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Beginnings Of A Fulfilling Career, Gregory E. Osland
Beginnings Of A Fulfilling Career, Gregory E. Osland
Scholarship and Professional Work - Business
In 1989 I decided to join the doctoral program in Marketing at Michigan State University (MSU). Although I had been accepted into the doctoral programs at several universities, including UCLA and the University of Washington, I chose MSU because of its strong reputation in International Marketing, and its emphasis on managerial applications. Tamer Cavusgil had recently joined the MSU faculty and had just initiated the Center for International Business Education and Research. I wanted to learn from him as my mentor and dissertation chair, and was encouraged by the potential resources available through the CIBER to do international research. This …
Origins And Development Of The Product Life Cycle Concept, Gregory E. Osland
Origins And Development Of The Product Life Cycle Concept, Gregory E. Osland
Scholarship and Professional Work - Business
Underpinnings and recognition of the product life cycle concept are found in the writings of sociologists, anthropologists, economists, and marketers of the last two centuries. The fashion cycle and advertising spiral are antecedents of the well-known graphic form of the PLC that has been discussed for the last forty years.