Good Works!: Marketing and Corporate Initiatives that Build a Better World...and the Bottom Line pdf

Philip Kotler: Born May 27, 1931 in Chicago. Professor of International Marketing from E&J Johansson and Dettingchweed at the Kellogg's School of Management at Northwestern University in Illinois. He completed his master's degree from the University of Chicago and his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, both of which were in economics. After his doctorate he studied mathematics at Harvard University and behavioral sciences at the University of Chicago. He was chosen by the Financial Times in 2001 as the fourth most important thinker in the field of management, ranked after Peter Drucker, Bill Gates, Jack Welch. In 2008, Wall Street Journal named him the sixth most influential business thinker. Kotler works as a consultant for several major American companies such as IBM, Michelin, American Bank, General Electric, Motorola. His consultancy in the field of marketing strategies, planning and organization in marketing management, international marketing. Kotler conducts panel discussions and lectures in various countries of the world. His book (Marketing Management), in its twelve editions, is considered the basic book for teaching marketing in many universities around the world, and it has also been translated into many languages. On his definition of marketing, Kotler adopts Peter Drucker's description of marketing, which is that marketing cannot be considered an independent function in the organization (the company), but is part of all its functions... It is the view of the organization's products from the customer's point of view. Kotler is considered a pioneer of marketing.talk.

Good Works!: Marketing and Corporate Initiatives that Build a Better World...and the Bottom Line pdf by Philip Kotler

Businesses can do well by doing good -- Kotler, Hessekiel, and Lee show you how! Marketing guru Philip Kotler, cause marketing authority David Hessekiel, and social marketing expert Nancy Lee have teamed up to create a guide rich with actionable advice on integrating marketing and corporate social initiatives into your broader business goals. Businesspeople who mix cause and commerce are often portrayed as either opportunistic corporate "causewashers" cynically exploiting nonprofits, or visionary social entrepreneurs for whom conducting trade is just a necessary evil in their quest to create a better world. Marketing and corporate social initiatives requires a delicate balancing act between generating financial and social dividends. Good Works is a book for business builders, not a Corporate Social Responsibility treatise. It is for capitalists with the hearts and smarts to generate positive social impacts and bottom-line business results. Good Works is rich with actionable advice on integrating marketing and corporate social initiatives into your broader business goals. * Makes the case that purpose-driven marketing has moved from a nice-to-do to a must-do for businesses * Explains how to balance social and business goals * Author Philip Kotler is one of the world's leading authorities on marketing; David Hessekiel is founder and President of Cause Marketing Forum, the world's leading information source on how to do well by doing good; Nancy Lee is a corporate social marketing expert, and has coauthored books on social marketing with Philip Kotler With Good Works, you'll find that you can generate significant resources for your cause while achieving financial success.