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| Preface | p. viii |
| Acknowledgments | p. x |
| About the Authors | p. xi |
| Marketing Planning | p. 1 |
| Overview | p. 1 |
| Definition and Objectives of Plans | p. 1 |
| Frequent Mistakes in the Planning Process | p. 5 |
| What Makes a Good Planning System: Some Empirical Results | p. 9 |
| Is Planning Worthwhile? | p. 9 |
| The Planning Process | p. ... MORE |
| Approaches to Planning | p. 10 |
| Steps in the Planning Process | p. 10 |
| Components of the Marketing Plan | p. 13 |
| The Executive Summary | p. 13 |
| Situation Analysis | p. 14 |
| Marketing Objectives/Strategy | p. 15 |
| Supporting Marketing Programs | p. 15 |
| The Rest of the Plan | p. 15 |
| Example | p. 15 |
| Two Case Studies | p. 19 |
| Specialty Coffee Retailing (ca. 2006/2007) | p. 19 |
| MP3 Cell Phones (ca. 2006/2007) | p. 21 |
| Summary | p. 24 |
| References | p. 24 |
| Defining the Competitive Set | p. 29 |
| Overview | p. 29 |
| Levels of Market Competition | p. 33 |
| Definitions | p. 33 |
| Overlapping Market Segments | p. 38 |
| The Impact of Metamediaries | p. 39 |
| Product Strategy Implications | p. 40 |
| Illustration | p. 42 |
| Methods for Determining Competitors | p. 44 |
| Managerial Judgment | p. 45 |
| Customer-Based Measures | p. 47 |
| Summary | p. 53 |
| Competitor Selection | p. 54 |
| Enterprise Competition | p. 56 |
| Summary | p. 59 |
| References | p. 59 |
| Industry Analysis | p. 62 |
| Overview | p. 62 |
| Aggregate Market Factors | p. 64 |
| Category Size | p. 64 |
| Market Growth | p. 64 |
| Product Life Cycle | p. 65 |
| Sales Cyclicity | p. 66 |
| Seasonality | p. 67 |
| Profits | p. 67 |
| Category Factors | p. 67 |
| Threat of New Entrants | p. 68 |
| Bargaining Power of Buyers | p. 71 |
| Bargaining Power of Suppliers | p. 72 |
| Category Rivalry | p. 73 |
| Pressure from Substitutes | p. 74 |
| Capacity | p. 75 |
| Environmental Analysis | p. 75 |
| Technological Factors | p. 76 |
| Political Factors | p. 78 |
| Economic Factors | p. 79 |
| Regulatory Factors | p. 80 |
| Social Factors | p. 80 |
| Illustrations | p. 85 |
| Retail Coffee | p. 85 |
| MP3 Phones | p. 87 |
| Summary | p. 88 |
| References | p. 88 |
| Competitor Analysis | p. 90 |
| Overview | p. 90 |
| Sources of Information | p. 96 |
| Secondary Sources of Information | p. 96 |
| Primary Sources of Information | p. 102 |
| Other Sources | p. 104 |
| Ethically Questionable Sources | p. 106 |
| Analyzing Product Features | p. 108 |
| Assessing Competitors' Current Objectives | p. 109 |
| Determination of Competitor Objectives | p. 109 |
| Assessing Competitors' Current Strategies | p. 112 |
| Marketing Strategy | p. 112 |
| Comparing Value Chains | p. 113 |
| Marketing Mix | p. 114 |
| How to Assess Competitors' Strategies | p. 115 |
| Technology Strategy | p. 118 |
| Differential Advantage Analysis | p. 120 |
| Ability to Conceive and Design | p. 122 |
| Ability to Produce | p. 122 |
| Ability to Market | p. 122 |
| Ability to Finance | p. 122 |
| Ability to Manage | p. 122 |
| What to Do with the Information | p. 123 |
| Assessing a Competitor's Will | p. 123 |
| Predicting Future Strategies | p. 125 |
| Illustrations | p. 129 |
| Retail Coffee | p. 129 |
| MP3 Cell Phones | p. 132 |
| Summary | p. 135 |
