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Designing Channels of Distribution
Spekman, Robert E.; Farris, Paul W.Technical Note DARDEN-M-0769-EMarketingThis note addresses the issues that arise and the complexities that must be addressed when designing a channel of distribution. Content includes the definition of a distribution channel, the steps in its design, functional discounting and margin allocation, the role channels play in branding, and recent trends.Starting at €8.20
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Customer Profit
Pfeifer, Phillip E.; Farris, Paul W.; Bendle, NeilTechnical Note DARDEN-M-0799-EMarketingThis technical note introduces important metrics firms use to monitor customer relationships. The note begins by discussing how to count the firms’ customers and keep track of their activity using the concepts of recency and retention. An important summary of customer activity is the profit the firm receives from each customer. Just as some brands are more profitable than others, so too are some customer relationships more profitable than others....Starting at €8.20
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Customer Lifetime Value
Pfeifer, Phillip E.; Farris, Paul W.; Bendle, NeilTechnical Note DARDEN-M-0800-EMarketingThis technical note introduces important metrics firms use to monitor customer relationships. An important summary of customer activity is the profit the firm receives from each customer. Customer profit (CP) is the metric that summarizes the past financial performance of a customer relationship and is covered in a companion note, "Customer Profit" (UVA-M-0799). The central difference between CP and customer lifetime value (CLV) is that CP measur...Starting at €8.20
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The Seven Questions of Marketing Strategy
Farris, Paul W.; Parry, Mark E.; Borden, Neil H. Jr.; Venkatesan, Rajkumar; Sharpe, Kathryn M.Technical Note DARDEN-M-0779-EMarketingThis simple model of marketing strategy can provide keys to creating a sustainable competitive advantage. Suitable for MBA and executive formats, this technical note demonstrates that individual marketing strategy concepts are interconnected, which renders the strategic process vulnerable to the political machinations of executives. Evolving customer needs and competitors' proactive efforts to steal market share require a dynamic marketing strate...Starting at €8.20
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The Cycling Industry
Farris, Paul W.; Hoeller, DanielTechnical Note DARDEN-M-0744-EMarketingThis note explores brand evolution in a growing industry. Four high-end U.S. bicycle frame manufacturers (Trek, Seven, Moots, and Cérvolo) compete for brand status in the $2,000-and-up mountain bike market. Challenged by a coming carbon shortage and famed cyclist Lance Armstrong's retirement, the continued domination of Asian imports, and the reduction in the number of local bike shops, this industry faces significant strategy challenges.Starting at €8.20
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Google AdWords
Farris, Paul W.; Gray, MarthaTechnical Note DARDEN-M-0817-EMarketingThis note introduces search engine marketing as presented by Google's popular AdWords advertising program and as monitored by Google Analytics.Starting at €8.20
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Design of Price and Advertising Elasticity Models
Venkatesan, Rajkumar; Farris, Paul W.Technical Note DARDEN-M-0805-EMarketingThe marketing mix that a manager may deploy can affect the sales of a product and can be categorized under the traditional four Ps of marketing (product, price, promotion, and placement). But the perennial question managers face concerns the combination of these different marketing mix variables that will give them maximized sales, highest share, lowest inventory, or maximized margins. Quite often, these questions are answered by historical data:...Starting at €8.20
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A Resource-Allocation Perspective for Marketing Analytics
Farris, Paul W.; Venkatesan, RajkumarTechnical Note DARDEN-M-0861-EMarketingManagers must understand their marketing efforts as precisely as possible in order to determine how much to spend on each marketing channel. This technical note explores marketing analytics—the process of systematically using empirical data about customers, companies, and industry context to inform strategic marketing decisions and create models that are helpful in understanding consumer behaviors. Resource allocation is the endgame of analytics....Starting at €8.20
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Implementing Marketing Analytics
Farris, Paul W.; Venkatesan, RajkumarTechnical Note DARDEN-M-0869-EMarketingThis note supports cases used in Darden's "Marketing Analytics" course elective. Marketing analytics powered by "big data" holds the promise to transform marketing strategy from a discipline based mostly on intuition to a fact-based decision-making process. Based on interactions with more than 100 executives in conferences, executive education seminars, case study development, and consulting projects, this technical note serves as a road map for ...Starting at €8.20
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Brand Equity: An Overview
Farris, Paul W.; Gregg, Eric A.; Chinn, Brandon; Razuri, MarielaTechnical Note DARDEN-M-0879-EMarketingThis note was written as an updated version of “Perspectives on Brand Equity" (UVA-M-0668), and may be used in its place. This note provides a resource to aid in understanding brand equity: its creation, maintenance, measurement, and value. Suitable for use in introductory courses in marketing at the undergraduate and MBA levels, this note presents an overview of brand perspectives including those of Millward Brown, Young & Rubicam, David Aaker, ...Starting at €8.20