Global Marketing

This course examines the opportunities and challenges associated with marketing across borders.

The impact on marketing of the cultural, economic, political, and technological environments in different countries will be assessed.

The relationship between global marketing and global business strategy will be discussed.

Ways of analyzing customers and competitors globally will be addressed.

PART 1: INTRODUCTION

1. Introduction to Global Marketing

PART 2: THE GLOBAL MARKETING ENVIRONMENT

2. The Global Economic Environment

3. The Global Trade Environment

4. Social and Cultural Environments

5. The Political, Legal, and Regulatory Environments

PART 3: APPROACHING GLOBAL MARKETS

6. Global Information Systems and Market Research

7. Segmentation, Targeting, and Positioning

8. Importing, Exporting, and Sourcing

9. Global Market-Entry Strategies: Licensing, Investment, and Strategic Alliances

PART 4: THE GLOBAL MARKETING MIX

10. Brand and Product Decisions in Global Marketing

11. Pricing Decisions

12. Global Marketing Channels and Physical Distribution

13. Global Marketing Communications Decisions I: Advertising and Public Relations

14. Global Marketing Communications Decisions II: Sales Promotion, Personal Selling, and Special Forms of Marketing Communication

15. Global Marketing and the Digital Revolution

PART 5: STRATEGY AND LEADERSHIP IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

16. Strategic Elements of Competitive Advantage

17. Leadership, Organization, and Corporate Social Responsibility