Advertising is far more than a 30-second commercial on TV. It’s everything you do to lure people into different behaviours, into other perspectives, or different opions. You’re advertising all day long. For yourself, your company or brand. Your NGO, political party or school. Your neighbourhood, city or country. In every conceivable way. By telling stories. Or twisting the facts. By making some things seem more attractive and others uglier. By sketching out an alternative. By stimulating ...

The new ‘sense of urgency’ in the business world of the 21st century demands an operational approach to strategic problems. This handbook deals systematically and in a practical way with key strategic marketing themes, which will allow the reader to contribute to an efficient strategic marketing policy. Knowledge and competencies are no longer enough to make the difference in today’s markets. Incisive and innovative thinking is the only way to secure sustainable advantage in the face of...

This title is a Pearson Global Edition. The Editorial team at Pearson has worked closely with educators around the world to include content which is especially relevant to students outside the United States. For consumer behavior courses.

Beyond consumer behavior: How buying habits shape identityA #1 best-selling text for consumer behavior courses, Solomon's Consumer Behavior: Buying, Having, and Being covers what happens before, during, and after the point of purchase. It investiga...

Substantial progress has been made in the conceptualization of values within psychology. The importance of values is also acknowledged in marketing, and companies use values to describe the core associations of their brand. Yet despite this, the values concept has received limited attention in marketing theory.

The Influence of Values on Consumer Behaviour aims to bridge the gap between the conceptual progress of values in psychology, and the current practice in marketing and branding literat...

Explores the essential role of managerial theory and practice within the public relations/communications function of organizations.

This new handbook brings together a rich and diverse body of scholarly research, with chapters on all major topics relevant to the field of marketing ethics, whilst also outlining future research directions.

Are you a professional often involved with brands and their visual communication, but not really a designer? Do you want to better understand how brands communicate? Do you often need to advise or manage designers? Or would you like to start as a designer yourself? This book aims to bridge the gap between business and creativity in visual communication.

To eliminate the noise in visual communication as much as possible, we provide managers and graphic designers a common language to communicat...