Marketing Strategy [Paperback]

O. C. Ferrell (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0030321034 | ISBN-13: 978-0030321030 | Publication Date: July 26, 2001 | Edition: 2

Marketing Strategy is presented from a perspective that guides strategic marketing management in the social, economic, and technological arenas in which businesses function today. This text helps students develop a customer-oriented market strategy and market plan. Marketing Strategy, 2e is an appropriate text for the capstone course in Marketing or the MBA level course in Marketing.

Editorial Reviews

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"The first book dealing with strategic marketing issues in combination with a strong 'how-to' focus. This comprehensive text is ideal for students who are already familiar with marketing instruments but have to prepare a marketing plan." 3/4Dr Karel Jan Alsem, Associate Professor of Marketing, University of Groningen, The Netherlands --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

About the Author

O.C. Ferrell (Ph.D., Louisiana State University) is chair and professor of marketing at Colorado State University. He is a past president of the Academic Council of the American Marketing Association (AMA). He chaired the American Marketing Association Ethics Comittees that developed the AMA Code of Ethics and the AMA Code of Ethics for Marketing on the Internet. Dr. Ferrell is a member of the AMA advisory group for the Professional Marketers certification program. He also is a Society for Marketing Advances Fellow and an Association of Collegiate Marketing Educators Fellow. He is a member of the Board of Governors of the Academy of Marketing Science. Dr. Ferrell has served in faculty and administrative roles at a number of universities. He was a distinguished professor of marketing and business ethics and interim dean at the University of Memphis. He was a professor of marketing at Texas A&M University, Illinois State University, and Southern Illinois University. He has been a visiting professor at the University of Michigan and University of Tampa. Dr. Ferrell teaches marketing strategy courses at the graduate and undergraduate levels, including the capstone marketing course. He regularly teaches a course on competitive marketing strategies at Thammasat University in Bangkok, Thailand, using this text. In addition, he is the author or coauthor of fifteem books and approximately seventy academic articles. His principles of marketing and business ethics texts are the leading books in their areas. Dr. Ferrell and his wife Linda live in Ft. Collins, COlorado, and they enjoy skiing, golfing, fishing,and international travel.

Product Details

• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: South-Western College Pub; 2 edition (July 26, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0030321034
• ISBN-13: 978-0030321030
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 7.9 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,095,560 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What a great text!, August 23, 2007

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Jossane Felix "Xochiquetzal" (Trinidad and Tobago) - See all my reviews
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This text makes for very interesting, up to date reading. A great textbook for my Marketing Management Course. It is also excellent as the examples used are from some of the most recent times and so one is able to identify with the information. Two thumbs up!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Marketing Textbook, August 11, 2009

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This book came in perfect condition and suited my course well. On a more personal note, I found the text itself to be drier than Death Valley.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Speedy, September 19, 2011

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