Marketing Accounting Services in the U.S. and Norway

Abstract

This study compares the general perceptions of marketing and the marketing experiences and training by accountants in the United States and Norway. The results of this study indicate there are differences in perceptions of marketing held by accountants in the U.S. and Norway and in their marketing practices. Accountants in the U.S. held stronger opinions on the importance of marketing accounting services, whereas accountants in Norway believed more strongly that reputation for quality work was more important than marketing. Over two-thirds of Norway accountants reported they did not use marketing concepts in their practice while over half of U.S. accountants indicated they did. A majority of Norway accountants indicated they did not need marketing because their clients come to them when they need their services. These findings demonstrate the importance of being cognizant of the differences in marketing professional services as accountants expand their understanding of global business and accounting practices.     

Marketing Professional Services

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Educational Services Marketing

In an increasingly competitive educational market one of the greatest challenges for admissions personnel is how to successfully recruit desirable students, once they have been identified. One of the most important tools in this process is the recruitment letter. However, individual recruitment letters are problematic. Because they must be personalized, they are time consuming, expensive, and often difficult to write. Nonetheless, the quality of this individualized correspondence often proves crucial to a student's decision to attend or not to attend a particular school. In this essay, the authors present a communication system, used by numerous large corporations, which can be adapted by academic admissions counselors to help them write-consistently, efficiently, and effectively-individual recruitment letters to prospective recruits.     

Faculty Perspectives on International Accounting Topics

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study was to provide insight as to the relative importance of various international accounting topics. A survey of all accounting professors listing an international specialization in the Accounting Faculty Directory was conducted in the fall 1991. The findings should be helpful in the design of an accounting course or curriculum regarding international issues.     

International Marketing of Services

This article is based on a chapter of a forthcoming book on ‘The Marketing of Services' to be published by Heinemann, Spring 1984. It examines the contribution to the UK's Balance of Payments made by ‘invisible exports', including services, and highlights the advantages and disadvantages that arise when marketing services, as opposed to products, overseas.     

The Marketing of Services

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Marketing Interior Design Services

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Marketing Financial Planning Services

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The Marketing of Professional Services

The recognition by professional services firms of the need to become marketing-orientated and apply marketing techniques is of recent origin. Yet their need to identify, anticipate and satisfy client requirements profitably, rather than passively wait for clients to request their services, is overwhelming. The professional services provided by such specialists as accountants, advertising agents, banks, computer consultancies, consulting engineers, and management consultants are highly people intensive. Consequently, there is more room for individual discretion, eccentricity, delay and error. This article argues that professional services companies can systematically plan the marketing of their services so that they can provide value satisfactions that will create and keep their clients and produce profits.     

Marketing of Recycling Services:

While some research studies have investigated recycling, little work has been done in the area of marketing of recycling behavior by those providing recycling services. This study looks at the effects of different informational, convenience, and economic factors, as well as social norm effects, on recycling behavior of consumers for newspapers, aluminum containers, glass containers, and plastic containers. Results indicate that optimal strategies for inducing recycling behavior may differ depending on the materials to be recycled.     

Implementation of Services Marketing Programs

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服务特征的再认识与整合服务营销组合框架

本文在文献综述的基础上,通过服务营销与商品营销的对比,分析出服务的9个基本特征:顾客不获得服务所有权、无形性、顾客参与性、人员作为服务产品的一部分、投入产出更大的可变性、服务质量难评价性、不可存储性、时间要素重要性、不同的分销渠道等.并在详细分析针对服务特征所需的营销策略的基础上提出了由服务产品、价格、分销、促销、有形证据、人员、过程和生产效率组成的整合服务营销组合框架,指出服务企业在设计和实施营销方案时必须做好营销管理职能、运作管理职能以及人力资源管理职能的协调与沟通.     

Mastering the Marketing Communications Mix: Micro and Macro Perspectives on Integrated Marketing Communication Programs

One difficult challenge for marketers is the large, diverse means of communication and communication options that are available to support their brands (e.g. TV, print, and interactive advertising; trade and consumer promotions; arts, sports, and cause sponsorships; etc.). Consequently, marketers must understand what various marketing communication options have to offer and how they should be combined to optimize their marketing communications programs. Towards that goal, this paper considers issues in how to develop, implement, and evaluate an integrated marketing communication program. Specifically, to provide micro perspectives -- especially relevant for academic research -- we introduce the Marketing Communication Tetrahedron as a means of classifying and analyzing factors influencing marketing communication effectiveness along four broad dimensions (i.e. factors related to the consumer, communication, response, and situation). To provide macro perspectives -- especially relevant for managerial planning -- we provide criteria as to how integrated marketing communication programs can be designed and evaluated as a whole (i.e. according to coverage, contribution, commonality, complementarity, robustness, and cost considerations). We also describe how the two perspectives relate and conclude by discussing theoretical and managerial implications and outlining future research directions.     

Deregulation in Services and the Marketing Challenge

This paper contributes to the literature on international firm activities by providing the first evidence on the link between productivity and both exports and foreign direct investment (FDI) in services firms from a highly developed country. It uses unique new data from Germany, one of the leading actors in the world market for services. Statistical tests and regression analyses indicate that the productivity pecking order found in numerous studies using data for firms from manufacturing industries – where the firms with the highest productivity engage in FDI while the least productive firms serve the home market only and the productivity of exporting firms is in between – does not exist among firms from services industries. There is evidence that firms with FDI are less productive than firms that export; this finding is in line with recent empirical results reported for software firms from India.     

Marketing Services for the New Organizational Structure

Two trends in organizational structures warrant a reexamination of the ways that marketing services companies (Marketing, Advertising, Promotion, Public Relations, etc.) are asked to support the objectives of their client organizations. The first trend is the "flattening" of many organizations as layers of management are cut in an attempt to reduce overhead. However, there is seldom a concurrent reduction in projects with the result that the remaining managers must accomplish virtually all the previous tasks with a diminished staff. The second trend is an attempt to develop a competitive edge by refocusing the mission of the organization. Total Quality Management (TQM), task teams, and a new focus on customer service are examples of recent attempts to redefine the real goals of an organization and align employees behind the new goals. In this article the authors argue that a new structure in marketing services companies is needed to serve the new organizational structure. This new structure more nearly mirrors the client organization by encompassing multitude disciplines and operating with a lean organization of experienced professionals. The advantages are the same as those that lead to changes in the client companies; lower overhead, greater alignment along disciplines, and a competitive edge for clients.     

Financial Services Strategic Marketing Planning

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Marketing Financial Services in London

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Given the extremely csompetitive nature of the financial industry in London, England it is important to understand how to conduct a successful marketing effort. A look at various financial services firms in London, such as General Electric Corporation Global, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, Fidelity Investment and government organizations including the Financial Service Authority and the Bank of England help to profile several methods available to help a global marketing effort. Innovative marketing performance tools such as Customer Advisory Boards, Sales Technology Tools, and other effective performance issues are examined.     

Marketing/Selling Professional Services

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Telecommunications Technologies Assist Services Marketing

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