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Marketing research

Marketing research

This course is designed to enhance the analytical capability of the participant using basic as well as advance techniques and tools of marketing research. A management student is believed to be a good analyst in the corporate world. To give justice to the same a student must learn the process of marketing research. S/he should also learn how to develop and evaluate marketing information systems using various analytical tools and techniques.
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Global marketing

Global marketing

The ultimate aim of a marketer and marketing both is to satisfy customers’ needs and wants. Customers’ worldwide share many common features however, they display a unique response when such common elements are combined. This module focuses on the daunting issues in global marketing.
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Global marketing mix

Marketing in emerging markets

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Marketing in international context

Marketing in international context

The module aims to develop the knowledge and skills of marketing needed to manage successfully in any organisation which has intercultural contacts. This is not limited to global organisations, but includes organisations that deal with staff or other stakeholders with different national cultures.
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Scope and challenges of international marketing

Cultural environment

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Strategic Marketing & Planning

Strategic Marketing & Planning

The present day strategic orientation to marketing has evolved through multiple stages. In strategic marketing the dynamism can only be maintained by proactive approach to strategic thinking. This calls for using systems and methods, which can enhance the responsiveness of the firm. The aim of this module is to provide participants with a systematic understanding of knowledge relating to the body of management theory and practice known as ‘marketing management’ focusing on strategic perspectives.
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Massification of Luxury: the Chinese Invasion

Massification of Luxury: the Chinese Invasion

Analysts world over have been writing about luxury consumption among the Chinese consumers. Few have also discussed the issues of Chinese luxury brands aimed at global consumers including ‘Shanghai Tang’ and ‘LaVie’. However, there is little discussion on how slowly but steadily Chinese entrepreneurs are acquiring or taking over Western luxury brands. This post is an attempt to highlight that.

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Massification of Luxury: the Chinese Invasion

Massification of Luxury: the Chinese Invasion

Analysts world over have been writing about luxury consumption among the Chinese consumers. Few have also discussed the issues of Chinese...

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Status (luxury) consumption in cross-national context: Managerial implications

Status (luxury) consumption in cross-national context: Managerial implications

In my earlier post ‘Status (luxury) consumption among British and Indian customers’, I discussed the theoretical implications relating to one of...

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Status (luxury) consumption among British and Indian consumers

Status (luxury) consumption among British and Indian consumers

Recently one of my research papers got published in the ‘International Marketing Review’. It focused on comparing the status consumption tendencies...

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Consequences of consumer confusion

Consequences of consumer confusion

As stated in my earlier post ‘antecedents to consumer confusion‘, I shall focus on consequences of consumer confusion in this post....

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