Synopses & Reviews
Marketing: the Core 4/e by Kerin, Hartley and Rudelius continues a tradition of leading the market with contemporary, cutting-edge content presented in a conversational student-oriented style, supported by the most comprehensive, innovative, and useful supplement package available. This text and package is designed to meet the needs of a wide spectrum of facultyfrom the professor who just wants a good textbook and a few key supplements, to the professor who wants a top-notch fully integrated multimedia program.
Marketing: the Core utilizes a unique, innovative, and effective pedagogical approach developed by the authors through the integration of their combined classroom, college, and university experiences. The elements of this approach have been the foundation for each edition of
Marketing: the Core and serve as the core of the text and its supplements as they evolve and adapt to changes in student learning styles, the growth of the marketing discipline, and the development of new instructional technologies. The distinctive features of the approach are illustrated below:
High Engagement Style - Easy-to-read, interactive, writing style that engages students through active learning techniques.
Personalized Marketing - A vivid and accurate description of businesses, marketing professionals, and entrepreneursthrough cases, exercises, and testimonialsthat allows students to personalize marketing and identify possible career interests.
Marketing Decision Making – The use of extended examples, cases, and videos involving people making marketing decisions.
Integrated Technology - The use of powerful technical resources and learning solutions.
Traditional and Contemporary Coverage - Comprehensive and integrated coverage of traditional and contemporary concepts.
Rigorous Framework - A pedagogy based on the use of Learning Objectives, Learning Reviews, Learning Objectives Reviews, and supportive student supplements.
Synopsis
MARKETING: THE CORE, 4/e by Kerin, Hartley, and Rudelius continues the tradition of cutting-edge content and student-friendliness set by Marketing 9/e, but in a shorter, more accessible package. The Core distills Marketings 21 chapters down to 18, leaving instructors just the content they need to cover the essentials of marketing in a single semester.
Table of Contents
Part One: Initiating the Marketing Process
Chapter 1 Creating Customer Relationships and Value through Marketing
Chapter 2 Developing Successful Marketing and Organizational Strategies
Appendix A: Building an Effective Marketing Plan
Chapter 3 Scanning the Marketing Environment
Chapter 4 Ethical and Social Responsibility in Marketing
Part Two: Understanding Buyers and Markets
Chapter 5 Understanding Consumer Behavior
Chapter 6 Understanding Organizations as Customers
Chapter 7 Understanding and Reaching Global Consumers and Markets
Part Three: Targeting Marketing Opportunities
Chapter 8 Marketing Research: From Customer Insights to Actions
Chapter 9 Market Segmentation, Targeting, and Positioning
Part Four: Satisfying Marketing Opportunities
Chapter 10 Developing New Products and Services
Chapter 11 Managing Successful Products, Services, and Brands
Chapter 12 Pricing Products and Services
Chapter 13 Managing Marketing Channels and Supply Chains
Chapter 14 Retailing and Wholesaling
Chapter 15 Integrated Marketing Communications and Direct Marketing
Chapter 16 Advertising, Sales Promotion, and Public Relations
Chapter 17 Personal Selling and Sales Management
Chapter 18 Implementing Interactive and Multichannel Marketing
Appendix B: Planning a Career in Marketing