Develop customer-focused, market-driven strategies for today'scompetitive marketplace. . . Industrial Marketing Strategy Widely regarded as a classic text in the field, IndustrialMarketing Strategy, Third Edition shows you, as a practicingmanager, how to develop the marketing strategies your businessneeds to succeed in a rapidly evolving global marketplace. Thisimportant book covers: * The basic concepts of customer analysis, buying behavior,buyer-seller relationships, market segmentation and targeting, andpositioning * Proven, concrete, strategic management techniques--rather than arote enumeration of the functions and institutions of industrialmarketing * Guidelines for implementing the value proposition throughdistribution and marketing communications * The role of marketing in the broader context of business andcorporate-level strategic planning * Special sections on product development, national accountmanagement, customer service, information technology, and pricesignaling
Written from the marketing manager's perspective, this revised and updated text covers new concepts, materials and examples from such areas as sales management, buyer behaviour, buyer-seller interaction, channel strategy and marketing communications.
