JOURNAL OF APPLIED BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS
Integrating Direct Marketing Programs/Courses into Business Schools:
An Examination of its Penetration and Scope
Author(s): Maria L. Roxas, Juanita P. Roxas
Citation: Maria L. Roxas, Juanita P. Roxas, (2014) "Integrating Direct Marketing Programs/Courses into Business Schools: An Examination of its Penetration and Scope," Journal of Applied Business and Economics, Vol. 16, Iss. 4, pp. 60-69
Article Type: Research paper
Publisher: North American Business Press
Abstract:
Efforts by Marketing EDGE (Direct Marketing Educational Foundation) have borne fruit. Direct/
interactive marketing is now recognized as an important component of companies’ marketing toolbox
along with more traditional tools in marketing. This paper estimates how far programs/courses in direct
marketing have been included in a broad sample of schools by examining websites of a systematic sample
of AACSB-accredited colleges and universities to determine their course offerings in direct/interactive
marketing. Findings from the initial sample showed less than 13% had courses in direct/interactive
marketing. An expansion of the search to DME attendees in 2012 then later the list of schools in the
Marketing Edge website found one full program and a variety of sub-programs among schools actively
participating in the DMEF conference. This paper is a general review of where the discipline stands with
regards to course availability among AACSB accredited U.S. universities and demonstrates the
discipline’s expansion into new and different areas largely because of technology.