In his study, Jan Posthumus uses the grounded theory method to explore the implementation of marketing instruments such as segmentation and targeting in the recruitment of high potentials in the pharmaceutical industry. The implementation of these instruments can best be understood as the result...

Part I Spotlights on Selected European Countries: Russia -- The Netherlands -- Switzerland -- Finland -- Great Britain -- Italy -- Portugal -- Part II Sampling for Telephone Surveys: Who can be contacted by phone? Lessons from Switzerland -- Sampling Frames for Telephone Surveys in Europe --...

"Contextualizing Ernest Dichter within modern consumer culture and the rise of psychological approaches to post-war consumption in Europe and the US, this book argues that 1950s motivation research gives a unique vantage point from which to address questions of the transatlantic transfer of the...

Die Beschaffung professioneller Dienstleistungen ist ein bislang sowohl theoretisch als auch empirisch wenig bearbeitetes Forschungsgebiet an der Schnittstelle von Dienstleistungs- und Business-to-Business-Marketing. Ziel der vorliegenden Arbeit ist es, dieses Forschungsdefizit aufzuhellen und...