The pink ribbon is one of the most widely recognized symbols in the United States. It can symbolize strength, hope, responsibility, empathy, and permission to discuss breast cancer, though not all associations are uniformly positive. Cause-related marketing is an agreement between nonprofit and...

Highly innovative products may offer consumers greater benefits than incrementally new products, yet they have a higher failure rate. The present research addresses the challenge faced by new products that are extremely different from existing offerings by drawing on theorizing regarding the...

Marketers frequently use individual names as part of their brand-naming strategy. This research investigates how the use of a possessive (indicated by an apostrophe -s) versus non-possessive form in a brand name (Mrs. Smith’s vs. Mrs. Smith) affects consumer brand preferences and choice for...

Sales Executives play a vital role in hierarchy for generating revenue to the organization. The purpose of this paper is to know the perception of Sales Executives towards Sales Force Effectiveness (SFE) including factors influencing the same with respect to Pharma Industry. The method used for...

Conventional marketing, though is necessary investment for the sustainable businesses is often so expensive that most of the entrepreneurs, particularly the start-ups, choose to avoid it and look for other alternatives. One such alternative and cost-effective way to receive a better response...

This report is the ninth in an annual series of publications, dating back to 2012, showcasing the latest developments in social media across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. This year’s study is produced in partnership with the New Media Academy. The New Media Academy was...

English Abstract: The focus of this paper is viral marketing – the process of creating, receiving, sending and forwarding “virus”-marketing messages. Model “5C” is presented according to which the passing on of viral marketing messages depends on consumers, category, company, content...

This article examines elements of discourse in professional communication using examples of marketing, PR, and advertising focusing on the communicative functions that serve the major aims of each of the professional communication fields we define as values. It follows the rhetorical definition...

The field of marketing science has a rich history of modeling marketing phenomena using the disciplines of economics, statistics, operations research, and other related fields. Since it is roughly 50 years from its origins, <i>The History of Marketing Science</i> is a timely review of the...

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the key influencing factors towards mobile marketing acceptance among youth in Karachi. It further analyzes the impact of mobile marketing acceptance on its advertising value. To achieve the objective of this study a convenient sample of 247...