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Is there a gap in the market, and is there a market in the gap?: how advertising planning performs markets

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Is there a gap in the market, and is there a market in the gap? how advertising planning performs markets. / Jacobi, Erik; Freund, James; Araujo, Luis.
In: Journal of Marketing Management, Vol. 31, No. 1-2, 2015, p. 37-61.

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Jacobi, E, Freund, J & Araujo, L 2015, 'Is there a gap in the market, and is there a market in the gap? how advertising planning performs markets', Journal of Marketing Management, vol. 31, no. 1-2, pp. 37-61. https://doi.org/10.1080/0267257X.2014.943675

APA

Jacobi, E., Freund, J., & Araujo, L. (2015). Is there a gap in the market, and is there a market in the gap? how advertising planning performs markets. Journal of Marketing Management, 31(1-2), 37-61. https://doi.org/10.1080/0267257X.2014.943675

Vancouver

Jacobi E, Freund J, Araujo L. Is there a gap in the market, and is there a market in the gap? how advertising planning performs markets. Journal of Marketing Management. 2015;31(1-2):37-61. Epub 2014 Aug 22. doi: 10.1080/0267257X.2014.943675

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Jacobi, Erik ; Freund, James ; Araujo, Luis. / Is there a gap in the market, and is there a market in the gap? how advertising planning performs markets. In: Journal of Marketing Management. 2015 ; Vol. 31, No. 1-2. pp. 37-61.

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