Strategic Marketing Management (8th Edition) outlines the essentials of marketing theory and offers a structured approach to identifying, understanding, and solving marketing problems. This book delineates a comprehensive framework for articulating sound marketing strategies to guide business decisions involving product and service design, branding, pricing, sales promotion, communication, and distribution. The concepts, principles, and frameworks advanced in this book apply to a wide range of organizations, from startups to established market leaders, from packaged-goods manufacturers to value-added service providers, from nonprofit entities to for-profit corporations.
This is by far the best strategic marketing textbook out there. Small and strict to the point. It was suggested by a very respective professor as the main literature on a strategic marketing class for master degree students. I highly suggest to anyone who found that book useful, to read: "The Marketing Plan Handbook", by Chernev, 2009. It provides the strategic marketing framework for both existing and new offerings (with real company examples)
Very thorough book with excellent marketing frameworks and helpful conceptual graphics. I recommend this book for students and marketing practitioners alike.
Good for people who have little experience with Marketing, great outline of the function without too much detail, while at the same time providing thoughtful examples. Audiences outside the U.S. May not be that familiar with the examples in the book, however the further reading suggestions provide good follow up information to continue exploring the topics of the book.