Euromarketing

Euromarketing: Effective Strategies for International Trade and Export increases understanding of the strategic aspects of international marketing in Europe and highlights the past, present, and future of European marketing. Although a substantial body of literature is available on the marketing behavior and practices of business in the international context, strategic planning aspects of international marketing have not been studied adequately. Euromarketing: Effective Strategies for International Trade and Export focuses on marketing studies of specific regions to provide international managers with insights into their international marketing performance. This book presents the results of comparative studies conducted among countries of Europe and contrasts the results and managerial implications with those obtained by international marketing scholars and practitioners elsewhere. The European community is going to play an extremely important role in the coming global business arena. Multinational corporations, government agencies, professors, researchers, and students can seek out opportunities in the new European market once they have updated their knowledge of how this market may function. The topics covered in Euromarketing provide for this knowledge with new data and insight on: Consumer Issues: Single Market and its Implications Export Behavior of European Firms Internationalization of European Firms Retailing Practices in European Countries Country Examples of European Distribution Channels Comparative Advertising Practices Internationalization of Scandinavian Firms Export Marketing Managerial Implications The restructuring of European industries has begun and will accelerate at a faster pace in the coming years. We have witnessed occurrences of several mergers and acquisitions. We are seeing the powerful presence of public sector enterprises and their procurement practices favoring local and European supplies. Euromarketing: Effective Strategies for International Trade and Export increases our understanding of international marketing in Europe by soliciting significant, analytical contributions from subject and country specialists.

Be prepared for the future of international marketing! The future of your business depends on your ability to anticipate changes and developments in consumer behavior. Euromarketing and the Future helps you chart a course for success through the diverse and challenging European markets, presenting research and theory on where they’ve been, where they’re going, and what’s likely to happen when they get there. This unique book doesn’t use tarot cards, fortune tellers or a crystal balljust an international panel of business scholars who draw on their extensive experience to help you develop effective management and marketing plans for the years to come. Euromarketing and the Future examines European marketing systems of the past and present to forecast Europe’s likely role in the global economy. The book addresses e-commerce and the Internet as they relate to Europe; privatization and the move toward a market economy in Eastern Europe; the effect of global politics on marketing; Delphi research on possible scenarios that could play out over the next few decades; and how the outlook of consumers (optimistic or pessimistic) can affect the market’s future. Euromarketing and the Future includes: a political-economic look at the implications of European unification on the last 50 years to make some predictions for the next 50 content analysis of international Web sites that encourage cross-border sales a survey of small retail business managers in Romania on what the influx of large foreign retail chains means to their futures a global paradigm marketing model that illustrates consumer/citizen, institutional, and macro-environmental interdependencies global product and marketing strategies for globalising ICT companies and much more! No one can predict the future. But through thoughtful analysis and examination of major political and economic developments in Western and Eastern Europe, Euromarketing and the Future gives you the head start you need to prepare your business for the likely changes in consumer behavior and marketing that lie ahead.

Explore Internet marketing from cross-cultural and cross-national perspectives! This book examines cutting-edge theory and practice on Internet marketing, putting the latest research on the best ways to exploit this interactive advertising medium in your hands. In Internet Applications in Euromarketing, scholars from Europe and the United States examine essential facets of Internet use, both as a means of product promotion and as a facilitator of consumers? purchasing decisions. Internet Applications in Euromarketing considers the effectiveness of combining Web advertising with traditional media, looks at ways to make banner ads pay off, highlights techniques for reaching older consumers via the Internet, shows how to take advantage of online word-of-mouth advertising, and more! The handy charts and tables in this well-referenced book make important points of information easy to access and understand. Internet Applications in Euromarketing looks in-depth at what works and what doesn?t, addressing the questions on marketers? minds (and some that many haven?t thought of yet), including: Where is a company?s marketing money best spent?what are the media effects for Internet exposure vs. television and print? Is it useful to mention a price, a rebate, or a gift to encourage the Internet user to move from the banner?s host site to the brand?s site? What are the Internet habits and preferences of seniors, and what are the best ways to reach them? Are banner ads that are disguised as messages from the user?s operating system more effective than those that simply appear as advertising? How can we generate word-of-mouth Internet communication?via e-mail, newsgroups, bulletin boards, chat rooms, etc.?and establish credibility? What are the advantages of online discussions over traditional focus groups?

This volume includes the full proceedings from the 1992 Academy of Marketing Science (AMS) Annual Conference held in San Diego, California. The research and presentations offered in this volume cover many aspects of marketing science including marketing strategy, consumer behavior, international marketing, retailing, marketing education, among others. Founded in 1971, the Academy of Marketing Science is an international organization dedicated to promoting timely explorations of phenomena related to the science of marketing in theory, research, and practice. Among its services to members and the community at large, the Academy offers conferences, congresses and symposia that attract delegates from around the world. Presentations from these events are published in this Proceedings series, which offers a comprehensive archive of volumes reflecting the evolution of the field. Volumes deliver cutting-edge research and insights, complimenting the Academy’s flagship journals, the Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science (JAMS) and AMS Review. Volumes are edited by leading scholars and practitioners across a wide range of subject areas in marketing science.

