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Record Nr.

UNISA996217131903316

Autore

Paley Norton

Titolo

The manager's guide to competitive marketing strategies, third edition [[electronic resource] /] / Norton Paley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Thorogood, c2005

ISBN

9786611204969

1-281-20496-X

1-4237-8707-2

1-85418-404-0

Edizione

[3rd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (426 p.)

Disciplina

658.8

Soggetti

Marketing - Management

Business logistics

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

About the author; Introduction; PART ONE Competitive marketing strategies: The hallmark of an effective manager; ONE Competitive marketing strategies in action; PART TWO Develop a competitive analysis; TWO External analysis: Understand the competitive world surrounding you; THREE Internal analysis: The central framework for implementing competitive marketing strategies; PART THREE Market intelligence and planning; FOUR Developing a marketing intelligence system: The underpinnings of your marketing strategy; FIVE Marketing research: The primary tool to stay in touch with customers and markets

SIX Strategic marketing planning: Shaping your company's growth and prosperitySEVEN Developing the marketing plan: Initiating rock-solid action; PART FOUR Specific competitive strategies; EIGHT Market strategies: Applying resources for maximum impact; NINE Product/service strategies: Your lifeline to growth and competitive advantage; TEN Pricing for profits: Strategies to maintain premium prices and higher margins; ELEVEN Promotional strategies: Plan a total communications mix; TWELVE Supply chain strategies: A demanddriven lifeline to your customers

THIRTEEN Maintaining a global perspective: Thinking like a



strategistAPPENDIX Checklists for developing competitive strategies

Sommario/riassunto

Setting out the techniques on developing and applying competitive strategies, this edition is an all-in-one resource for analysing and planning competitive strategies in an increasingly hostile environment.