This latest volume of Review of Marketing Research, Marketing Accountability for Marketing and Non-Marketing Outcomes is divided in three parts: (1) measures of firm performance, (2) measures of social interaction, and (3) measures related to broader societal outcomes such as sustainability and quality of life. Measures of firm performance covered include the marketing implications of financial accounting, customer feedback metrics, drivers of brand equity, brand failure, market orientation capabilities, and multichannel attributions. Measures of social interaction encompass environmental and social performance, social networks, and attitudinal word-of-mouth drivers. The final chapter is devoted to measures related to societal outcomes and focuses on attractiveness of inner city for society.
Each chapter presents thought-provoking discussions and new insights which will be relevant to researchers, professionals and students of marketing, branding and consumer behaviour
About the Author: V. Kumar is the Distinguished Term Professor, and Senior Fellow, Indian School of Business, India; Distinguished Fellow, MICA, India; HUL Visiting Chair Professor, IIM Ahmedabad, India; and Distinguished Professor of Research, Welingkar, India.
David W. Stewart is President's Professor of Marketing and Business Law at Loyola Marymount University, USA.
Naresh K. Malhotra was selected as a Marketing Legend in 2010 and his refereed journal articles were published in nine volumes by Sage with tributes by other leading scholars in the field. He is listed in Marquis Who's Who in America continuously since 1997 and in Who's Who in the World since 2000. In 2017, he received the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award from marquis Who's Who. He has several top (number one) research rankings that have been published. He is a highly cited author with more than 60,000 Google Scholar Citations.
