Strategic Marketing Management (5th edition) offers a comprehensive framework for strategic planning and outlines a structured approach to identifying, understanding, and solving marketing problems. For business students, the theory advanced in this book is an essential tool for understanding the logic and the key aspects of the marketing process. For managers and consultants, this book presents a conceptual framework that will help develop an overarching strategy for day-to-day decisions involving product and service design, branding, pricing, promotions, and distribution. For senior executives, the book provides a big-picture approach for developing new marketing campaigns and evaluating the success of ongoing marketing programs. NEW (6th) EDITION AVAILABLE IN AUGUST 2011.
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.