Table of Contents

 

 

 

 

Preface

xiii

 

Introduction

xv

 

Acknowledgements

xix

PART I

THE MARKETING PROCESS

1

Chapter 1

The Meaning of Marketing

3

 

Marketing

3

 

The Meaning of Marketing

4

 

Prerequisites for Marketing

4

 

Who does Marketing?

5

 

The Elements of Successful Marketing

6

 

Marketing Research

6

 

The Four Ps

6

 

The Dilemma of Needs and Wants

9

 

Identifying the Customer

9

 

The Evolution of Marketing

11

 

Production Era

11

 

Sales Era

12

 

Marketing Era

13

 

The Marketing Culture

14

 

The Nonmarketing-Driven Planning Process

15

 

A Marketing-Driven Planning Sequence

17

 

Is a Marketing Planning Approach Needed?

19

 

The Strategic Marketing Process

19

 

Stakeholders

19

 

Uncontrollable Environment

20

 

Society

22

 

Target Market

24

 

Organizing for Marketing

25

 

Product-Oriented Organization

25

 

Market-Oriented Organization

26

 

Requirements for Organizational Marketing Success

27

 

Pressure to be Market-Oriented

28

 

Capacity to be Market-Oriented

28

 

Shared Vision of Market

28

 

Action Plan to Respond to Market

29

 

The Evolving Perspective of Marketing

31

 

The Changing Health Care Marketplace

32

 

The Traditional Industry Structure

32

 

The Evolving Industry Structure

33

 

Conclusions

36

 

Key Terms

37

 

Chapter Summary

37

 

Chapter Problems

38

 

Notes

38

Chapter 2

Marketing Strategy

41

 

Strategic Planning Process

41

 

Defining the Organizational Mission

43

 

Situational Assessment

46

 

Differential Advantage

49

 

The Visible Value Challenge of a Differential Advantage

53

 

Organizational Objectives

54

 

Organizational Strategy

56

 

Growth Market Strategies

56

 

Consolidation Strategies

60

 

Determining Organizational Strategy

62

 

The BCG Matrix

62

 

The GE Matrix

64

 

Analyzing the Competitive Market

66

 

Existing Competitors

67

 

New Entrants

68

 

Threat of Substitution

69

 

Powerful Customers and Suppliers

70

 

Developing the Marketing Plan

71

 

Establishment of Marketing Objectives

71

 

Marketing Strategy Formulation

71

 

Development of an Action Plan

74

 

Conclusions

76

 

Key Terms

77

 

Chapter Summary

77

 

Chapter Problems

78

 

Notes

79

Chapter 3

The Environment of Marketing Strategy

82

 

Economic Factors

83

 

Inflation and Health Care

83

 

Consumer Income

85

 

Technological Factors

86

 

Quality

86

 

Cost

86

 

Behavior

87

 

Transparency

88

 

Social Factors

93

 

Demographics

93

 

Culture

98

 

Competitive Factors

101

 

Health Care Competition

103

 

Regulatory Factors

105

 

Competition

105

 

Pricing

109

 

Distribution

109

 

Promotion

110

 

Conclusions

115

 

Key Terms

115

 

Chapter Summary

115

 

Chapter Problems

117

 

Notes

118

PART II

UNDERSTANDING THE CONSUMER

123

Chapter 4

Buyer Behavior

125

 

Decision-Making Model

125

 

Problem Recognition

125

 

Internal Search

126

 

External Search

126

 

Alternative Evaluation

128

 

Purchase

130

 

Post-Purchase Evaluation

130

 

Alternative Decision-Making Sequences

133

 

Psychological Influences on Decision Making

136

 

Motivation

136

 

Attitudes

137

 

Lifestyle

137

 

Learning

140

 

Perception

141

 

Sociocultural Influences

143

 

Family Life Cycle

143

 

Social Class

146

 

Reference Group

146

 

Culture

148

 

Industrial Buyer Behavior

149

 

Organizational Differences

150

 

The Industrial Buying Process

153

 

Conclusions

154

 

Key Terms

154

 

Chapter Summary

155

 

Chapter Problems

156

 

Notes

157

Chapter 5

Marketing Research

161

 

The Marketing Research Process

161

 

Problem Recognition

161

 

Identification of Research Objectives

162

 

Research Design

163

 

Data Collection

172

 

Analysis and Evaluation of Research

188

 

Marketing Information Systems

189

 

Conclusions

190

 

Key Terms

190

 

Chapter Summary

190

 

Chapter Problems

191

 

Notes

192

Chapter 6

Market Segmentation

195

 

Mass Marketing

195

 

Market Segmentation

196

 

Concentration Strategy

197

 

Multisegment Strategy

198

 

Selecting Market Segments

198

 

Bases for Segmentation

199

 

Sociodemographic Segmentation

200

 

Geographic Segmentation

203

 

Psychographic Segmentation

204

 

Usage Segmentation

206

 

Cohort Segmentation

215

 

Segmenting Business Markets

220

 

Demographics

221

 

Operating Variables

221

 

Purchasing Approaches

222

 

Usage Requirements

224

 

The Heuristics of Segmentation

224

 

Conclusions

226

 

Key Terms

226

 

Chapter Summary

226

 

Chapter Problems

227

 

Notes

228

Chapter 7

Developing Customer Loyalty

232

 

Relationship Marketing

232

 

Customer Relationship Management

235

 

Satisfaction or Loyalty?

