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Introduction

74

The Market Is People

28

Buyer Behavior and Exchange

74

The Market Is a Place

29

Buyer Behavior as Problem Solving

75

The Market Is an Economic Entity

29

The Decision Process

76

Types of Markets

30

Influencing Factors of Consumer Behavior

82

Consumer Markets

30

Organizational Buyer Behavior

91

Industrial Markets

30

Characteristics of Organizational Buying

91

Institutional Markets

30

Stages in Organizational Buying

93

Reseller Markets

30

Summary

98

Approaching the Market

31

Marketer's Vocabulary

98

The Undifferentiated Market (Market Aggregation)

32

Discussion Questions

99

Product Differentiation

33

Project

99

The Segmented Market

34

Case Application: Customer Satisfaction Still Matters

99

The Strategy of Market Segmentation

45

References

100

Summary

49

Marketer's Vocabulary