Marketing Research, 5th Edition

Marketing Research, 5e gives you the knowledge and skills you need to successfully undertake marketing research. It combines theory with a practical, step-by-step approach. The text uses local and international examples, data sets and case studies to explain traditional marketing research methods, and also examines new theories and techniques as well as emerging industry practices. This text is essential if you're studying marketing research in any business or marketing course.

Ben Lowe is Professor of Marketing at Kent Business School, University of Kent. He was previously Head of the Marketing Group for a number of years and has also taken on other leadership roles within the School (e.g., Interim Director of Education, Programme Director for the MSc in Marketing and the MSc in Management, Academic Lead for the School�s Periodic Programme Review). Currently he is on the editorial board of several journals and is an Associate Editor at the European Journal of Marketing. He has published extensively in the field of consumer behaviour, and his research made contributions to our understanding of pricing, innovation adoption, social marketing, marketing communications and interactive marketing. Qualifications: PhD (Griffith), BBus (Monash), BCom (Sydney), PGCHE (Kent). Hume Winzar is an Associate Professor in Business at Macquarie University, Sydney.� He is director of the Bachelor of Business Analytics in the Department of Actuarial Studies and Business Analytics. Teaching and research focuses on marketing research and analytics at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Hume is regarded as one of Australia�s authorities on research design and marketing research analysis. Over the last 30 years he has taught the full range of marketing courses in universities across Australia, SE-Asia, Eastern Europe, Canada and the USA. He has also published in marketing theory, consumer behaviour and research methodology and has contributed to publications in psychology, management, accounting and banking. Qualifications: B.Business (QUT), MBA (UQ), M.Commerce (Bond), PhD (Sydney), GCHE (Griffith). Barry J. Babin has authored more than 100 research publications in some of today's most prestigious peer-reviewed research periodicals, such as the Journal of Marketing, Journal of Consumer Research, Journal of Business Research, Journal of Retailing, Psychology and Marketing, Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science and the International Journal of Wine Business Research. Dr. Babin is currently Morris Lewis Professor of Marketing and chair of marketing in the Ole Miss Business School. He has won numerous honors for his research, including the Louis K. Brandt Faculty Research Award from the University of Southern Mississippi, Outstanding Researcher in the COB at Louisiana Tech University, the 1996 Society for Marketing Advances (SMA) Steven J. Shaw Award, the 1997 Omerre Deserres Award for Outstanding Contributions to Retail and Service Environment Research and the Academy of Marketing Science�s prestigious Harold W. Berkman Distinguished Service Award. Dr. Babin is a past president of the Academy of Marketing Science and the Society for Marketing Advances and has been recognized as a distinguished fellow of both organizations. His research focuses on the effect of the service environment in creating value for employees and customers and on the impact of big data on consumer liberty. He offers expertise in building and understanding value that leads to long-lasting, mutually beneficial relationships with employees and customers. His teaching specialties involve advanced methods of marketing and consumer research and creative problem solving. A frequent international lecturer, he has presented in Australia, South Korea, France, Germany, Mexico, New Zealand, South Africa, Canada, Sweden, Norway, Peru, Israel and the United Kingdom. Steven D�Alessandro is a Professor of Marketing at the University of Tasmania.� Steve has published 114 refereed papers in leading international journals (including The European Journal of Marketing, Journal of Business Research, International Marketing Review, Psychology and Marketing, Marketing Letters, Journal of Services Marketing,�Journal of Macromarketing, International Journal of Consumer Studies, Journal of Retailing and Consumer Studies, Accounting and Finance, Food Quality and Preference, Applied Economics, and Journal of Environmental Management), books and conferences. Steve has also worked as a market research consultant for blue-chip companies such as Pacific-Dunlop, ANZ, Challenge Bank, BHP, Telstra and Ford. He has published a number of market-leading textbooks on Market Research and Consumer Behaviour as well as an original text on Services Marketing with Oxford University Press. In 2012 he was awarded the ANZMAC Distinguished Marketing Educator of the Year Award, in recognition of his sustained excellence and innovation in marketing education. In 2017, he was part of the successful bid team�and co-investigator for the Cyber Security CRC which was awarded 140 million dollars by industry and government. He is currently co-editor of the Journal of Consumer Behaviour. William G. Zikmund (1943-2002) was a professor of marketing at Oklahoma State University. He received his bachelor of science in marketing from the University of Colorado, a masters of science from Southern Illinois University, and a PhD in business administration from the University of Colorado.Professor Zikmund worked in marketing research for Conway\Millikin Company and Remington Arms Company before beginning his academic career. In addition, he had extensive consulting experience with many business and not-for-profit organizations. Professor Zikmund published many articles and successful textbooks. His books include Marketing, Effective Marketing, Exploring Marketing Research, and Business Research Methods.He was an active teacher who strived to be creative and innovate in the classroom. His books have been used in Universities in Europe, Asia, Africa, South America, and North America.More than half a million students have read his books. William G. Zikmund (1943-2002) was a professor of marketing at Oklahoma State University. He received his bachelor of science in marketing from the University of Colorado, a masters of science from Southern Illinois University, and a PhD in business administration from the University of Colorado.Professor Zikmund worked in marketing research for Conway\Millikin Company and Remington Arms Company before beginning his academic career. In addition, he had extensive consulting experience with many business and not-for-profit organizations. Professor Zikmund published many articles and successful textbooks. His books include Marketing, Effective Marketing, Exploring Marketing Research, and Business Research Methods.He was an active teacher who strived to be creative and innovate in the classroom. His books have been used in Universities in Europe, Asia, Africa, South America, and North America.More than half a million students have read his books.

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