This thesis deals with the new trends and the specifics of marketing in China. The first part deals with theoretical knowledge of the marketing plan, specific applications of marketing in China and the particularities of the Chinese consumer market. The second part describes draft of marketing plan for the company IREC working in IT and Technology in Beijing. Detailed situational analysis including SWOT analysis is carried out. Based on this analysis, the marketing objectives are set and marketing strategies and action programs designed. The last part comprises of the financial plan and design of the control system.

The main target of the Master's thesis is to evaluate international marketing activities of the researched subject in the time of the world economical crisis. The subject is the company ARKU Maschinenbau GmbH. The researched subject's activites will be compared with created theoretical basis. The theoretical part is completing the information from the area of marketing, precisly international marketing, and is complementing them by the theory of the management of the crises and collected data about current world economical crisis. The practical part is describing the real international marketing activities of the company ARKU Maschinenbau GmbH, because the most of these activities were, more or less, influenced by the crisis. The thesis is also describing and evaluating the marketing and other reactions and the arrangements that company had to accept to make it's situation better.

Thesis (M.A.) University of Missouri-Columbia, 2007. / The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file (viewed on April 15, 2008) Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.M.S.) - Carleton University, 2003. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 61-63). Also available in electronic format on the Internet.

Zugl.: Basel, Universiẗat, Diss., 2007.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Florida State University, 2005. / Advisor: Gary A. Knight, Florida State University, College of Business, Dept. of Marketing. Title and description from dissertation home page (viewed Jan. 26, 2006). Document formatted into pages; contains ix, 89 pages. Includes bibliographical references.

Master-Arbeit Univ. St. Gallen, 2006.

Saarbrücken, Universiẗat, Diss., 1994.

The success of tourism, at a destination, is often accredited to the strength of its marketing; yet, the marketing environment is changing at a fast pace where developments in digital technology have had a profound effect on marketing strategies. Furthermore, the increased accessibility of long and short haul travel has resulted in greater competition for tourist visits among destinations. Such changes present a challenge for cold water island destinations with a seasonal tourism product and limited resources for destination marketing. The ability of such destinations to adopt target marketing strategies, using meaningful segmentation criterion, is of great importance for their future success. For cold water islands, it is vital that the promotional message resonates with the target audience, as such, an image segmentation is proposed. Although tourist segmentation is well practiced in tourism research, existing studies focus on socio-demographic or behavioural segmentation. Few studies have conducted image based segmentation, thus, this thesis explores the feasibility of image segmentation in cold water island destinations; using the Isles of Scilly as a case study. In this thesis image segmentation is used to develop a typology of visitors to the Isles of Scilly, and the intrinsic relationships between destination image, motivation, behaviour, evaluation and place attachment are also explored. Due to the difficulties in measuring image, a mixed method approach was adopted and a concurrent triangulation design employed. Quantitative data were collected from 500 ii respondents visiting the Isles of Scilly, by means of a face-to-face questionnaire, and a further 15 in-depth interviews formed the qualitative sample. Quantitative data were analysed using Exploratory Factor Analysis and K-means Cluster Analysis, while qualitative data were analysed using Thematic Content Analysis. The findings of this thesis revealed the feasibility of image segmentation, through the creation of a six-fold typology of visitors to the Isles of Scilly. Both theoretical and practical implications were derived from this study. The most significant theoretical contribution of this research is that offered to the understanding of image segmentation, as this is the first study conducted in the context of cold water islands. Theoretical contributions were also made with regard to the intrinsic relationships between destination image and motivation, behaviour, evaluation and place attachment. While findings of this study agreed with those of past research, valuable contributions are also offered. Notably, this study adds to a body of work relating to the relationships between complex image and motivation, on-site behaviour, evaluation and place attachment. Additionally, this study adds to tourism knowledge, where the role of on-site behaviour in the formation of positive image, and the influence of participation in special interest tourism, on the formation of destination image are identified. Furthermore, practical recommendations are provided in relation to marketing of the Isles of Scilly where lucrative image segments are identified. Finally, through the understanding of destination image, this thesis proposes seasonal marketing campaigns and the development of special interest tourism, with a focus on wildlife, in order to successfully promote and develop tourism in the Isles of Scilly.

Although YouTube wasn't created until 2005, it became a leader in its field. It was visited by more than a billion people from all around the world which nowadays upload over 300 hours of videos every minute and watch about 5 million videos every day. Within a few years, it has become a world-wide phenomenon that has overlapped into many areas. One of these areas is marketing. The goal of this thesis is to explore YouTube as a marketing tool and use secondary resource research and expert interviews to create a comprehensive information base to help managers and marketers with comprehension of the YouTube landscape and show them best practice in the area.