Principles of Marketing, Global Edition

Principles of Marketing, global edition, 19th edition by Kotler and Armstrong shows you how to create vibrant, interactive communities of consumers in today's fast-changing, increasingly digital and social marketplace.

Ideal for students who study marketing courses, this textbook offers a comprehensive overview of the fundamental principles of marketing within an innovative customer-value framework, providing you with the knowledge and resources to create vibrant, interactive communities of consumers who make products and brands an integral part of their daily lives.

This latest edition has been revised and enhanced to reflect the major trends impacting contemporary marketing, packed with stories illustrating how companies are using new digital technologies to maximise customer engagement and shape brand conversations, experiences and communities.

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• Both traditional and fast-changing trending topics that give you a well-rounded knowledge of marketing concepts, technologies and practices.
• End-of-Chapter Reviews, Discussion Questions, and Critical-Thinking Exercises that allow you to practice what you have learned.
• A sample marketing plan showing you how to apply important marketing planning concepts.
• End-of-chapter Company Cases that facilitate discussion of current issues and application of marketing concepts to company situations.

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As a team, Philip Kotler, Gary Armstrong and Sridhar Balasubramanian provide a blend of skills uniquely suited to writing an introductory marketing text. Professor Kotler is one of the world's leading authors in marketing. Professors Armstrong and Balasubramanian are award-winning teachers and researchers. Together, they make the complex world of marketing practical, approachable, and enjoyable.

Philip Kotler is a Professor Emeritus of Marketing at the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University. He received his master's degree at the University of Chicago and his Ph.D at M.I.T., both in Economics.

He has authored more than 60 books and published more than 150 articles in leading journals. He has also been a consultant to major US and foreign companies, including IBM, General Electric, and Michelin, and has served as a member of many advisory boards. He has travelled and lectured extensively throughout Europe, Asia, and South America, advising companies and governments about global marketing practices and opportunities.

In a recent Financial Times poll of 1,000 senior executives across the world, Professor Kotler was ranked 4th in the most influential business writer/guru of the 21st century. He is considered by many to be the father of modern marketing.

Gary Armstrong is Crist W. Blackwell Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He holds Undergraduate and Master's degrees in Business from Wayne State University in Detroit and received his Ph.D in marketing from Northwestern University.

Through the years, Professor Armstrong has worked closely with business student groups and has received several UNC campuswide and Business School teaching awards. He is the only repeat recipient of the school's highly regarded Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, (three times). Most recently, Professor Armstrong received the UNC Board of Governors Award for Excellence in Teaching.

Dr Armstrong has contributed numerous articles to leading business journals. As a consultant and researcher, he has worked with many companies on marketing research, sales management, and marketing strategy.

Sridhar Balasubramanian is the Roy & Alice H. Richards Bicentennial Distinguished Scholar, Professor of Marketing, and Marketing Concentration Chair at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Kenan-Flagler Business School.

He holds a Bachelor of Technology (Honours) degree from the Indian Institute of Technology (Kharagpur), an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management (Bangalore) and MA, M.Phil and Ph.D degrees from Yale University. Leading business education publication Poets&Quants ranked him 1 of the Top 50 Business Professors in the world.

His research and teaching interests are in the areas of market strategy and technology strategy, innovation and growth strategy, customer focus, globalisation and sustainability, and managing competition. He also specialises in bringing tools and concepts related to innovation, market focus and customer focus into other functional areas, including the management of human resources. He has published pioneering, award-winning research on the impact of the internet, other technology-intensive channels, and social media on marketing. His research has been cited more than 11,750 times on Google Scholar.