TY - BOOK AU - Kotler, Philip AU - Keller, Kevin Lane AU - Koshy, Abraham AU - Jha, Mithileshwar TI - Marketing management : a South Asian perspective SN - 9788131716830 U1 - 658.8 PY - 2009/// CY - New Delhi : PB - Pearson Prentice Hall, KW - Marketing -- Management N1 - Index and Glossary annexed; 1. Understanding marketing management -- Defining marketing for the 21st century -- Developing marketing strategies and plans -- pt. 2. Capturing marketing insights -- Gathering information and scanning the environment -- Conducting marketing research and forecasting demand -- pt. 3. Connecting with customers -- Creating customer value, satisfation, and loyalty -- Analyzing consumer & business markets -- Identifying market segments and targets -- pt. 4. Building strong brands -- Creating brand equity -- Crafting the brand positioning -- Dealing with competition -- Shaping the market offerings -- Setting product strategy -- Designing and managing services -- Developing pricing strategies and programs -- pt. 6. Delivering value -- Designing and managing integrated marketing -- Managing retailing, wholesaling, and logistics -- pt. 7. Communicating value -- Designing and managing integrated marketing communications -- Managing mass communications : advertising, sales promotions, events and experiences, and public relations -- Managing, word of mouth, and personal selling -- pt. 8. Creating successful long-term growth -- Introducing new market offerings -- Tapping into global markets -- Managing a holistic marketing organization ER -