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Author Giannasi, Matteo, author.

Title Philosophy of marketing : the new realist approach / Matteo Giannasi and Francesco Casarin
Published New York, NY : Routledge, 2022
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Series Routledge frontiers in the development of international business, management and marketing
Routledge frontiers in the development of international business, management and marketing.
Contents Part 1. Antirealism and Its Consequences: 1. What Went Wrong With Reality -- 2. The Postmodernist Challenge to Realism -- 3. The Legacy and Consequences of Postmodernist Thought -- Part 2. The Significance of Realism: 4. The Persisting Relevance of Reality -- 5. Marketing, Management, and the Return of Reality
Summary "How can we overcome the rapidly ageing postmodernist paradigm, which has become sterile orthodoxy in marketing? This book answers this crucial question using fresh philosophical tools developed by New Realism. It indicates the opportunities missed by marketing due to the pervasive postmodernist ideology, and propose a new and fruitful approach pivoting on the significance of reality to marketing analyses and models. Intensifying reference to reality will boost marketing research and practice, rather than impair them; conversely, neglecting such a reference will marketing from realising its full potential, in several contexts. The aim of the book is foundational: its purpose is not a return to traditional realism, but to break new ground and overcome theoretical obstacles, in marketing and management, by revising some of their assumptions and by enriching their categories, thereby paving the way to fresh approaches and methodological innovations. In that sense, the book encourages theoretical innovation and experimentation, and introduces new concepts, like invitation and attrition, which can find fruitful applications in marketing theory and practice. That is meant to be conductive to the solution of important difficulties and to the uncovering of new phenomena. The last chapter of the book applies the new approach to eight case studies from business contexts. This book will be of interest to philosophers interested in New Realism and to researchers, scholars and marketing professionals sensitive to the importance and fruitfulness of reference to reality, for their own purposes"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Matteo Giannasi is Adjunct Professor of Philosophy, Critical Thinking, Cultural Heritage and Tourism Supply, and Cultural Policies, at Ca' Foscari University Venice, Italy. He is also education and audience development consultant for cultural institutions. Francesco Casarin is Full Professor of Marketing and director of the Management of Arts and Culture Lab, Department of Management, Ca' Foscari University Venice, Italy
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 04, 2021)
Subject Marketing -- Philosophy
Marketing -- Psychological aspects
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Marketing / General
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Marketing / Research
Marketing -- Philosophy
Marketing -- Psychological aspects
Marketing
Filosofie
Form Electronic book
Author Casarin, Francesco, 1960- author.
LC no. 2021016551
ISBN 9781003206033
1003206034
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9781000454611
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9781000454642