This book critically examines the evolution of marketing scholarship over generations from Marketing 1.0 to 4.0. It argues that most firms look to gain competitive advantage in the marketplace by driving tactical moves, inculcating small cost-effective changes in marketing approaches. Often, strategic choices of companies lean towards developing competitive differentiations that enable consumers to realize the value of money, causing loyalty shifts in the competitive marketplace. The book focuses on the consumer as the pivot of marketing and argues that the consumer serves as a bidirectional channel during pre-and post-purchase period. It explains how consumer affections sentimentally and emotionally help in growing the brands and companies over generations. This book significantly contributes to the existing literature and serves as a learning post and a think tank for students, researchers, and business managers.
Author(s): Rajagopal
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Year: 2020
Language: English
Pages: 312
Tags: Marketing
Front Matter ....Pages i-xxiii
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
Evolution of Marketing Scholarship ( Rajagopal)....Pages 3-34
Transgenerational Entrepreneurship ( Rajagopal)....Pages 35-68
Front Matter ....Pages 69-69
Innovation and Technology Generations ( Rajagopal)....Pages 71-101
Growth of Supply Chain Management ( Rajagopal)....Pages 103-130
Decision Process Across Marketing Generations ( Rajagopal)....Pages 131-162
Development of Consumer Behavior ( Rajagopal)....Pages 163-194
Industrial Marketing Generations ( Rajagopal)....Pages 195-223
Front Matter ....Pages 225-225
Market Competition Across Generations ( Rajagopal)....Pages 227-253
Business Diplomacy and Corporate Social Initiatives ( Rajagopal)....Pages 255-276
Next Generation Market and Consumerism ( Rajagopal)....Pages 277-291
Back Matter ....Pages 293-298