Describing the steps a company must make to plan and implement successful international marketing strategies, this text emphasizes macro considerations, with strong treatment of the political, cultural and economic factors that affect global markets. It also covers financial issues, marketing analysis, and management practices, with cases studies and examples drawn from a variety of multinational firms.

International Marketing: Planning and Practice

Business & Money

Samli, A. Coskun

Still, Richard

Hill, John S.

Management & Leadership

Macmillan Coll Div

Drawing from decades of research, teaching, and consulting in the fields of marketing and strategy, the author demystifies the forces of market chaos, including technological change, globalization, and consumer behavior, showing readers how to identify those forces that can be turned to their competitive advantage. Featuring dozens of illustrative examples, of both winners and losers, and concluding each chapter with a series of questions designed to help readers apply the book's principles in their own organizations, Samli demonstrates how to detect changes in market conditions early, uncover latent customer needs, create new products and services, and maintain a competitive edge.
There is no doubt that the business environment has become increasingly unpredictable. Yesterday's market leaders become tomorrow's has-beens; upstarts take on established giants; customers flock to new technologies while demanding old-fashioned customer service; and, of course, the Internet and the forces of globalization are accelerating the pace of change. Learning how to survive―and thrive―in this environment is of utmost importance for any company that intends to stick around.
Drawing from decades of research, teaching, and consulting in the fields of marketing and strategy, the author demystifies these chaotic forces, identifying the pressures on business that create uncertainty, but also the potential for innovation for those who recognize opportunities to strengthen their competitive position. Featuring dozens of illustrative examples of both winners and losers, Samli shows readers how to turn market chaos and uncertainty to their advantage. Concluding each chapter with a series of questions designed to help readers apply the book's principles in their own organizations, Samli demonstrates how to detect changes in market conditions early, uncover latent customer needs, create new products and services, and maintain a competitive edge.

Chaotic Markets: Thriving in a World of Unpredictability

Praeger

Focusing on the uniqueness of small and medium retailers, this resourceful guide is packed with practical insight and covers the gamut of retail issues, emphasizing relationship management, customer service, in-store merchandise analysis, and special promotion opportunities for smaller retailers. It also uses an analytical approach to facilitate management functions at small and midsize retailers. Drawing from 25 years of experience consulting with retailers, Dr. Samli equips small and medium-size retailers with the tools to survive -and thrive -in a fiercely competitive marketplace. It's a must read for managers and entrepreneurs alike!

Up Against the Retail Giants: Targeting Weaknesses - Gaining an Edge

Biographies & Memoirs

Professionals & Academics

South-Western Educational Pub

Globalization from the Bottom Up: A Blueprint for Modern Capitalism

Takes a proactive approach to addressing big issues of world poverty, economic development, and the impact of globalization ― with recommendations for business leaders, policymakers, and concerned citizens around the world Samli offers an alternative model, a philosophy and practice of "social capitalism" that is grounded in a bottom-up approach to wealth creation, while acknowledging that power will continue to be concentrated at the top level of the pyramid

Economics

Springer

International Entrepreneurship: Innovative Solutions for a Fragile Planet

Despite the accelerating pace of globalization, it is impossible to ignore the marginalization of the developing world, as billions of people continue to slip deeper into poverty. While many theories, policies, and practices have been proposed to help redress the disparities between the "haves" and the "have-nots," only recently have proponents of sustainable economic development and entrepreneurship discovered each other. In this provocative and timely book, A. Coskun Samli fills the gap by making the connections explicit and arguing that entrepreneurship may be the only hope for countries that have fallen into the trap of relying on foreign aid and bowing to the pressures of multinational conglomerates driven by short-term profit-maximizing goals. Samli builds the case that some cultures are more entrepreneurial than others, and demonstrates the importance of creating the right conditions, infrastructure, policies, and educational systems that inspire and support new business creation.

