Purpose – This paper aims at shedding some light on the various avenues marketers can undertake until finally an endorsement contract is signed. The focus of the study lies on verifying the generally held assumption that endorser selection is usually taken care of by creative agencies, vetting...

Customer lifetime value (CLV) is an established relationship marketing-centric approach to evaluating performance: based upon the significance of a customer, and what resources should be allocated towards maintaining relations - beyond short-term transactional views. The conceptual argument...

The purpose of this paper is to extend the understanding of the industrial buying process in connection with purchasing professional business (B2B) services, specifically Human Resource (HR) consulting services. Early B2B buying behavior literature strongly emphasized the rational aspects of...

Das Buch behandelt eines der wichtigsten und aktuellsten Themenfelder des modernen Marketing-Managements. Der Ansatz verbindet dabei den "neuen" Ansatz des "Relationship Marketing" mit dem klassischen Ansatz der strategischen Marketingplanung. Die Struktur des Buches orientiert sich an den...