236

 

The Customer Loyalty Pyramid

237

 

Creating Customer Value

238

 

Conducting a Cap Analysis

242

 

Conclusions

251

 

Key Terms

251

 

Chapter Summary

251

 

Chapter Problems

252

 

Notes

253

PART III

THE MARKETING MIX

255

Chapter 8

Product Strategy

257

 

The Meaning of Products and Services

257

 

The Five I’s of Services

258

 

Classification of Products and Services

260

 

Classifying Consumer Products

260

 

Industrial Goods Classifications

261

 

Service Classifications

261

 

Managing the Product

262

 

Developing the Product Line and Mix

262

 

The Product Life Cycle

264

 

Product Life Cycle Issues

270

 

Modifying the Product Life Cycle

273

 

Branding

276

 

The Diffusion of Innovation

278

 

Conclusions

281

 

Key Terms

282

 

Chapter Summary

282

 

Chapter Problems

283

 

Notes

284

Chapter 9

Price

287

 

The Meaning of Price

287

 

Establishing the Price

289

 

Identifying Constraints

289

 

The Five Forces and Impact on Pricing

291

 

Pricing Objectives

292

 

Estimating Demand and Revenue

294

 

Cost and Volume Relationships

295

 

Pricing Strategies

303

 

Positioning Value of Price

308

 

The Ever-Increasing Challenge of Pricing in Health Care

309

 

Conclusions

309

 

Key Terms

310

 

Chapter Summary

310

 

Chapter Problems

311

 

Notes

312

Chapter 10

Distribution

315

 

Alternative Channels of Distribution

315

 

Functions in the Channel

318

 

Time

318

 

Functional Shifting

319

 

Channel Management

320

 

Intensity of Distribution

320

 

Intensive Distribution

321

 

Exclusive Distribution

322

 

Selective Distribution

322

 

Vertical Marketing Systems

323

 

Corporate Vertical Marketing Systems

326

 

Administered Vertical Marketing Systems

328

 

Contractual Vertical Marketing Systems

329

 

Evolving Channels in Health Care

329

 

Channel Leadership

330

 

Using Power

331

 

Selected Concepts from Retailing

333

 

Structural Dimensions of True Retail Markets

333

 

The Retail Positioning Matrix

334

 

Retail Mix

336

 

The Wheel of Retailing

338

 

Conclusions

339

 

Key Terms

340

 

Chapter Summary

340

 

Chapter Problems

341

 

Notes

342

Chapter 11

Promotion

345

 

The Communication Model

345

 

The Sender

346

 

Encoding

347

 

The Evolving Communication Model: Moving to a Web 2.0 World

348

 

The Web as a Strategic Communication Platform

349

 

The Message

350

 

The Channel

351

 

Decoding

352

 

Noise

353

 

Feedback

353

 

The Promotional Mix

354

 

Advertising

354

 

Advertising Effectiveness

355

 

Personal Selling

355

 

Publicity

359

 

Sales Promotion

360

 

Factors Affecting Sales Promotion Use

363

 

The Product Life Cycle

363

 

Channel Control Strategies

364

 

Conclusions

369

 

Key Terms

369

 

Chapter Summary

369

 

Chapter Problems

370

 

Notes

371

Chapter 12

Advertising

374

 

Common Classifications of Advertising

375

 

Product Advertising

375

 

Institutional Advertising

376

 

Developing the Advertising Campaign

378

 

Define the Target Audience

378

 

Determine the Advertising Objectives

379

 

Determine the Budget

380

 

Develop the Message

383

 

Specify the Communication Program

385

 

Evaluate the Response

393

 

The Web 2.0 and Social Media

394

 

Integrated Advertising Campaigns

395

 

Working with Advertising Agencies

395

 

Alternative Advertising Agencies

396

 

Agency Compensation

396

 

Ethics in Advertising

397

 

Nonprofit Concerns

398

 

Conclusions

398

 

Key Terms

399

 

Chapter Summary

399

 

Chapter Problems

400

 

Notes

401

Chapter 13

Sales and Sales Management

403

 

Types of Sales Jobs

404

 

New Business Selling

404

 

Trade Selling

404

 

Missionary Selling

404

 

Technical Selling

405

 

The Personal Sales Process

405

 

Prospecting

406

 

Preapproach

407

 

Approach

407

 

Presentation

407

 

Close

408

 

Servicing

409

 

Sales Approaches

409

 

Stimulus-Response Sales Approach

409

 

The Selling Formula

410

 

Need Satisfaction Method

411

 

Consultative Selling

412

 

Managing the Sales Function

412

 

Sales Force Organization

412

 

Sales Force Size

414

 

Recruitment and Selection

416

 

Training

418

 

Compensation

419

 

Sales Force Evaluation and Control

421

 

Conclusions

422

 

Key Terms

422

 

Chapter Summary

423

 

Chapter Problems

423

 

Notes

424

Chapter 14

Controlling and Monitoring

426

 

Controlling and Monitoring Marketing Performance

426

 

Market Share Analysis

427

 

Sales Analysis

429

 

Profitability Analysis

430

 

Contribution Analysis

432

 

Variance Analysis

433

 

Sales Force Control

437

 

Advertising Control

439

 

Customer Satisfaction Control

440

 

Components of a Measuring System

441

 

The Marketing Audit

442

 

Conclusions

446

 

Key Terms

447

 

Chapter Summary

447

 

Chapter Problems

448

 

Notes

449

Appendix A

A Sample Business Planning Manual

451

 

Why Write a Plan?

451

 

The Components of the Plan

452

 

Putting it All Together

484

Appendix B

Glossary

485

 

Index

501