This title was first published in 2000: Designed to explore the emerging challenges for marketing executives and their organizations, as well as to survey the viable strategies for meeting these challenges. The book updates marketing concepts, terminologies and practices dictated by changes in social, economic, competitive and technological conditions. Additionally, the role governments need to play in order to create an enabling environment in which business institutions can provide goods and services at reasonable costs and prices is clearly spelt out.

This book is designed to explore the social demands, challenges and imperatives associated with conducting business operations across national borders. Its content is predicated upon the following basic premises:Cross-border business operators have a moral obligation to seek socially beneficial results along with economically beneficial results in their policies, decisions and actionsCross-border business operations need to be conducted in ways that are consistent with host countries' commonly honored ethical standardsCross-border business owners and managers, like their host-country counterparts, have an express duty to comply with existing laws, rules and regulationsCross-border business operators need to be responsive to the needs, rights, concerns, and expectations of customers in all the countries where their operations are undertakenCross-border business operators have a moral obligation to conduct their operations in ways that have negligible or no potential to exacerbate the depreciation of the quality of the natural environment in their host countriesThe need to develop sound relations with all the external groups in their host countries which have a stake in their corporate policies, programs, and overall existence is an imperative cross-border business entities can shirk or slight only at their own peril.Mr. Kyambalesa is an adjunct member of the MBA faculty in the School for Professional Studies at Regis University, and an independent Business and Management researcher and consultant. He is the author of several other books on business innovation and competitiveness, small business management and entrepreneurship, general management, marketing management, technological development, and economic development.

This text is well-grounded in scholarship, synthesizes a number of streams of thought, and then proposes thought-provoking applications for an existing approach to social and behavioral change through social marketing. It could be used with a number of courses and disciplines. The level of detail, use of various sources and the variety of examples make it appropriate for graduate level studies. It can also serve the social marketing or behavior change practitioner who wishes to enhance or expand his or her field of practice to include "upstream" approaches. - Written by a highly regarded academic in the Social Marketing community. - Encourages Social Marketers to think beyond the "downstream" market of individuals whose behavior they are trying to influence to include the "upstream" market of individuals whose participation is needed to make changes. - Utilizes and synthesizes a number of different strands of scholarship (the evolution of social problems, the science of framing, the process of social change, social marketing history and elements, etc.)

This book examines issues and implications of digital and social media marketing for emerging markets. These markets necessitate substantial adaptations of developed theories and approaches employed in the Western world. The book investigates problems specific to emerging markets, while identifying new theoretical constructs and practical applications of digital marketing. It addresses topics such as electronic word of mouth (eWOM), demographic differences in digital marketing, mobile marketing, search engine advertising, among others. A radical increase in both temporal and geographical reach is empowering consumers to exert influence on brands, products, and services. Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and digital media are having a significant impact on the way people communicate and fulfil their socio-economic, emotional and material needs. These technologies are also being harnessed by businesses for various purposes including distribution and selling of goods, retailing of consumer services, customer relationship management, and influencing consumer behaviour by employing digital marketing practices. This book considers this, as it examines the practice and research related to digital and social media marketing.

The increasing interdependence of the world economy has huge implications for global finance in the twenty-first century. This volume brings together leading scholars and practitioners to offer in-depth analyses of the new direction open to the financial services industry. They explore the challenges and opportunities of the new finance era, future development in financial markets, with particular emphasis on the role of new technologies and the industry's view of strengthening financial intermediation. The book concludes with an assessment of key managerial and regulatory issues.

Industrial engineering affects all levels of society, with innovations in manufacturing and other forms of engineering oftentimes spawning cultural or educational shifts along with new technologies. Industrial Engineering: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications serves as a vital compendium of research, detailing the latest research, theories, and case studies on industrial engineering. Bringing together contributions from authors around the world, this three-volume collection represents the most sophisticated research and developments from the field of industrial engineering and will prove a valuable resource for researchers, academics, and practitioners alike.