Marketing Theory: A Student Text

by Michael Baker (Editor), ProfessorMichaelSaren (Editor)

• Used

  Paperback
  2010

  $4.20

  Electronic Inspection Copy available for instructors here
  
  Building on the popularity of the first edition, published in 2000, the Second Edition brings together revised and new, original chapters from an outstanding team of contributors providing an authoritative overview of the theoretical foundations and current status of thinking on topics central to the discipline and practice of marketing.

  Summary of key features:

  - A marketing theory text written specifically for students

  - Provides an introduction and overview of the role of theory in marketing

  - Contributors are leading, well-established authorities in their fields

  - Explains key concepts for students in a clear, readable and concise manner.

  - Provides full, in-depth coverage of all topics, with recommended further readings

• Used

  Paperback
  2000

  $7.70

  Marketing Theory: A Student Text is a collection of original contributions on the subject of marketing theory from area specialists. It provides a number of concise, authoritative and clear summaries of aspects of marketing theory, which form the foundations on which the discipline and practice of marketing is based. Marketing Theory: A Student Text begins with an exposition and justification of the proposition that marketing is a universal discipline. Michael Saren addresses the key issue with which the book as a whole is concerned - the need for theory in marketing. Brian Jones' contribution 'Historical Research in Marketing' completes the general overview attempted in the two preceding chapters. As the author explains, an historical perspective involves the description, analysis or explanation of events through time. The remaining chapters fall into two categories - those which review the contributions of other disciplines to marketing and those which represent original theoretical constructs from the marketing discipline itself. The Editor's view is that marketing is a synthetic discipline in the sense that it draws together and integrates ideas and concepts from other long-established and recognised social sciences such as economics, psychology and sociology but differs from them in its holistic approach to understanding the nature and satisfaction of human needs. As a result of this synthesis and integration marketing has developed distinctive theories and practices of its own in areas such as consumer behaviour, segmentation, targeting and positioning, the concept of the marketing mix, etc.

• New

  Paperback
  2000

  $75.17

  Marketing Theory: A Student Text is a collection of original contributions on the subject of marketing theory from area specialists. It provides a number of concise, authoritative and clear summaries of aspects of marketing theory, which form the foundations on which the discipline and practice of marketing is based. Marketing Theory: A Student Text begins with an exposition and justification of the proposition that marketing is a universal discipline. Michael Saren addresses the key issue with which the book as a whole is concerned - the need for theory in marketing. Brian Jones' contribution 'Historical Research in Marketing' completes the general overview attempted in the two preceding chapters. As the author explains, an historical perspective involves the description, analysis or explanation of events through time. The remaining chapters fall into two categories - those which review the contributions of other disciplines to marketing and those which represent original theoretical constructs from the marketing discipline itself. The Editor's view is that marketing is a synthetic discipline in the sense that it draws together and integrates ideas and concepts from other long-established and recognised social sciences such as economics, psychology and sociology but differs from them in its holistic approach to understanding the nature and satisfaction of human needs. As a result of this synthesis and integration marketing has developed distinctive theories and practices of its own in areas such as consumer behaviour, segmentation, targeting and positioning, the concept of the marketing mix, etc.