Market intelligence [[electronic resource] ] : building strategic insight / / Per V. Jenster & Klaus Solberg Søilen

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910459743303321
• Autore: Jenster Per V
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: [Frederiksberg, Denmark], : Copenhagen Business School Press; Portland, OR, : International Specialized Book Services [distributor], 2009
• ISBN: 87-630-9953-5
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (240 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): SøilenKlaus Solberg
• Disciplina: 658.4/72
• Soggetti: Marketing - Decision making; Marketing - Management; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Market Intelligence""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""CHAPTER 1 Converging Foundations of Intelligence Analysis""; ""It Depends how you Look at It""; ""Focus of the Analysis""; ""Decisional “Altitudeâ€?""; ""Decisional Scope""; ""Customer/Market Scope""; ""Product and Technological Scope""; ""Network Definition""; ""Temporal Dimension""; ""Competitive Battlefield""; ""Academic Perspectives""; ""Conclusion""; ""CHAPTER 2 Strategies for a Competitive Advantage""; ""Seeking a Competitive Advantage""; ""The Organizationâ€?s Strategic Options""; ""It is not all about Aggression""""Deterrence""; ""Attack Strategies""; ""Defensive Strategies""; ""REFERENCES""; ""CHAPTER 3 Industry Analysis: Key to Understanding the Competitive Situation""; ""The Importance of Industry Analysis""; ""The Concepts of Industry Analysis""; ""Factors which Influence the Competitive Position""; ""Competitors in the Industry""; ""Buyers (the converse of these factors apply to suppliers)""; ""Entry Barriers""; ""Exit Barriers""; ""Substitutes""; ""Influencers""; ""The Industry and the Macro or External Business Environment""; ""The Life Cycle and the Industry""; ""What is the “Industryâ€??""""Industry Analysis in Practice""; ""Making Sense of a Mass of Information""; ""The Outline Diagrams""; ; ""Mapping Strategic Groups""; ""Taking a Dynamic View""; ""REFERENCES""; ""CHAPTER 4 Company Analysis: Assessing Competitive Fitness""; ""Introduction""; ""The Company Analysis""; ""How to Perform a Company Analysis""; ""Why Perform the Company Analysis""; ""Preparing a Strategic Plan""; ""Review of the Strategic Situation""; ""Mergers and Acquisitions (M&As)""; ""Divestments""; ""Analysis of Synergies""; ""REFERENCES""; ""CHAPTER 5 Intelligence Analysis""; ""The Need for a Method""""What do we want from Competitor Analysis?""; ""Developing Competitor Profiles""; ""Marketing Diagrams""; ""Portfolio Analysis""; ""Sources of Customer Value: The Value Chain""; ""Benchmarking""; ""Competitor Newsletters""; ""Using Critical Success Factors in Planning""; ""Information Focused on Factors Influencing Strategic Success""; ""An Overview of the Design Process""; ""Designing a Strategic Information System""; ""Step 1: Structure the Design Process""; ""Step 2: Determine the Elements Influencing Success""; ""Step 3: Develop or Review the Strategic Plan""; ""Step 4: Identify CSFs""""Step 5: Determine who is Responsible""; ""Step 6: Select Strategic Performance Indicators""; ""Step 7: Development of Reporting Procedures""; ""Step 8: Implement System and Initiate System Use""; ""Step 9: Establish Evaluation Procedures""; ""Conclusion""; ""RERERENCES""; ""CHAPTER 6 Building an Effective Business Intelligence System: Technology and Organizational Structure""; ""Strong Growth in BI Software Market""; ""Integrated Business Intelligence Systems""; ""Real Time Business Intelligence Systems""; ""Organizational Models of Intelligence""; ""1. The Special Department Model of Intelligence""