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Cases in Health Care Marketing

Author(s): John L. Fortenberry Jr., MBA, PhD, PhD
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  • ISBN-13: 9780763764487
  • Paperback    244 pages      © 2011
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Cases in Health Care Marketing features over 30 case studies that explore real-world scenarios faced by healthcare marketing executives. Divided into seven sections, the book covers issues in product development and portfolio analysis; branding and identity management; target marketing; consumer behavior and product promotions; environmental analysis and competitive assessment; marketing management; and marketing strategy and planning.

Useful as a stand-alone text or as a complement to any introductory text on healthcare marketing, Cases in Health Care Marketing challenges to reader to resolve the case through a series of questions at the conclusion of each study. Solutions are provided as part of a package of online instructor’s materials.

Ask your publisher’s representative about value bundling options with:
• Essentials of Health Care Marketing, Second Edition
• Health Care Marketing: Tools and Techniques, Third Edition 

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Part  I  Product, Brand & Identity Management
  Chapter  1  Setting the Stage
  Chapter  2  Shoring up the Servicescape
  Chapter  3  Revitalizing a Brand
  Chapter  4  Expectations and Experiences
  Chapter  5  The Gamble
  Chapter  6  The Name Game
  Chapter  7  The Weakest Link
Part  II  Marketing Communications
  Chapter  8  Missed Opportunities
  Chapter  9  Unanticipated Consequences
  Chapter  10  Advertising Doesn’t Work
  Chapter  11  The Perfect Formula
  Chapter  12  Finding the Right Mix
  Chapter  13  Covert Operations
  Chapter  14  Form or Function
  Chapter  15  The Public Relations Disaster
  Chapter  16  Tragedy of Tragedies
Part  III  Marketing Management
  Chapter  17  Battling Pies in the Sky
  Chapter  18  Embracing Missions
  Chapter  19  Enough is Enough
  Chapter  20  All the Wrong Moves
  Chapter  21  Just Blame Marketing
Part  IV  Marketing Strategy & Planning
  Chapter  22  The Elusive Marketing Culture
  Chapter  23  Words and Actions
  Chapter  24  The Onsite Advertising Agent
  Chapter  25  Making the Intangible, Tangible
  Chapter  26  Opening Minds
  Chapter  27  Advertising Does Work
  Chapter  28  Dead Celebrities
  Chapter  29  Tit-for-Tat
Part  V  Consumer Behavior & Target Marketing
  Chapter  30  Winning over Customers
  Chapter  31  Teasing with Price
  Chapter  32  Stopping Outshopping
  Chapter  33  A Few Degrees off Target
  Chapter  34  Take it or Leave It
  Chapter  35  Through Others’ Eyes
  Chapter  36  The Scorned Customer
Part  VI  Environmental Analysis & Competitive Assessment
  Chapter  37  Changing Times
  Chapter  38  Connecting the Dots
  Chapter  39  Defining Competition
  Chapter  40  When a Rival Fails
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John L. Fortenberry Jr., MBA, PhD, PhD

John L. Fortenberry, Jr. serves as Chair of the James K. Elrod Department of Health Administration, MHA Program Director, James K. Elrod Professor of Health Administration, and Professor of Marketing in the School of Business at LSU Shreveport where he teaches a variety of courses in both health administration and marketing. He received a BBA in Marketing from the University of Mississippi; an MBA from Mississippi College; a PhD in Public Administration and Public Policy, with concentrations in Health Administration, Human Resource Management, and Organization Theory, from Auburn University; and a PhD in Business Administration, with a major in Marketing, from the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom. Dr. Fortenberry’s academic research interests are centered on marketing, including the components of advertising, consumer behavior, and strategy. His specific sector interests include health, retail, and transportation industries. He is the author of six books, including Health Care Marketing: Tools and Techniques, published by Jones and Bartlett.

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