Reviews

"Keillor is general editor for this four-volume set, which is intended as a comprehensive overview of contemporary marketing. Each volume has a unique set of topic editors responsible for compiling contributions written by a variety of experts from academia and the business world. Volume 1, New World Marketing, discusses issues related to emerging markets, managing world markets, and keeping customers in mind. Volume 2, Interactive and Multi-channel Marketing, shifts focus to direct marketing with emphasis on various options to directly deal with customers. In volume 3, Company and Customer Relations, the focus is on building customer relationships. Discussion here mainly deals with how the sales force functions as the front line in customer relationship management. One intriguing chapter deals with the issue of disengaging from certain customers. The final volume, Integrated Marketing Communication, is divided into two parts; one deals with consumer behavior and the other with promotion.... The real value of the set is its broad overview and the practical implications provided for practitioners. Recommended. Collections serving practitioners."—Choice, March 1, 2008

"Keillor....has produced a unique set among the materials on modern marketing-no other encyclopedic work currently available offers the same level of detail or scope. All four volumes focus on a subtopic of marketing....[e]ach volume could stand on its own as a textbook but also be used by practitioners looking to bone up on industry theory. Written by experts, the chapters adhere to a similar format: an overview of a topic is followed by a detailed discussion, charts and graphs where applicable, and a detailed bibliography. Each volume also contains its own index, which further adds to its standalone value....Recommended for public libraries with large business collections and academic libraries supporting business programs."—Library Journal, October 15, 2007

"Each of the four volumes of this resource focuses on different aspects of marketing, with chapters written by 18 academics, most of them based in the U.S., though two are in Austria and Romania. The chapters are written for the novice and present the topic broadly, making this an excellent resource for undergraduate students. Several chapters are devoted to each of the following: emerging markets, customers in world markets, multi-channel marketing, relationship marketing, selling, consumer behavior, and promotion. Individual chapter topics include marketing to children, building trust, online shoppers in the EU, and transferring brands to China. The chapters are annotated, and each concludes with a list of references."—Reference & Research Book News, November 1, 2007