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The three essays of this thesis consider a firm’s choice of advertising campaign when advertising may be conditioned on the preferences of individual consumers. In essay one, I show that a monopolist will use such advertising to turn sub-marginal consumers, who are not quite willing to pay for the good, into marginal consumers who are indifferent to paying for the good or going without it. The second essay considers the use of targeted advertising in duopoly, when one of the firms does not have access to advertising. I find that advertising will target those consumers most likely to switch to the non-advertising firm. Each firm sets a price just high enough to capture the consumers on either side of the advertising 'barrier’. The third essay looks at targeted advertising in the context of Canadian public health. When the goals of government and industry are aligned, advertising by the firm may be an alternative superior to government advertising in the form of a public health education campaign.

The three essays of this thesis consider a firm’s choice of advertising campaign when advertising may be conditioned on the preferences of individual consumers. In essay one, I show that a monopolist will use such advertising to turn sub-marginal consumers, who are not quite willing to pay for the good, into marginal consumers who are indifferent to paying for the good or going without it. The second essay considers the use of targeted advertising in duopoly, when one of the firms does not have access to advertising. I find that advertising will target those consumers most likely to switch to the non-advertising firm. Each firm sets a price just high enough to capture the consumers on either side of the advertising 'barrier’. The third essay looks at targeted advertising in the context of Canadian public health. When the goals of government and industry are aligned, advertising by the firm may be an alternative superior to government advertising in the form of a public health education campaign.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, June 1999. / Includes bibliographical references. Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (M.S.)--West Virginia University, 2006. / Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains xi, 109 : ill., maps. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 90-96).

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The three essays of this thesis consider a firm’s choice of advertising campaign when advertising may be conditioned on the preferences of individual consumers. In essay one, I show that a monopolist will use such advertising to turn sub-marginal consumers, who are not quite willing to pay for the good, into marginal consumers who are indifferent to paying for the good or going without it. The second essay considers the use of targeted advertising in duopoly, when one of the firms does not have access to advertising. I find that advertising will target those consumers most likely to switch to the non-advertising firm. Each firm sets a price just high enough to capture the consumers on either side of the advertising 'barrier’. The third essay looks at targeted advertising in the context of Canadian public health. When the goals of government and industry are aligned, advertising by the firm may be an alternative superior to government advertising in the form of a public health education campaign. / Arts, Faculty of / Vancouver School of Economics / Graduate

Direct marketing is becoming a key strategy for organisations to develop and maintain strong customer relationships. This method targets specific customers with personalised advertising and promotional campaigns in order to help organisations increase campaign responses and to get a higher return on their investments. There are, however, many issues related to direct marketing, ranging from the highly technical to the more organisational and managerial aspects. This research focuses on the organisational and managerial issues of the direct marketing process and investigates the stages, activities and technologies required to effectively execute direct marketing. The direct marketing process integrates a complex collection of marketing concepts and business analytics principles, which form an entirely ‘self-contained’ choice for organisations. This makes direct marketing a significantly difficult process to perform. As a result, many scholars have attempted to tackle the complexity of executing the direct marketing process. However, most of their research efforts did not consider an integrated information system platform capable of effectively supporting the direct marketing process. This research attempts to address the above issues by developing a conceptual framework for the Direct Marketing Process with Business Intelligence (DMP-BI). The conceptual framework is developed using the identified marketing concepts and business analytics principles for the direct marketing process. It also proposes Business Intelligence (BI) as an integrated information system platform to effectively execute the direct marketing process. In order to evaluate and illustrate the practicality and impact of the DMP-BI framework, this thesis adopts a case study approach. Three case studies have been carried out in different industries including retailing, telecommunication and higher education. The aim of the case studies is also to demonstrate the usage of the DMP-BI framework within an organisational context. Based on the case studies’ findings, this thesis compares the DMP-BI framework with existing rival methodologies. The comparisons provide clear indications of the DMP-BI framework’s benefits over existing rival methodologies.

