The Economics of Marketing

by Martin Carter, Mark Casson, Vivek Suneja

Overview

The Economics of Marketing is an authoritative collection of previously published articles which demonstrates the contribution of economics to the field of marketing. It includes articles that deal with the economic history of marketing practices and contains both classical and contemporary economic analyses relevant to marketing management.

Topics covered include the history of marketing, channels of distribution, product strategies, promotion and advertising, pricing policy and limiting competition.

This volume will be of interest to economists and those academics working in the field of business and management studies and will contribute to a new dialogue between the two disciplines.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781858987958
Publisher:	Edward Elgar Publishing
Publication date:	01/01/1998
Series:	The International Library of Critical Writings in Economics
Pages:	768
Product dimensions:	6.80(w) x 9.80(h) x 2.10(d)

About the Author

Edited by Martin Carter, formerly Lecturer in Economics, Leeds University Business School, Mark Casson, Professor of Economics and Director, Centre for Economic Institutions and Business History, University of Reading, UK and Vivek Suneja, Faculty of Management Studies, University of Dehli, India

Table of Contents

Contents: Introduction Part I: History of Marketing Part II: Channels of Distribution Part III: Product Strategies Part IV: Promotion: Advertising and the Diffusion of Product Information Part V: Price Part VI: Limiting Competition: Barriers to Entry

Editorial Reviews

A collection of important articles in the economics of marketing, first published in various journals between 1939 and 1993. Articles are in sections on the history of marketing, channels of distribution, product strategies, promotion, price, and limiting competition. Subjects include entry deterrence in the breakfast cereal industry, a theory of retail pricing, the logic of vertical restraints, estimating consumer preferences, and advertising as information. Other topics are quality assurance and branding, fashion and product lifecycles, and firm-like behavior in markets. No index. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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