TY - BOOK AU - Stewart, David AU - Saren, Michael TI - The marketing pathfinder: key concepts and cases for marketing strategy and decision making SN - 9781119961765 AV - HF5415.13.S74 2014 PY - 2014/// CY - Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom PB - Wiley, KW - Marketing Management KW - Strategic planning N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; CONTENTS 1. Mobilizing the marketing endeavour -- 2. Developing products and services -- 3. Analysis and understanding -- 4. Understanding why they buy -- 5. How much are they prepared to pay -- 6. Over-promising, ethics, and sustainability -- 7. Successful brand building -- 8. Finding the right marketing space -- 9. Communication heaven -- 10. Maverick marketing N2 - "This book features a unique blend of core concepts and brief, international case studies in marketing. Each chapter presents a set of core concepts, frameworks, and tools, followed by five or more short, lively international case studies illustrating how the concepts and tools can be applied in the real world. The case studies are specifically designed to encourage readers to pursue additional independent research and to encourage them to articulate and defend their decisions. Throughout, the emphasis is on the reader as a marketing professional in the thick of it and responsible for the decisions they make" ER -