KSU marketing educator Joe Hair writes five more books
Kennesaw‚ Ga. (March 22‚ 2007) – Joseph F. Hair‚ Ph.D.‚ a professor of…
Georgia (Mar 22, 2007) — KSU marketing educator Joe Hair writes five more books
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Kennesaw‚ Ga. (March 22‚ 2007) – Joseph F. Hair‚ Ph.D.‚ a professor of marketing
in the Coles College of Business at Kennesaw State University‚ authored five textbooks
this past year. The books‚ published by top academic publishers‚ cover topics including
marketing strategies‚business and marketing research and sales management.
“Traditional marketing strategies are evolving rapidly‚” Hair says. “It’s important
for students to understand how factors such as technology are changing marketing and
enabling businesses to provide better customer solutions.”
Technology plays an important role in all the new books. But one of the books‚ “MKTG‚”
published by South−Western Publishing‚ is far different from the typical textbook.
The concise‚ visually stimulating publication is roughly the size of a magazine‚ so
it’s easy to carry around. It also has a cutting−edge online component: an interactive
Web site offers podcasts‚ animated visual summaries‚ cell−phone downloads‚ interactive
quizzes‚ streaming video‚ games‚ polls and surveys. Faculty members can also supplement
their lessons with free online marketing news.
South−Western Publishing also published the 9th edition of “Marketing‚” one of the
world’s most widely−used marketing texts‚ in January. The hardcover volume includes
current information on the rapidly−changing business climate‚ with sections on marketing
via cell−phones‚ product placement and businesses’ increased reliance on technology
for customer communications.
Plus‚ McGraw−Hill will soon publish an “essentials” version of the third edition of
“Marketing Research.” While “Marketing Research” (published last year) is a standard
textbook‚ the essentials version is roughly half as long. Instead of being lecture−based‚
it includes more guidance for projects that students can undertake in class.
Another book for the global business research market was published by John Wiley &
Sons‚ Inc. Titled “Research Methods for Business‚” the softcover volume examines business
research methods leading companies in Europe and Asia use‚ emphasizing the different
approaches necessary outside the U.S.
Later this year‚ Houghton−Mifflin will publish “Sales Management: Building Partnerships.”
It focuses on how information technology affects customer relationship management
(CRM)‚ the use of technology to interface with customers‚ and how technology can improve
personal interaction and help build strategic partnerships.
“Joe Hair has now published a total of 31 books‚ eight of them since arriving at KSU
less than two years ago‚” said Coles College Dean Tim Mescon. “These new titles‚ plus
the four peer−reviewed journal articles that have been accepted during his time here‚
show why he is one of the most respected marketing educators in the world today.”
Hair was recently named the 2007 Marketing Management Association’s Innovative Marketer
of the Year. He also chairs the Board of Governors of the Academy of Marketing Science‚
and the Board of Directors of the Association of Marketing and Healthcare Research.
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a comprehensive‚ residential institution with a growing student population approaching
20‚000 from 132 countries. The third−largest university in Georgia‚ Kennesaw State
offers more than 60 graduate and undergraduate degrees‚ including a new doctorate
in education.
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