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The term ‘marketing communications’ was chosen deliberately and carefully as the title of this chapter, despite its being less widely used in practice than other descriptions, because it defines the subject matter as precisely as possible.

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Michael J. Baker Olivier Badot Ken Bernard Stephen Brown Douglas Brownlie Sara Carter K. C. Chan Bernard Cova Keith Crosier Adamantios Diamantopoulos Bill Donaldson Sean Ennis Pervez Ghauri Susan J. Hart Peter Leeflang Dale Littler Michael C. Mcdermott Lyn Mcgregor Shan Rajagopal Daniel Tixier John Webb

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Crosier, K. (1995). Marketing Communications. In: Baker, M.J., et al. Marketing Theory and Practice. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-24260-3_13

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