Presents an overview of the field of marketing. This book offers a collection compiled by an international advisory board of marketing academics with contributions from scholars in the field, each covering research issues in particular areas of expertise. It is intended for advanced undergraduates, graduate students and academics in marketing.
'The Handbook of Marketing is different¿ that Barton Weitz and Robin Wensley are its editors should suggest something out of the ordinary. A glance at the contributors (e.g., Wilkie. Webster, Day, Shocker, Keller, Hauser, Winer, Stewart. Parasuraman. Zeithaml) puts the matter to rest.- Journal of Marketing The book fills a major void in the marketing literature on marketing management and will serve the discipline for many years to come'- Journal of Marketing Research'This text achieves the rare goal of covering marketing clearly and deeply, with no unnecessary examples or pretty pictures. For the enquiring mind, it is a wonderful link between a basic knowledge of marketing concepts and a grasp of where research in marketing is taking us'- Ken Simmonds, Emeritus Professor of Marketing and International Business, London Business SchoolThe Handbook of Marketing presents a major retrospective and prospective overview of the field of marketing, and provides a landmark reference at a time when many of the traditional boundaries and domains within the marketing discipline have been subject to change.
