Abstract: Preface Section 1 Introduction: Making Marketing Accountable 1. Delivering to the Marketing Accountability Mandate Margaret Henderson Blair, Mitch Barns, Kate Sirkin, and David W. Stewart 2. Lessons from the Quality Movement David W. Stewart Section 2 Language, Measures, and Metrics: Establishing Standards 3. Marketing's Search for a Common Language Paul Farris, David Reibstein, and Karen Scheller 4. Measuring Brand Preference Michael Hess and Allan R. Kuse 5. Measuring Return on Brand Investment Frank Findley 6. Customer Lifetime Value (CLV) and Its Relevance to the Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) Industry V. Kumar and Sarang Sunder 7. Customer Lifetime Value in the Packaged Goods Industry Rick Abens and Debra Parcheta 8. What Is Known About the Long-Term Impact of Advertising Dominique M. Hanssens 9. Long Term Effects of Marketing Actions Michael Hess 10. Social Media - What Value for Marketing Measurement? Kate Sirkin Section 3 Linking Finance and Marketing 11. The Relationship of Marketing and Finance Don Sexton 12. Creating a Partnership Between Marketing and Finance James Meier 13. Reporting on Brands Roger Sinclair 14. Brand Valuation in Accordance with GAAP and Legal Requirements Marc Fischer 15. Corporate Brand - The Company's Most Valuable Asset Jim Gregory 16. Implications of the Treatment of Marketing Expenses Michael L. Moore 17. Marketing Metric Audit Protocol (MMAP) David W. Stewart, Allan R. Kuse, Margaret Henderson Blair Section 4 Organizational Dimensions of Marketing Accountability 18. Navigating Barriers, Opportunity, and Change on the Marketing Accountability Journey, or Road to ROMI Meg Blair and Pam Hoover Forbus 19. Marketing Organization and Accountability David W. Stewart and Robert Winsor 20. Epilogue Craig Gugel and David W. Stewart