Improve your grasp of contemporary European marketing issues with these fascinating case studies and analyses! From the editor: Europe is not a homogenous mass market. It is rather a heterogeneous market with substantial regional, country, and individual market differences. There are three major sub-markets: European Union (EU) countries, European Free Trade Area (EFTA) countries, and Eastern/Central European (ECE) countries (accession countries). Ten of these countries joined the EU on May 1st, 2004. These countries offer tremendous market opportunities for other European countries, as there is a strong demand in these ten countries for various products and services. Very soon, we will be witnessing the emergence of an enlarged Europe with high market and investment potential. This resource examines marketing practices and consumer behavior in several EU countries, plus one EFTA country and one Associate EU member country. With conceptual frameworks, case studies, analytical insights into European marketing issues, empirical data, and propositions for future testing, European Perspectives in Marketing presents clear, understandable writing on: outsourcing industrial products from Eastern and Central European suppliers cross-cultural differences in the effect of advertising repetition and size—with a case study from Germany the internationalization of small high-tech firms—with case examples from Norway the impact of the euro on Italian consumers’ currency adjustment strategies—have they successfully adapted to the new currency by substituting their old internal price references (based on the high-denomination lira) with a new set of references that reflects the low-denomination currency of the euro? international antitrust strategies and the policies of Pepsi and Coke in Europe as compared to in the United States—and a look at the managerial and public policy implications of US and EU antitrust regulations recent advances in Information & Communication Technology (ICT) and how they can reduce the communication barriers between and within geographically dispersed organizations why young Turkish adults (high school and university students, and young people in the workforce) purchase and use mobile telephones for symbolic rather than practical reasons

Through Newer Insights Into Marketing: Cross-Cultural and Cross-National Perspectives, you will discover the need for an integration of perspectives as an essential ingredient for successfully managing increased globalization amid an increasing emphasis on cultural identity. In this compelling volume, the authors examine the European as well as the US approaches to cultural understanding. As a result, this book identifies issues that need further study and resolution so you can integrate this new knowledge into your marketing strategy. From this insightful book you will discover new marketing strategy models, including the sequence of steps and description of tools. Most importantly, this book discusses the integration of information required by the use of the tools to provide you with an excellent method for creating unique insights about the marketplace and the potential for competitive marketing strategies. Through Newer Insights Into Marketing you will discover enlightening new ideas to help you improve your marketing strategies by: examining the process of adaptation to build successful relationships in organizational networks among firms with headquarters in different countries discovering what the authors found when they investigated the effects of cigarette advertising and anti-smoking advertising in Australia and Malaysia analyzing case studies of buyer-seller relationships from the telecommunications industry to illustrate buyer-seller adaptations processes at work providing you with the basis for speculation on the forces governing inter-firm adaptation realizing the importance of investigating not only cultural differences by country but cultural differences by other groupings of consumers as well, such as age and socio economic status With Newer Insights Into Marketing: Cross-Cultural and Cross-National Perspectives, you will discover the importance of including cultural differences in your research design to better understand the relationship between globalization and ethnic perspectives. This excellent collection of articles provides you with a framework for acknowledging cultural differences, studying and understanding cultural differences, and integrating that knowledge so you can improve your international and cross-cultural business techniques.

The physical environment--its preservation, protection, and conservation--has become an urgent agenda for international marketers. Many marketing professionals have acknowledged that, in order to succeed, it is crucial that they integrate environmental considerations into their marketing strategies. Green Marketing in a Unified Europe gives marketing professionals insight into the opportunities available to competitively position themselves in the green environment, providing some companies with a much-needed strategic boost. Addressing the issue of green marketing at empirical and conceptual levels, contributors to Green Marketing in a Unified Europe give readers examples of how green marketing can be effectively integrated into international marketing. Chapters reveal green marketing’s repercussions on the corporate world, on governments and governmental agencies, and on societies. Marketing professionals learn the specifics of: European green marketing strategies the practice of sustainable development in Europe eco-friendly companies and their practices consumer green environmentalism European public policy and the green environment These chapters represent a compilation of current research on green marketing and the European and/or international communities. This information provides marketing professionals and government policymakers with a good research base for developing effective green marketing policies, rules, and regulations in their own countries and companies. Readers learn of opportunities for businesses to competitively position themselves through an environment-friendly philosophy or through a stronger pro-environment stance. Marketing professionals, academics interested in public policy and green/environmental marketing, multinational companies, and practitioners hoping to jump on the “green” bandwagon will find Green Marketing in a Unified Europe an invaluable guide to learning how sustainable development affects policy-making in the European Union. They can then see how green marketing consequently impacts upon their own practices in Europe and in other regions with green marketing policies.