TY - BOOK AU - Perreault,William D. AU - Cannon,Joseph P. AU - McCarthy,E.Jerome TI - Essentials of marketing: a marketing strategy planning approach SN - 9780072464207 U1 - 658.8 PER PY - 2003/// CY - New York PB - McGraw-Hill/Irwin KW - Marketing N1 - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; Marketing's role in the global economy Marketing's role within the firm or nonprofit organization Focusing marketing strategy with segmentation and positioning Evaluating marketing strategy with segmentation and positioning Evaluating opportunities in the changing marketing environment Final consumers and their buying behavior Business and organizational customers and their buying behavior Improving decisions with marketing information Elements of product planning for goods and services Product management and new-product development Place and development of channel systems Logistics and distribution customer service Retailers, wholesalers, and their strategy planning Promotion: introduction to integrated marketing communications Personal selling Advertising and sales promotion Pricing objectives and policies Price setting in the business world Developing innovative marketing plans: appraisal and challenges ER -