 Functions Performed by Channel Partners............................................................................................. 274 Marketing Channel Strategies .................................................................................................................. 279 Channel Dynamics...................................................................................................................................... 285 Discussion Questions and Activities......................................................................................................... 293 Chapter 9: Using Supply Chains to Create Value for Customers ............................ 295 Sourcing and Procurement ....................................................................................................................... 298 Demand Planning and Inventory Control ............................................................................................... 306 Warehousing and Transportation............................................................................................................ 315 Track and Trace Systems and Reverse Logistics..................................................................................... 323 Discussion Questions and Activities......................................................................................................... 327 Chapter 10: Gathering and Using Information: Marketing Research and Market Intelligence......................................................................................................................... 328 Marketing Information Systems .............................................................................................................