Marketing & Communication

This category is Marketing & Communication, exploring strategies for brand positioning, consumer engagement, and digital transformation. It features expert insights on advertising, public relations, and innovative marketing techniques shaping business success in a competitive landscape.

Building Capabilities in Segmentation Implementation

By Adina Poenaru, Paul Baines, and Hugh Wilson Segmentation is central to marketing strategy but implementing it is fraught with challenges. In this article, Paul...
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Designing Luxury Experience

By Vadim Grigorian and Francine Espinoza Petersen In luxury brand management, experiences are essential. However, most of what we know about designing customer experiences originates...

Marketing Strategies for a Digital World

By Eric Greenberg and Alexander Kates In an increasingly digital age, organizations are being rapidly educated about the importance and scale of digital channels, and...

Cross-Border Flows and Client Services

By David Bartlett, RSM International This article examines the impact of cross-border flows on client demand for accounting and consulting services. The findings of this...

The HUMAN Brand: How We Relate to People, Products and Companies

By Chris Malone & Susan T. Fiske Social science research tells us that over 80 percent of our judgments can be predicted by fundamental warmth...
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A Framework for Organizational Storytelling

By Janis Forman Taken from chapter 2 of Storytelling in Business: The Authentic and Fluent Organization, this excerpt focuses on the importance of authenticity, the...

Four Truths About Marketing Lady Gaga

By Mathieu Deflem ‘There can be no fame attained, nor any accompanying revenue acquired, in any career based on artistic or other intrinsically valid accomplishments...

Measuring the Relative Weights of E-Marketing Tools for Online Businesses

By Kin Meng Sam & Chris Chatwin E-marketing strategy is normally based and built upon the traditional 4Ps (Product, Price, Promotion and Place), which forms...

Don’t Despair: Growth from Consumer Behaviour Change in Developed-Market Economies

By Paul F. Nunes, Sam Yardley & Mark Spelman Mired in a period of low growth, developed economies are becoming increasingly tough places to do...

Luxury is a necessity in People’s Republic of China: Social Rejection of New Wealth...

By Pierre Xiao Lu   Research Phenomena China is the second largest market for luxury goods in the world, behind the US and before Japan1. More...

You Must Own Your Reputation: Networking, Entrepreneurship and Reputation

By Jim Pulcrano Reputation is owned by the people who gossip about you1.   This disquieting statement is by one of the preeminent researchers in the field...

Reclaiming the Battlefield of Consumer Influence

By Paul F. Nunes and Joshua B. Bellin Companies are increasingly finding their marketing messages contradicted – or worse, turned against them – by a...

Gamifying E-Commerce: Gaming and Social-Networking Induced Loyalty

By Yasmin Razavi, Bernard Ho and Mark S. Fox Introduction and Motivation Customer loyalty has been an ongoing concern of retail companies and with the...

Brand Real: How Smart Companies Live Their Brand Promise and Inspire Fierce Customer Loyalty

By Laurence Vincent Though an act of pure fiction, there were three magical minutes of television that reminded many of us who make our careers...

Making China Your Top Priority

By Gong Li, Henry Egan and Andrew Sleigh Companies have never had such an array of options when it comes to investment opportunities in the...

Reinventing Professional Services: Building Your Business in the Digital Marketplace

By Ari Kaplan The technological landscape has reshaped the way white collar workers cultivate and promote their businesses. This article offers insights on taking advantage...

Mapping Human Behavior for Business

By Alexander Bentley, Mark Earls and Michael J. O’Brien Brand data often show that “I’ll have what she’s having” is a better default setting than...

Good Profits and Growth How Net Promoter Helps Companies Thrive in a Customer-Driven World

By Fred Reichheld, Rob Markey and Andreas Dullweber Companies are now finding that the only path to sustainable growth lies through “good profits” and long-term...

The Need For Reputation Management Capabilities

By Daniel Diermeier Maintaining a strong reputation is critical for a company’s sustained success. Yet, almost every day a new crisis makes the headlines. These...

Hidden Needs Analysis: Creating Breakthrough Products

An Interview with Keith Goffin The clear identification of customer needs is a fundamental part of successful innovation and most organizations aim to develop a...

Underdog Branding: Why Underdogs Win in Recessions

By Neeru Paharia, Anat Keinan, and Jill Avery In response to difficult economic and social realities, firms can successfully both inspire, and increase their appeal...

Why Emotions Are as “Soft” as Gold Bars (Making Money)

By Dan Hill For brand-oriented consumers and leaders as well as your average worker, emotions matter. Emotions are central, not peripheral, to both marketplace and...

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Navigating the New Frontier: Embracing Talent 5.0 While Paving the Way for Talent 6.0

By Iolanda Triviño, Simon L. Dolan, and Pedro Cesar Martinez In the changing world of employment, it's more important than ever to understand the shifts in talent dynamics that are defining our future as organizational...

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