| References | p. 135 |
| Customer Analysis | p. 137 |
| Overview | p. 137 |
| What We Need to Know About Customers | p. 138 |
| Who Buys and Uses the Product | p. 138 |
| What Customers Buy and How They Use It | p. 145 |
| Where Customers Buy | p. 148 |
| When Customers Buy | p. 148 |
| How Customers Choose | p. 149 |
| Customers as Problem Solvers | p. 155 |
| Why They Prefer a Product | p. 155 |
| The Special Case of New Products | p. 159 |
| Manifestations of Customer Value | p. 161 |
| How They Respond to Marketing Programs | p. 164 |
| Will They Buy It (Again)? | p. 165 |
| What Are They Worth? | p. 166 |
| Segmentation | p. 170 |
| Desirable Criteria for Segments | p. 171 |
| Methods for Market Segmentation | p. 172 |
| Illustrations | p. 190 |
| U.S. Cell Phone Customers | p. 190 |
| MP3 Players | p. 191 |
| Retail Coffee | p. 192 |
| Summary | p. 194 |
| References | p. 195 |
| Economic Value to the Customer (EVC) | p. 199 |
| Latent Class Methods | p. 202 |
| Market Potential and Sales Forecasting | p. 204 |
| Overview | p. 204 |
| Definitions | p. 205 |
| Market Potential | p. 206 |
| Overview | p. 206 |
| What Potential Estimates Are Used For | p. 206 |
| Information Sources | p. 207 |
| New or Growing Product Potential | p. 209 |
| Mature Product Potential | p. 211 |
| Methods of Estimating Market and Sales Potential | p. 211 |
| Area Potential | p. 214 |
| Sales Potential | p. 215 |
| Sales Forecasting | p. 215 |
| Overview | p. 215 |
| Level of Accuracy Needed | p. 218 |
| Judgment-Based Methods | p. 218 |
| Customer-Based Methods | p. 223 |
| Sales Extrapolation Methods | p. 224 |
| Model-Based Methods | p. 228 |
| What Methods Are Used? | p. 230 |
| Using Regression Models for Forecasting | p. 231 |
| Developing Regression Models | p. 232 |
| Recognizing Uncertainty | p. 238 |
| Nonlinear Relations | p. 239 |
| Share Forecasts | p. 240 |
| Forecasting Really New Products | p. 241 |
| Illustrations | p. 242 |
| Retail Coffee | p. 242 |
| PDA Sales | p. 244 |
| Using Forecasts | p. 245 |
| Combining Forecasts | p. 245 |
| Gaining Agreement | p. 246 |
| Why Not Just Go to the Web? | p. 247 |
| Summary | p. 247 |
| References | p. 247 |
| Time Series Regression with Seasonal Factors | p. 249 |
| Developing Marketing Strategy | p. 253 |
| Overview | p. 253 |
| Benefits of Strategy | p. 254 |
| Elements of Strategy | p. 255 |
| Setting Objectives | p. 256 |
| Selection of Strategic Alternatives | p. 259 |
| Increasing Sales/Market Share | p. 260 |
| Increasing Profitability | p. 262 |
| Summary | p. 263 |
| Positioning | p. 264 |
| Choice of Customer Targets | p. 264 |
| Choice of Competitor Targets | p. 265 |
| Core Strategy | p. 266 |
| Brand Strategy | p. 272 |
| Brand Building | p. 273 |
| Brand Leveraging | p. 278 |
| Measuring Brand Value | p. 279 |
| Customer Strategy | p. 282 |
| Marketing Strategy over the Life Cycle | p. 283 |
| Introduction Strategies | p. 283 |
| Growth Strategies | p. 284 |
| Maturity Strategies | p. 286 |
| Strategies for the Decline Stage | p. 287 |
| Summary | p. 287 |
| Illustrations | p. 288 |
| Retail Coffee: Peet's | p. 288 |
| MP3 Cell Phones: Sony Ericsson Walkman | p. 288 |
| Summary | p. 288 |
| References | p. 289 |
| Index | p. 293 |
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