Managing the marketing budget in a cost-constrained environment |
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Authors: | John A. Weber |
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Affiliation: | Department of Marketing, Mendoza College of Business, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA |
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Abstract: | Marketing costs have been rising rapidly while both manufacturing and general management costs have been declining. As a result, those concerned with realigning corporate assets to maximize shareholder returns are requiring that marketers start proving their worth or be gradually starved of resources. Reflecting such pressures, marketing managers are being asked to provide more convincing evidence that planned marketing strategies will indeed yield more value for the company and its shareholders. Likewise, those charged with planning the marketing budget are being asked to more thoroughly justify requested budget increases. Whole new financial measures are needed for evaluating the relative productivity of specifically proposed marketing budget expenditures vis-à-vis shareholder value. The paper reviews several procedures that can help address these challenges and presents a detailed example of the application of one of the approaches. |
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Keywords: | Marketing costs Marketing budget Marketing productivity Marketing efficiency Projecting sales growth Marketing measures Path Marketing Analysis (PMA) Served market |
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