BACKGROUND In 1981 the World Health Assembly (WHA) adopted the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes out of concern that inappropriate marketing of breastmilk substitutes was contributing to the alarming decline in breastfeeding worldwide and the increase in child malnutrition and mortality, particularly in developing countries. OBJECTIVE To document progress, challenges, ...

It is becoming increasingly apparent from the literature that marketers need to consider customer-level information when they generate a marketing strategy for the firm. In this article, the authors develop a customerfocused framework that uses a marketing strategy with an overall objective of maximized financial performance. This strategy is driven by seven customer-level marketing tactics and...

Formulating a sound digital marketing strategy is a challenging task. A Web-enabled hybrid intelligent approach that combines online simulation, fuzzy logic, if-then rules and Web databases in support of digital marketing strategy formulation is proposed and presented in this paper. The effectiveness of the Web-based integrated system is assessed through case study evaluation work, with initial...

As Sun Tzu says: “Judge advantages when accepting advices, and then, in accordance with that, arrange your forces supplementing them with extraordinary tactics. Forces should be arranged strategically, based on that what gives the advantage.” This though directly points that strategy and tactics need to be developed in the same direction to gain success. This is the application of the research ...

BACKGROUND Research findings are of little benefit to patients or society if they do not reach the audience they are intended to influence. A dissemination strategy is needed to target new findings at its user group and encourage a process of consideration and adoption or rejection. AIM To evaluate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of different marketing strategies for the disseminatio...

In this paper we examine classical and fundamental processes of business planning and marketing. As a result we define a five-phase process model for planning and marketing and we examine the relationship of planning and marketing to both the acquisition cycle and the research, development, test, and evaluation cycle. We construct a product life cycle—an abstraction that is a familiar part of m...

any company or organization, whether large or small, needs marketing plan for the achievement of its marketing and corporate objectives, an output of which is marketing strategies. the correct implementation of marketing strategies is the final stage of the planning process and an assurance of its marketing success. findings of marketing researches reveal that companies applying marketing strat...

Cultural factors have long been known to influence the communication and success potential of competition in conducting international business. Cultural awareness shapes how business firms behave in cross-culturally reflected international markets. It is broadly recognized that cultural factors act as invisible barriers in international marketing communications. Understanding cultural differenc...

Increasing competition is one of the characteristics for the market environment in the last few decades. As competition intensifies, decision making and policy making become more complicated for survival or victory in the market, and managers are noticing that short-term plans and incoherent efforts is not enough to solve complex organizational issues. Nowadays, the organizational space, workin...

The evolution of marketing, which has brought marketing the third generation to first positions nowadays is presented in article. Marketing 3.0 aims not only meet immediate needs consumers, but also create new values together with consumers. Changes company’s operating environment, and especially changes consumer behaviour, mean that challenge for companies get know their customers better - nee...