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Student Perceptions Of Internships: What Are The Perceived Benefits For The Interested Parties?, Sam Fullerton, Tammy Mccullough, Robert Twells, Carol L. Bruneau
Student Perceptions Of Internships: What Are The Perceived Benefits For The Interested Parties?, Sam Fullerton, Tammy Mccullough, Robert Twells, Carol L. Bruneau
Association of Marketing Theory and Practice Proceedings 2014
A sample of 259 marketing students from two universities provided their perceptions of the benefits associated with marketing internships. They agree that an array of benefits accrue to the student interns, the organizations for which the students serve in internship positions, the university, and the general student population at their own university. Among the benefits that are strongly acknowledged by the students are that an internship helps the student interns learn more about their chosen career path, that organizations benefit from the enthusiasm of an eager subset of workers, that successful internships help their university develop strong partnerships with the …
A Student Inventory Simulation Evaluating Changing Demand Variation And Customer Service, Craig G. Harms
A Student Inventory Simulation Evaluating Changing Demand Variation And Customer Service, Craig G. Harms
Association of Marketing Theory and Practice Proceedings 2014
This paper presents the pedagogy of an Excel student simulation that allows the user to change various costs and demand variation and experiment with the effects of those changes on a set of customer service levels. Unlike merely reading about inventory control and the importance of customer service, students can actually experience the results of experimenting with a variety of service levels and the effects on shortages. Track: Marketing Education
Market Orientation: Do Schools Care?, Trang Phuc Tran, Joan Hubbard
Market Orientation: Do Schools Care?, Trang Phuc Tran, Joan Hubbard
Association of Marketing Theory and Practice Proceedings 2014
The primary objective of the paper is to validate the concept of market orientation adapted from related literature and apply it into the academic institution. It also examines the effects of market orientation as a 2nd order factor on student satisfaction in an academic setting. The revised scale validated through both EFA and CFA has a good fit. And the empirical results show that the degree to which students are satisfied with their choice of the school depends significantly on how market oriented the school is. Through a structured process of scale refinement and validation, the revised MO model improves …