Universität Wien

040177 KU Special Topics in Marketing: Luxury Marketing 1 (MA) (2023S)

Luxury Marketing

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 4 - Wirtschaftswissenschaften
Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung

An/Abmeldung

Hinweis: Ihr Anmeldezeitpunkt innerhalb der Frist hat keine Auswirkungen auf die Platzvergabe (kein "first come, first served").

Details

max. 50 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch

Lehrende

Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert

  • Donnerstag 09.03. 09:45 - 13:00 Hörsaal 15 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Donnerstag 16.03. 09:45 - 14:45 Hörsaal 15 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Donnerstag 30.03. 09:45 - 14:45 Hörsaal 15 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Donnerstag 20.04. 09:45 - 14:45 Hörsaal 15 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Donnerstag 04.05. 09:45 - 14:45 Hörsaal 15 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Donnerstag 11.05. 09:45 - 14:45 Hörsaal 15 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Freitag 19.05. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 15 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock

Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

This course should provide students with a thorough understanding of luxury brand management and the specific challenges associated with the marketing of luxury products. The course should improve students’ analytical and decision-making skills in the domain of luxury.

The course uses an interactive format composed of lectures, student presentations, and discussions. The different teaching methods should provide students with an integrated learning experience.
Firstly, students will be introduced to the main concepts of luxury marketing and the key behavioral and strategic foundations of managing luxury brands. Secondly, students will present and critically discuss recent articles on luxury marketing and branding referring to behavioral, strategic, and operational aspects. Students are expected to actively participate in the discussions.
The course will teach the fundamental concepts of luxury marketing and provide a thorough understanding of luxury brands and consumer behavior.

It will address the following topics:
• What is luxury marketing?
• Why do consumers buy luxury products?
• What is the profile of a luxury consumer? What characterizes them?
• How to create a luxury brand?
• Why is brand identity vital for luxury brands? How is it built?
• How do luxury brands operate (product, price, place, promotion)?

Please find more information on the homepage: https://marketing.univie.ac.at/studium/master/lvs-im-sommersemester/

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

The performance assessment is based on three components:
Class participation: 10 %
Group presentation: 45 %
Individual final exam: 45 %

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

Groups:
Students will be asked to form groups of four (and five students in exceptional cases) and will be asked to present an academic article.

Presentation:
The duration of each presentation is 20-minutes (maximum), and the allocation of time should be divided equitably per student. Then, the group will respond to questions for 20-minutes.
Please upload your presentation on moodle one day before the presentation at the latest.

Content presentation:
The presentation should contain the following points:
• Overview of the topic and past research
• Research question(s) and hypotheses
• Main results and insights
• Contribution of the article
• Alternative explanations for the results (other than those presented by the authors)
• Reference to real and concrete examples related to the topic of your article
• Possible extensions of the article (still open questions)

Article allocation for presentation:
Groups will be randomly assigned to an article. The articles will be made available online via Moodle.

Grades will rely on the following scale:
1 ≥ 88 %
2 ≥ 75 %
3 ≥ 63%
4 ≥ 50 %
5 < 50%

Prüfungsstoff

- lectures
- class discussions
- group presentations

Literatur

readings:
Kapferer, J. N. (2012). The luxury strategy: Break the rules of marketing to build luxury brands. Kogan Page Publishers.

Batat, W. (2019). The New Luxury Experience. Springer International Publishing.

Weitere Informationen finden Sie unter https://marketing.univie.ac.at/studium/master/lvs-im-sommersemester/

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

Letzte Änderung: Di 14.03.2023 11:28