'Marketing: Principles and Practice' is back for a second edition and continues to set a benchmark for achievement in introductory marketing courses. The aim of this book is to deal with marketing in such a way that covers as few pages and is as accessible as possible, while communicating the fundamental, most important theoretical aspects and facilitating the transfer of this knowledge to real-life decision situations. In addition, the book not only integrates all relevant aspects of both strategic and operational marketing but also structures them in such a way, that both practitioners and students acquire a comprehensive and holistic overview, how it all fits together. Consequently, this textbook concentrates on the essential marketing know-how for both, practitioners and students.

'The dynamic and global competitive landscape requires marketing professionals who have a thorough knowledge of marketing principles coupled with strong creative skills. This book provides excellent coverage of these principles and serves as a great resource for marketing students and young professionals everywhere.'

Christoph Schweizer, President Corporate Strategy & Business Development, Dr gerwerk AG & Co. KGaA

'Marketing: Principles and Practice is an exciting textbook that provides a concise introduction to the theory and practice of Marketing in the 21^st century organized around an innovative customer relationship perspective. Perfectly suited to students of one semester marketing courses, this invaluable source of knowledge presents a solid grounding in the fundamentals of contemporary marketing, in a clear, lively, practical and straightforward style. Highly recommended to marketing students, educators and marketing managers everywhere.'

Prof. Dr. Marko Sarstedt, Chair of Marketing, Otto-von-Guericke-Universit t Magdeburg, Germany

The authors

Svend Hollensen is an Associate Professor of International Marketing at the University of Southern Denmark. He is the author of globally published textbooks and several articles in well-recognised journals. Svend Hollensen has also worked as a consultant for several multinational companies, as well as global organizations like the World Bank.

Marc Opresnik is a distinguished Professor of Marketing at the Technische Hochschule L beck and Member of the Board of Directors at SGMI Management Institute St. Gallen. He is Chief Research Officer at Kotler Impact Inc. and a global co-author of marketing legend Philip Kotler. With his many years of international experience, Marc Opresnik is one of the world's most renowned marketing, management and negotiation experts.