Author(s): Pedro Mir-Bernal & Teresa Sadaba
This is a theoretical paper about managerial marketing variables that describe new dimensions of the marketing mix. The paper discusses the current 4P's model of marketing and its variables: Product, Price, Place and Promotion. The article suggests a more complete view of the today's marketing management variables. Updating the management model of controllable marketing factors is necessary as the socio-economic evolution must be considered in a business application model. The article explains the reviews the new p’s and the state of science and proposes new dimensions for strategic decision making in marketing departments and organizations. The proposed model or enlarged P model is composed of 42 variables (4x4=16p) : product, positioning, people, pricing, perceptions, purchase process, prevention, profitability, perdurable, patents, past of time, product life cycle, popularity, promotion, partners, place