Entering &amp; Succeeding in Emerging Countries: Marketing to the Forgotten Majority is a must-read for professionals, business owners, managers, and anyone else considering growing their business in the untapped market of developing countries. An expert in marketing in developing economies, Samli equips readers with proven techniques and practices to uncover and realize profitable opportunities. Extremely practical, he also offers insight into the following: Initiating your global strategy, Determining the best way to enter the market, Establishing Pricing Strategies, Monitoring results, and much more!

Entering & Succeeding in Emerging Countries: Marketing to the Forgotten Majority

Marketing & Sales

Book by Samli, A. Coskun, Hill, John S.

Marketing Globally: Planning and Practice

NTC Pub. Group

This book identifies the factors--geographic, economic, cultural, and technical--that must be considered if technology transfer is to be effective. Samli and his contributors emphasize cultural barriers as the greatest challenge to a successful transfer. They advance an all important principle, that of congruence among the sender, the technology, and the receiver. Among the questions the book answers are: What sender strategies are most successful in technology transfer? What technologies should have higher priorities and how should these be established? What are the cultural barriers to technology transfer? What are the institutional instruments of technology transfer and how do they proceed in transfer activities? How should the process of technology transfer and its aftermath be monitored? Sixteen essays, written by scientists, economists, and marketing specialists, answer each of these and many other questions about technology transfer.

Technology Transfer: Geographic, Economic, Cultural, and Technical Dimensions

Samli provides an academic rather than a practical day-to-day approach to retailing, and his book may help move retailing toward the mainstream of academic research and interest. . . . The author incorporates good references and an overview of many theories that can be applied in an academic retail setting. Recommended for advanced undergraduate, graduate, and professional collections. Choice
Samli breaks new ground in the study of retailing by providing, for the first time, a comprehensive look at overall retail marketing strategy written specifically for advanced-level students and professionals in the field. Whereas most books in this area have stressed a how-to approach, Samli focuses on planning, implementing, and analyzing the results of the retail marketing strategy. He argues that as retail competition becomes keener and as the retailing environment becomes more adverse, success in retailing will be equated with the ability to develop an effective marketing strategy rather than extensive emphasis on day-to-day operations.
Organizing his study according to the three key phases of the strategy-making process--planning, implementation, and control--Samli proposes a new concept, differential congruence, as the basic philosophy of success in developing a retail marketing strategy. He draws upon the extensive, yet until now largely neglected, body of research in the field to illustrate the principles of effective marketng and demonstrates that these principles and strategies are equally applicable to large retailing giants and small retailing establishments. The comprehensive discussion ranges from an examination of intermarket shopping patterns and the plight of downtown shopping areas to detailed analyses of segmentation in retailing, store-image definition measurement, and retail pricing strategy. An essential text for advanced courses in marketing, sales, and retailing, this book will also be read with profit by store managers and corporate retailing executives.

Retail Marketing Strategy: Planning, Implementation, and Control

Industries

The author contrasts Adam Smith's market to the prevailing American market stating that, in order to achieve the same results that Adam Smith's perfectly competitive market could have created, a socially responsible behavior on the part of marketing is necessary. Marketing can achieve greater profits and higher quality of life for the whole society by being consumer oriented and proactive, and by considering consumers' well-being the highest priority. Marketing must reach out and cater to, not only the mainstream core markets, but to those who are less than equal opportunity consumers. These are special market segments such as the poor, elderly, minorities, and those who are particularly vulnerable. Marketing must also develop environment and consumer-friendly products and services.The prevailing market conditions in the United States are in favor of certain select groups. Furthermore, many conditions in the existing market are borderline pathological and need to be corrected. In addition to these, there are those consumers who are very vulnerable such as the elderly, the poor, the undereducated, and the frail. These groups cannot make the best purchase decisions nor do they have access to many facets of the market. Marketing must make a special effort to provide education, information, and protection for them and must bring as many people as possible into the mainstream of the economy. Unless marketing can take a proactive position and bring about products and services that are good, functional, and non-hazardous, consumers will not be able to optimize their purchase decisions.

Social Responsibility in Marketing: A Proactive and Profitable Marketing Management Strategy

Business Culture

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