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Six Ways Marketing Can Change the World
Jocz, Katherine E.; Quelch, John A.Article ART-1540-EMarketingThe erosion of public trust in politics is partly due to some bad practices for which marketing is frequently blamed. By exposing the principles underlying good marketing, the authors show how managers can practice marketing that benefits consumers and social institutions. Doing so could go a long way toward restoring a sense of citizenship and also help democracy flourish in the process.Starting at €8.20
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Give Your Workers Something to Smile About
Frey, Bruno S.Article ART-1649-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Economics, Leadership and People ManagementEconomics is undergoing a remarkable new development, which may even be called revolutionary. This development is likely to change economics substantially in the future. New insights from happiness research are slowly being accepted in standard economics, a field which is traditionally conservative. If the goal of most human beings is to be happy, then a fuller understanding of which factors contribute to well-being is critical, especially if rec...Starting at €8.20
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Ethics Hold the Key to Network Contradictions
Vaccaro, AntoninoArticle ART-1969-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityToday's Internet-based world has certainly made it easier for companies to acquire, store and transmit detailed information like never before. But with these gains in speed and efficiency have come more complex, and sometimes contradictory, expectations about how companies should collect, retain and disclose that information. Consumers, employees and other stakeholders are accessing and exchanging all manner of information related to individual h...Starting at €8.20
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Emotional Cues That Work Magic on Customers
Andrade, Eduardo B.; Capizzani, MarioArticle ART-1971-EMarketingMarketers have long understood that emotions play an important role in consumer decision making. But, as the latest scientific evidence suggests, their influence is much more nuanced and complex than many are aware: subtle, rather than intense, emotional reactions are often more persuasive; short-lived emotions can have lasting effects; the experience and expression of negative emotions can sometimes be beneficial; emotional experiences are often...Starting at €8.20
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Writing a Manifesto for Better Management
Andreu Civit, Rafael; Rosanas Martí, Josep MariaArticle ART-2127-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, StrategyThe litany of institutional, market and leadership failures that precipitated one of the worst economic crises in modern history is staggering. Yet efforts by policy makers and business leaders to improve matters have so far fallen short of whats truly needed, and do little but tinker at the very edges of the economic system. This article makes seven key recommendations to move us toward a more humanistic model of management, placing human value...Starting at €8.20
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How to Manage a Crisis Before It Hits
González Herrero, AlfonsoArticle ART-2270-EMarketingNo industry or company is safe from crisis. Every company's reputation is potentially vulnerable to accidents, strikes, cyberattacks or data theft. How well a firm's reputation and balance sheet hold up in a crisis will depend on how well the firm communicates with stakeholders and with traditional and online media. The old-style approach to crisis management was reactive: Companies hoped that nothing would go wrong and that, if it did, managemen...Starting at €8.20
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When Giving Your Customers Less Is More
Fader, PeterArticle ART-2382-EMarketing, StrategyContrary to popular belief, most of the world's household brands are not customer-centric; they're product-centric, which isn't enough anymore. Companies may say they care about the customer; they may even have installed a CRM system - but that's the problem. Customer friendliness is not the same thing as aligning your entire company's development and delivery of products and services with the current and future needs of a select set of customers...Starting at €8.20
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The Decline of Main Street, the Rise of Multichannel Retail
Nueno Iniesta, José LuisArticle ART-2454-EMarketing, Service and Operations ManagementSix years into the economic crisis, companies have learned that they must go wherever consumers congregate and engage them there: in a flagship store on a prime shopping street; in a pop-up store calculated to surprise passers-by in an unexpected location; on the Internet; on their smartphones; in social media networks; or combining the online experience with a click-and-collect service, where goods purchased online can be picked up from a local ...Starting at €8.20
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Passport to Global Success
IESE InsightArticle ART-2591-EKnowledge and Communication, Leadership and People Management, Marketing, StrategyPlus: Time Warner's Jeff Bewkes on net neutrality; contract negotiation time; local digital marketing; preparing for an executive role; reasons for optimism in Spain; greenwashing; three powerful remedies to restore justice for organizational wrongdoing.Starting at €8.20
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How a Social Logic Can Transform Your Business
Santos, FilipeArticle ART-2594-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Entrepreneurship, StrategyThough social entrepreneurship and traditional, commercial entrepreneurship have many things in common, there are some fundamental differences. The author, an expert in the field of social entrepreneurship and social innovation, believes social entrepreneurship offers a transformative grassroots alternative to the usual way of doing business. This article highlights four crucial ways in which social entrepreneurs differ from their traditional cou...Starting at €8.20