Checking date: 05/05/2020


Course: 2019/2020

Marketing
(17168)
Master in Business and Finance (Plan: 362 - Estudio: 69)
EPE


Coordinating teacher: BARROSO LUDEÑA, ALICIA

Department assigned to the subject: Business Administration Department

Type: Electives
ECTS Credits: 5.0 ECTS

Course:
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Requirements (Subjects that are assumed to be known)
Nothing.
Objectives
This course introduces students to the domain of academic research in marketing. After a brief overview of the marketing literature, and following the marketing strategy and operational marketing structure, we will review major contributions in the area. Specific goals: - Get familiar with the subjects, methods and findings in key marketing topics - Understand how academic marketing researchers conceptualize and execute research designs - Develop an interest in a particular topic area of marketing - Develop skills for preparing a research proposal in marketing
Description of contents: programme
The specific topics covered in the sessions are the following: Session 1 Course introduction and marketing thought Session 2 Marketing Strategy Session 3 Marketing Performance and Corporate Social Responsibility Session 4 Consumer Perceptions and Buying Behavior Session 5 Experimental Research in Marketing Session 6 Brand Personality Session 7 Neuromarketing Session 8 Introduction to operational marketing and research methods Session 9 The 4Ps Session 10 Product and branding Session 11 Product and innovation Session 12 Pricing Session 13 Communication Session 14 Distribution
Learning activities and methodology
Course structure includes journal readings, class lectures, article presentations and article discussions by students, class discussions, and a quiz. The quizz will contain questions based on assigned articles and class lectures. The course will require that each participant be actively involved in all sessions. In each session, one student will be assigned a reading to be presented and then it will be discussed in class. Regardless of assignment, all participants are expected to be fully prepared for discussing the session readings. The final exam is based on literature reviewed during the course, topics, methods and findings. It assesses the acquisition of general knowledge in the marketing domain.
Assessment System
  • % end-of-term-examination 50
  • % of continuous assessment (assigments, laboratory, practicals...) 50

Basic Bibliography
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  • Barroso, A., & Giarratana, M. S. . Product proliferation strategies and firm performance: The moderating role of product space complexity. . Strategic Management Journal, 34(12), 1435-1452.. 2013
  • Berger, P.D., Eechambadi, N., George, M., Lehmann, D.R., Rizley, R. and Venkatesan, R. . From Customer Lifetime Value to Shareholder Value, . Journal of Service Research, 9 (2), 156-167. 2006
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  • Fournier, S. and Mick, D.. Rediscovering Satisfaction, . Journal of Marketing, 63 (October), 5-23. 1999
  • Garbarino, E. and Johnson, M.S. . The Different Roles of Satisfaction, Trust, and Commitment in Customer Relationships, . Journal of Marketing, 63 (April), 70-87. 1999
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  • Mithas, S., Krishnan, M.S. and Fornell, C. . Why Do Customer Relationship Management Applications Affect Customer Satisfaction?, . Journal of Marketing, 69 ( 4), 201-209. 2005
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  • Parasuraman, A., Zeithaml, V.A. and Berry, L.L. . SERVQUAL: A Multi Item Scale for Measuring Consumer Perception of Service Quality, . Journal of Retailing, 64 (Spring) 12-40. 1988
  • Reinartz, W., Thomas, J.S. and Kumar, V. . Balancing Acquisition and Retention Resources to Maximize Customer Profitability, . Journal of Marketing, 69 (1), 63-79. 2005
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  • Rust, R.T. Ambler, T., Carpenter, G.S., Kumar, V. and Srivastava, R.K. . Measuring Marketing Productivity: Current Knowledge and Future Directions, . Journal of Marketing, 68(4), 76-89. 2004
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  • Soman, D., Ainslie, G., Frederick, S., Li, X., Lynch, J., Moreau, P., & Wertenbroch, K. . The psychology of intertemporal discounting: Why are distant events valued differently from proximal ones? . Marketing Letters, 16(3-4), 347-360.. 2005
  • Vakratsas, D., and Ambler, T. . How advertising works. . Journal of Marketing, 63(1): 26-43.. 1999
  • Varadarajan, P.R. and Jayachandran, S. . Marketing Strategy: An Assessment of the State of the Field and Outlook, . Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science 27 (2), 120-143. 1999
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The course syllabus may change due academic events or other reasons.