ABSTRACT

Make the most of your ability to teach business-to-business marketing!

Fundamentals of Business Marketing Education: A Guide for University-Level Faculty and Policymakers examines the essential issues of teaching business-to-business marketing courses at all four university levels. An international network of educators and practitioners addresses the real concerns you have about developing a curriculum and formulating policy, taking into account the social and economic considerations you face in dealing with practical, methodological, and theoretical business marketing issues. Combining scholarly analysis with practical presentation and style, the book is the comprehensive reference you need to make sure your students have a thorough understanding of the interactive circle that connects instruction, research, and the corporate business world.

Fundamentals of Business Marketing Education presents original papers that address the pedagogic and content issues you face at each level of university instruction—doctoral studies, executive education, graduate, and undergraduate studies. Each section is accompanied by scholarly commentary for added perspective, helping you to form your own style of course implementation. The book also includes a comparative review of business marketing textbooks, examining the nuts and bolts of writing for university-level instruction—content, style, textbook features, and the “street smarts” needed to deal with publishers.

Topics addressed in Fundamentals of Business Marketing Education include:

  • the status of and prospects for doctoral programs in business-to-business marketing
  • making business marketing more prominent in master’s programs
  • linking content to practice in undergraduate business marketing courses
  • the impact of alternative technologies on delivering business-to-business marketing education
  • teaching business marketing in the 21st century
  • a comparative review of business marketing textbooks
  • and much more!
Fundamentals of Business Marketing Education: A Guide for University-Level Faculty and Policymakers is an essential resource for educators working to confirm the importance of business education and its contribution to society. Anyone who teaches marketing—from full professor to occasional adjunct—will find this book invaluable for making the most of your ability to teach business-to-business marketing.

chapter |5 pages

Introduction

Business-to-Business Marketing Education in the Twenty-First Century
ByJ. David Lichtenthal

part I|42 pages

Doctoral Programs

chapter |31 pages

Doctoral Programs in Business-to-Business Marketing: Status and Prospects

ByErwin Danneels, Gary L. Lilien

chapter |5 pages

Challenges for Business-to-Business Doctoral Programs: A Commentary

ByGrahame R. Dowling

chapter |2 pages

Program of Action for Business-to-Business Doctoral Programs: A Reply to Commentary

ByErwin Danneels, Gary L. Lilien

part II|35 pages

Executive Education Programs

chapter |23 pages

The Pedagogy of Executive Education in Business Markets

ByNarakesari Narayandas, V. Kasturi Rangan, Gerald Zaltman

chapter |5 pages

Business Marketing Executive Education: A Commentary

ByElizabeth J. Wilson

chapter |3 pages

Executive Education in Business Markets: A Reply to Commentary

ByNarakesari Narayandas, V. Kasturi Rangan, Gerald Zaltman

part III|28 pages

Master’s Programs

chapter |18 pages

Master’s-Level Education in Business Marketing: Quo Vadis?

ByJames A. Narus, James C. Anderson

chapter |4 pages

Master’s-Level Business Marketing Education: A Commentary

ByEarl D. Honeycutt

chapter |4 pages

Making Business Marketing More Prominent: A Reply to Commentary

ByJames A. Narus, James C. Anderson

part IV|43 pages

Undergraduate Programs

part V|21 pages

Alternative Technologies

chapter |12 pages

Technology in the Classroom: Teaching Business Marketing in the Twenty-First Century

ByRichard P. Vlosky, David T. Wilson

chapter |4 pages

Technology in the Business Marketing Classroom: A Commentary

ByCarlos M. Rodriguez

chapter |3 pages

Technology and Learning in the Classroom: A Reply to Commentary

ByRichard P. Vlosky, David T. Wilson

part VI|102 pages

Business Marketing Textbooks

chapter |42 pages

Business-to-Business Marketing Textbooks: A Comparative Review

ByKlaus Backhaus, Katrin Muehlfeld, Diana Okoye

chapter |9 pages

Comparative Review of Business-to-Business Marketing Textbooks: A Commentary

ByMichael D. Hutt, Thomas W. Speh

chapter |14 pages

Business-to-Business Marketing Textbooks: Replies to Commentaries

ByKlaus Backhaus, Katrin Muehlfeld, Diana Okoye

part VII|6 pages

Book Review

chapter |4 pages

Review of Cabell’s Directory of Publishing Opportunities in Marketing (Eighth Edition).

David E. Cabell and Deborah L. English, editors; Brooke S. Abernethy, Assistant editor. Beaumont, TX: Cabell Publishing Company, 2001.
ByJ. David Lichtenthal