by Ma Hon-chung, Paris. / Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1990. / Bibliography: leaves [B-1]-B-3. / ABSTRACT --- p.ii / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.iv / LIST OF TABLES --- p.viii / ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --- p.ix / Chapter CHAPTER I --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Cable TV as an Advertising Media --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- Cable TV as a Direct marketing Tool --- p.3 / Chapter 1.3 --- The Research Objectives --- p.8 / Chapter 1.4 --- The Hypothesis --- p.10 / Chapter 1.5 --- The Significance of the Research --- p.11 / Chapter CHAPTER II --- RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODOLOGY --- p.13 / Chapter 2.1 --- Variables --- p.14 / Chapter 2.2 --- Literature Survey --- p.16 / Chapter 2.3 --- Brief Technical Study --- p.16 / Chapter 2.4 --- Sampling Plan --- p.17 / Chapter 2.5 --- Sampling Criteria --- p.18 / Chapter 2.6 --- Product Design and Demonstration --- p.20 / Chapter 2.7 --- Consumer Research --- p.21 / Chapter 2.8 --- Analysis and Conclusion --- p.22 / Chapter CHAPTER III --- LITERATURE SURVEY --- p.23 / Chapter 3.1 --- The Early Systems --- p.23 / Chapter 3.2 --- Home Shopping through Viewdata System --- p.25 / Chapter 3.3 --- Industrial Experience of Home Shopping through Cable TV --- p.27 / Chapter 3.4 --- Other Related Studies --- p.30 / Chapter CHAPTER IV --- A BRIEF TECHNICAL STUDY --- p.32 / Chapter 4.1 --- Compostion of a Direct Response Cable TV System --- p.32 / Chapter 4.2 --- Cable System in Hong Kong --- p.33 / Chapter 4.3 --- HDTV and Future System --- p.35 / Chapter CHAPTER V --- CONSUMER RESEARCH - RESULTS AND ANALYSIS --- p.38 / Chapter 5.1 --- Summary of Procedure --- p.38 / Chapter 5.2 --- Samples Achieved --- p.40 / Chapter 5.3 --- Shopping Habit and Shopping Decision --- p.42 / Chapter 5.4 --- General Reception and Expectation --- p.44 / Chapter 5.5 --- Preference on Format and Program View Time --- p.46 / Chapter 5.6 --- Merchandise and Presentation --- p.47 / Chapter 5.7 --- Price Tolerance --- p.48 / Chapter 5.8 --- Response Method --- p.49 / Chapter 5.9 --- Delivery Option --- p.50 / Chapter 5.10 --- Payment Option --- p.51 / Chapter 5.11 --- Merchandise Return Policy --- p.51 / Chapter 5.12 --- Other Attributes --- p.52 / Chapter CHAPTER VI --- CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION --- p.54 / Chapter 6.1 --- Limitation of the Research Reinstated --- p.54 / Chapter 6.2 --- Conclusion and Suggestion --- p.55 / Chapter 6.2.1 --- Group Difference - Inference --- p.55 / Chapter 6.2.2 --- General Reception and Expectation --- p.57 / Chapter 6.2.3 --- Program Format and View Time --- p.58 / Chapter 6.2.4 --- Merchandise and Presentation --- p.59 / Chapter 6.2.5 --- Price --- p.59 / Chapter 6.2.6 --- Response Method --- p.60 / Chapter 6.2.7 --- Order Acknowledgement --- p.60 / Chapter 6.2.8 --- Delivery --- p.60 / Chapter 6.2.9 --- Payment --- p.61 / Chapter 6.2.10 --- Merchandise Return Policy --- p.61 / Chapter 6.2.11 --- Others --- p.62 / Chapter 6.3 --- Recommendation --- p.62 / Chapter 6.4 --- Areas for Further Research --- p.65 / Chapter CHAPTER VII --- SUMMARY OF FINDINGS --- p.67 / APPENDIX / Chapter 1. --- Consumer Research Focus Group Discussion Guide --- p.Al-1 / Chapter 2. --- Consumer Research Visual Aid ´ؤ Contents --- p.A2-1 / Chapter 3. --- Consumer Research Sample Quota Sheet --- p.A3-1 / Chapter 4. --- Sample Profile --- p.A4-1 / BIBLIOGRAPHY