The objective of this textbook is to present the basic strategic and configurational complexes of marketing management in the hotel industry, and in this edition gastronomy as well, based on an integrative and holistic understanding of marketing and taking into account the current challenges in...

Brand Fusion: Purpose-driven brand strategy presents a compelling case for what consumers, customers, employees, and wider society are now demanding from companies – the development of brands that deliver profi t with purpose, are sustainable, and create mutually benefi cial meaning. It fuses...

Given today's challenges, companies are confronted with pressing questions: Are marketing and sustainability a contradiction? How can digitalization support marketers beyond digital advertising? These questions must be addressed in an international context since, for most companies,...

Christian Kaspar deals with the causes of the current economic crisis in the media industry and discusses opportunities for media companies to avert this crisis. Two options particularly are considered in more detail: the approaching of media products to individual desires of recipients on the...

Marken sind aus dem Alltag der Konsumenten nicht mehr wegzudenken und haben weiter an Bedeutung gewonnen. Auch in der Marketingpraxis bildet die Marke den Dreh- und Angelpunkt des marktorientierten Handelns. Das vorliegende Lehrbuch schließt die Lücke zwischen Markenmanagement und...

Wann ist ein Standort für Unternehmen attraktiv? Niedrige Steuern, kluge Köpfe, gute Infrastruktur und sozialer Frieden sind wichtige Standortfaktoren. Das Lehrbuch geht auf den zunehmend international geführten Standortwettbewerb ein. Es analysiert die Parameter einer Standortentscheidung...