Global Marketingarketing
Sixth Edition
Svend Hollensen
‘All good marketing is local. Global companies know this and are going “glocal”. Svend Hollensen has captured all the latest trends in this new edition of his Global Marketing.’
Philip Kotler, Northwestern University, USA
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Global Marketing
Sixth Edition
Svend Hollensen
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First published 1998 by Prentice Hall (print) Second edition published 2001 by Pearson Education Limited (print) Third edition published 2004 (print) Fourth edition published 2007 (print) Fifth edition published 2011 (print) Sixth edition published 2014 (print and electronic)
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brief ContentS
Preface xviii Guided tour xxxii Acknowledgements xxxiv Publisher’s acknowledgements xxxvi Abbreviations xli About the author xlv
Part i THE DECISION WHETHER TO INTERNATIONALIzE 3 1 Global marketing in the firm 5 2 Initiation of internationalization 52 3 Internationalization theories 76 4 Development of the firm’s international competitiveness 100
Part I Case studies 144
Part ii DECIDING WHICH MARKETS TO ENTER 169 5 Global marketing research 173 6 The political and economic environment 208 7 The sociocultural environment 243 8 The international market selection process 270
Part II Case studies 308
Part iii MARKET ENTRY STRATEGIES 325 9 Some approaches to the choice of entry mode 331 10 Export modes 346 11 Intermediate entry modes 368 12 Hierarchical modes 398 13 International sourcing decisions and the role of the subsupplier 419
Part III Case studies 446
Part iV DESIGNING THE GLOBAL MARKETING PROGRAMME 471 14 Product decisions 479 15 Pricing decisions and terms of doing business 534 16 Distribution decisions 570 17 Communication decisions (promotion strategies) 606
Part IV Case studies 650