Insegnamento a.a. 2010-2011

Go to class group/s: 31

CLEAM (6 credits - II sem. - OP  |  SECS-P/08) - CLES (6 credits - II sem. - OP  |  SECS-P/08) - CLEF (6 credits - II sem. - OP  |  SECS-P/08) - BIEM (6 credits - II sem. - OP  |  SECS-P/08) - CLEACC (6 credits - II sem. - OP  |  SECS-P/08)

Course Director:
SILVIA VIANELLO

Course Objectives

The purpose of this course is to introduce the students to the following issues:

• understanding customer needs and behavior in a so-called digital environment, that is the Internet and its multi-device extensions;
• analyzing opportunities and managerial challenges for the firms;
• formulating appropriate marketing strategies and e-business models;
• building trusting relationships with customers in the digital environment.

Course Content Summary

• Principles of digital marketing and the Internet.
• Consumer behavior in the digital environment.
• Brand Communities and Social Network.
• Web Design e Web Experience.
• Digital metrics and web analysis.
• E-marketing strategies and business models.
• Branding, pricing and the marketing mix in the digital environment.
• From customer experience to loyalty.com.

Detailed Description of Assessment Methods

Written exam

 

Textbooks

Attending students

• Teachers’ handouts and students’ notes.
• u. Dholakia, s. Vianello, The Fans Know Best, MIT Sloan Management Review/Wall Street Journal, August 17, 2009.
• Readings provided in class.

Suggested Readings:

• d. Chaffey, p.r. Smith, eMarketing eXcellence Planning and optimizing your digital marketing, 3rd edition, 2008, Butterworth-Heinemann (Elsevier). 
• a. Mandelli, s. Vianello, Consumers involvement in organizations in the era of social media: open research questions. In Cardoso, G. and Angus Cheong, Jeffrey Cole (eds) World Wide Internet Book, University of Macau Publishing, July 2009.
• s. Vianello, Community Connections: The new consumer demographic, Communispace, September 2009. 

Non - Attending students

• d. Chaffey,p.r. Smith, eMarketing eXcellence Planning and optimizing your digital marketing, 3rd edition, 2008, Butterworth-Heinemann (Elsevier) - (All chapters).
• Collection of readings (available in the library’s Business source complete database):
  • The Contribution Revolution. By: Cook, Scott.
    In: Harvard Business Review, 2008, Vol. 86 Issue 10, p60-69;
  • Should You Invest in the Long Tail?. By: Elberse, Anita.
    In: Harvard Business Review, 2008, Vol. 86 Issue 7/8, p88-96;
  • Finding Sustainable Profitability in Electronic Commerce.
    By: de Figueiredo, John M.
    In: Sloan Management Review, 2000, Vol. 41 Issue 4, p.41-52.
  • Which Kind of Collaboration Is Right for You?.
    By: Pisano, Gary P.; Verganti, Roberto.
    Harvard Business Review, 2008, Vol. 86 Issue 12, p78-86.
  • The Fans Know Best. By: Dholakia, U., Vianello S. In: MIT Sloan Management Review/Wall Street Journal, August 17, 2009.

Exam textbooks & Online Articles (check availability at the Library)

Prerequisites

Fluent level of English language.

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