Diss.--Universität München, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of New South Wales, 1999. / Also available online.

La mondialisation a fait tomber bien des frontières tant sur le plan politique, économique que social. Aujourd'hui, il est possible de savoir ce qui se passe, en temps réel, n'importe où sur la planète. Avec ce rapprochement des distances et cet accès rapide à l'information, la publicité se trouve, elle aussi, touchée par la mondialisation. Pour s'adapter et survivre aux contingences actuelles, elle doit trouver de nouvelles stratégies pour communiquer efficacement avec un public mondial, mais culturellement différent. Cette étude propose d'analyser l'adaptation de publicités internationales à des cultures locales. Elle vise à comprendre comment les marques internationales communiquent avec des cultures différentes. Cette recherche commence par une réflexion sur la notion de culture et sur ses spécificités. Elle tente ensuite de cerner davantage le concept de publicité et ses composantes, pour finalement faire l'examen du rapport que la publicité entretient avec la culture et d'en voir les limites et les influences. Cette étude prend appui sur une analyse de contenu de 245 messages télévisés diffusés dans divers pays et provenant de campagnes de publicité internationales. Les discours publicitaires de ces publicités ont été étudiés pour déterminer la stratégie d'adaptation utilisée, ainsi que pour vérifier l'influence de certains facteurs comme le type de produit et le secteur d'activité. Les résultats semblent indiquer que pour contrer les problèmes linguistiques les marques internationales vont privilégier une publicité non verbale caractérisée par une absence de dialogue et aucune parole dans la musique. Les publicités internationales semblent aussi beaucoup plus axées sur la composante visuelle que le contenu textuel. Quant au nombre de personnages illustrés, les résultats ne nous permettent pas d'établir une relation avec l'indice d'individualité du pays où la publicité est diffusée. Par ailleurs, il semble exister une influence du type de produits et du secteur d'activité sur le discours publicitaire lors d'une stratégie d'adaptation, mais la sous-représentativité de l'échantillon pour chaque type de produit et secteur d'activité ne permet pas de confirmer la nature de cette influence. Finalement, à travers l'analyse de publicités internationales, ce mémoire permet de mettre en lumière le défi culturel auquel font face les marques internationales lors de l'adaptation de discours publicitaires. ______________________________________________________________________________ MOTS-CLÉS DE L’AUTEUR : publicité, mondialisation, culture, campagne internationale.

Thesis (M.S. in Management)--Naval Postgraduate School, June 1990. / Thesis Advisor(s): Boger, Dan C. Second Reader: Roberts, Benjamin J. "June 2009." Description based on title screen as viewed on October 19, 2009. DTIC Descriptor(s): Accelerated testing, cycles, emergencies, global, international, marine transportation, marketing, military reserves, patterns, procurement, requirements, ships DTIC Indicator(s): Airlift operations, Sealift operations, Military reserves, Ready reserve force, Market research, International trade, Theses. Author(s) subject terms: Sealift, used ship market. Includes bibliographical references (p. 87-89). Also available in print.

Thesis (M.M.S.) - Carleton University, 1993. / Also available in electronic format on the Internet.

With the increasing expansion of companies into the global markets, Relationship Marketing (RM) has become more significant than ever, drawing to it the interest of scholars and the attention of practitioners. One aspect of the subject, which this research addresses, is the need to understand the nature and importance of relationships across cultures, since such understanding is critical to organizational expansion. The focus of this research is B2B relationship marketing, with cross-cultural marketing as a major component of analysis. Building on and extending relevant cross-cultural theories, this research investigates B2B relationship marketing in a Middle-Eastern telecom company, Saudi Telecom Company (STC), a company that is well placed for providing fertile illustrations of the mechanism of B2B relationship marketing. It is, furthermore, a key company in Saudi Arabia with hundreds of partners worldwide, and its economic importance to the country is second only to SABIC, the state-owned national oil company. Adopting a case study research strategy, the research explores how a growing organization absorbs cultural awareness into its B2B relationships. Data are garnered by interviewing 35 STC managers, 29 STC Small Medium Enterprise SME business partners, and three of STC’s Major Enterprise partners, as well as accessing and analysing secondary data from the company. The findings to date suggest that as the company grows it needs to develop B2B cross-cultural awareness at local and global level. This research extends cross-cultural models which have been developed in a business-to-consumer (B2C) context such as cross-cultural marketing theories proposed by Hall and Hofstede to understand cross-cultural theory in a B2B context. By exploring the role of culture in B2B relationships in the telecom industry in the Middle East in general and Saudi Arabia in particular, in light of a case study conducted on a specific and major company, STC and its global partners, and by investigating and assessing how it conducts its B2B relationships, this research aspires to extend the understanding of cultural awareness in B2B relationship and thereby to make a useful contribution to scholarship.

Dissertation, Technische Universität München, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references and index.

Thesis (M.B.A.) - Carleton University, 2002. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-259). Also available in electronic format on the Internet.

The thesis deals with marketing strategy of SAP, important software company in B2B market. Goal of this thesis is to use theoretical knowledge to describe and analyse marketing strategy of SAP and at the same time to analyse efectivity of database marketing team. Database marketing team is one of the most important things that lead to successful marketing strategy and this thesis will propose possible solutions to discovered shortcomings of this team. The thesis contains not only theoretical information about international marketing strategy but it shows real marketing strategy of SAP and its evaluation. It also describes and analyses meaning of the database marketing team and makes suggestions to improve its functioning.

This diploma thesis is focused on the current state of the marketing mix of a chosen company focused on project management consulting. Solutions to improve the marketing mix of this company are proposed based on the results of marketing analyses of the external and internal environment of the company.