Coordination and harmony between different departments of a company can be an important factor in achieving competitive advantage if the company corrects alignment between strategies of different departments. This paper presents an integrated decision model based on recent advances of geometric programming technique. The demand of a product considers as a power function of factors such as produ...

BACKGROUND A major marketing technique used by pharmaceutical companies is direct-to-physician marketing. This form of marketing frequently employs promotional marketing brochures, based on clinical research, which may influence how a physician prescribes medicines. This study's objective was to investigate whether or not the information in promotional brochures presented to physicians by pharm...

The current financial crisis seems to be seriously affecting the freight transport system. In this scenario, transport terminals play a crucial role to avert the risk of recession by increasing their efficiency and automation. Only in this way is it possible both to reduce the price of the services offered (loading, unloading, dwelling, logistic services ...) and increase terminal earnings. In ...

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In this editorial accompanying the special section on Marketing Science in Emerging Markets (MSEM), we describe how research on emerging markets can contribute to richer theoretical and substantive understanding of markets and marketing. Such research can also aid in providing managerial guidance on how to operate in emerging markets. We conclude with a description of the selection and review p...

* This project was supported by grants from the Marketing Science Institute (#4-882), the Goizueta Business School, and the Alden G. Clayton Dissertation Competition. Data support was provided by the Institute for the Study of Business Markets, the Pennsylvania State University. We are grateful to Ulf Bockenholt, Rajdeep Grewal, Gary Lilien, Steve Stern, Michael Martin, the Kellogg Marketing Ca...

any company or organization, whether large or small, needs marketing plan for the achievement of its marketing and corporate objectives, an output of which is marketing strategies. the correct implementation of marketing strategies is the final stage of the planning process and an assurance of its marketing success. findings of marketing researches reveal that companies applying marketing strat...