This introduction to the role of marketing in the modern corporation (both at the level of the firm and the marketing function) focuses on what the prospective manager - not just the marketer - needs to know about developing marketing strategy and managing the marketing process.

A group of experts, leaders in their fields, provide a formal conjecture on the nature of various aspects of pharmaceutical marketing in the early part of the twenty-first century. Pharmaceutical Marketing in the 21st Century is ideal for product managers, planners, and strategists as it provides guidance for the future of marketing pharmaceutical products. Internationally relevant, this book is now available in Japanese!

This wide-ranging, future-oriented book is sure to number among the most important and influential business books of the decade. Drucker writes with penetrating insight about the critical issues facing managers in the 1990s: the world economic order; people at work; new trends in management and the governance of organizations.

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.)

Although the 21st century library is competing with numerous web-based resources, its clients can benefit from using its research assistance, physical and online holdings, and physical space, so they need to understand what the library offers. Marketing the 21st Century Library systematically and concisely teaches students and practitioners how to and why they should market and promote academic libraries. Librarians need to use marketing not only to advertise and promote resources, but also to boost the profession and the role we play. The book introduces key marketing concepts, followed by the history of library marketing. Subsequent chapters guide readers through a series of tools and resources so they can create their own marketing plans, concluding with an exploration of resources, services and further readings. - Includes web extras, tables, problem and solution exercises - Contains extensive references to real-world examples of good practice - Details practical examples and case summaries from leading libraries - Explores the importance of marketing and promoting academic libraries - Provides resources for readers to help create marketing plans