Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Iveta Korobaničová Author-Workplace-Name: Technical University of Kosice Title: Marketing in Small and Medium Enterprises - A case study in Slovakia Abstract: The position of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in global environment is inevitable and extremely important because of their significant contribution to the economic development. In recent competitive market society, the application of marketing principles is one of the funda-mental preconditions of its success. Today, marketing must be understood as means of satisfying customer’s needs. The author tries to emphasize these aspects by analysing of customer’s behaviour in the Slovak Republic and by the process of implementing the marketing principles into the company policy. Classification-JEL: M31 Keywords: small and medium enterprises, marketing principles, marketing communication, consumer’s behaviour Pages: 82-89 Number: 2 Volume: 10 Year: 2013 Publication-Status: Published File-URL: http://www.strategiaifuzetek.hu/files/67/stratfuz_2013_2crossedu.pdf File-Format: application/pdf Handle: RePEc:mic:esfjrn:v:10:y:2013:i:2:p:82-89