European Business and Marketing

2. Auflage 2004
ISBN: 978-0-7619-6605-0
Verlag: Sage Publications UK

Buch, Englisch, 336 Seiten, Format (B × H): 190 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 649 g

European Business and Marketing is published at the beginning of the new millennium and incorporates much modern thinking in Europe. It includes material on the Euro and the enlargement of the European Union (EU) and the development of global companies with a European base. The text has been researched and written especially for students on undergraduate and postgraduate courses, who need to understand modern European marketing, the EU and the distinct features that are emerging in the world's largest marketplace.



The text includes chapters on marketing strategy in Europe and business culture. It also covers such issues as the expansion of the Union, the development of the Euro as a single currency, economic and monetary policy. The text looks at Europe holistically and builds on modern theoretical concepts to look at the present state of business in European and future trends.



Through seven core chapters the reader is introduced to the issues that are emerging within the EU and its relations to the wider Europe and the rest of the world. The book introduces the following significant themes:

1. The importance of small to medium sized businesses, regionalism and networks within Europe.



2. The history and origins of the development of the EU, how it operates and is likely to develop.



3. The EU and its business and political relationship with the rest of the world - the EU is the major negotiator with the US in the World Trade Organisation talks and brokers trade across the world.



4. Marketing and how it is being developed across Europe.



5. The continued growth of joint ventures, strategic alliances and acquisitions in European business.



6. The distinct features of European business culture, both locally and across borders.



7. How business is internally evolving within the European Union.



These seven themes are backed up by integrated case studies for European Business and Marketing, providing an opportunity for analysis and discussion of the changes happening and the unique features of the European business market. The case studies include material from the industrial and service sectors and cover both joint venture, multinational, state controlled and small to medium sized companies. Thus the book looks at a number of types of companies and investigates the strategic, organizational, marketing and operational features that they adopt in meeting the needs and challenges of operating in the world's most developed trading block.



Readership:

Those taking undergraduate and MBA or equivalent courses in marketing, international marketing, European/international business, business studies and strategic management. It will also be of use to modern managers and practitioners already operating in Europe and be of direct relevance to those looking at ways of generating economic development either in the State or private sector.



Cases:

Anchor Butter - Bread and butter issues about trade between New Zealand and UK



Belarus - Trying to develop entrepreneurs in a transition economy



Co-op Bank - Green Environmentalism



Digital Television - Launching the technological future, how to market in the unknown



European Vinyls Corporation 1 - The development of a European major joint venture company



EVC2 - The change from a joint venture to a limited company of a major European company



Gruppo Masone - Italian repositioning



IKEA - A modern retailing phenomenon



Lego - Competing in the toy market



Malaga Bank - The development of regional banking



Mansesman - German marketing



Peugeot - Positioning car manufacturers in a highly competitive market



Phillips - Rebranding within a major conglomerate



Shell - Positioning itself in the environment



Skoda - Relaunching a major brand



Sunday Trading - lobbying to amend legislation to allow Sunday shopping



Tiara Paints - Marketing paint in Italy

Autoren/Hrsg.

Harris, Phil

Mcdonald, Frank

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Außenhandel
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Internationales Management
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Vertrieb
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Marketing

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART ONE: STRUCTURE OF THE ECONOMIC UNION AND CORE ISSUES
The New Europe - Myths and Reality
The European Union and the Business Environment
The Policies of the Single Economic System of the European Union
The European Union and the World Economy
PART TWO: TACTICS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THE EUROPEAN UNION
European Marketing
Political Marketing and Public Affairs
Joint Ventures and Strategic Alliances - A European Perspective
European Business and Culture
PART THREE: CASE STUDIES
American Furniture - Camille P Schuster
Beef BSE - Paul R Baines and Phil Harris
Co-Operative Bank - Monica Gibson-Sweet
Boutinot Wines - Kevin Boles
EVC1 - Phil Harris and Matt Dodd
EVC2 - Phil Harris and Irene Harris
Fulham FC - Sukhbinder S Barn and Paul R Baines
Gruppo Massone - Claudio Vignali and Gianpaolo Vignali
Acquistion Venture into the UK
LEGO - Hanne Gardner
Mannesmann - H J Schmengler and Matthias Thieme
New Zealand Dairy Board - Maureen Benson-Rea and Richard Hadley
Perkins Foods - Danny Moss and David Davies
Philips - Matt Dodd, Irene Harris and Phil Harris
Shell - Liz Walley and Julia Clarke
Stena Line - Audrey Gilmore and Daivd Carson
Unilever - Julia Djarova and Carla Millar

Über Autor(innen)

Harris, Phil
Professor Phil Harris is Professor Emeritus at the University of Chester and was previously Executive Director of the Business Research Institute and held the Westminster (Grosvenor) Chair in Marketing and Public Affairs. He is a past Chairman of the Marketing Council (UK) PLC, Board member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing, Professor of Marketing at the University of Otago, New Zealand and Founding Director of the Centre for Corporate and Public Affairs at Manchester Metropolitan University. Prior to becoming an academic he held positions in the international chemical, and foods industries with ICI and RHM and has chaired or been a board member of the American Marketing Association, Academy of Marketing, and the Australian and New Zealand Marketing Academy. He has advised government on Medium Sized Businesses and Small Business and helped found the Educate North Awards in 2015 and University Enterprise Challenge in 2016 and is very focused on developing high quality entrepreneurs regionally and internationally both in the not for profit, private and public sectors.