Because Knetbooks knows college students. Our rental program is designed to save you time and money. Whether you need a textbook for a semester, quarter or even a summer session, we have an option for you. Simply select a rental period, enter your information and your book will be on its way!
| Strategic Market Management-An Introduction and Overview | p. 1 |
| What Is a Business Strategy? | p. 3 |
| Strategic Market Management | p. 10 |
| Marketing and Its Role in Strategy | p. 15 |
| Strategic Analysis | p. 19 |
| External and Customer Analysis | p. 21 |
| External Analysis | p. 21 |
| The Scope of Customer Analysis | p. 26 |
| Segmentation | p. 26 |
| ... MORE | p. 31 |
| Unmet Needs | p. 35 |
| Competitor Analysis | p. 40 |
| Identifying Competitors-Customer-Based Approaches | p. 41 |
| Identifying Competitors-Strategic Groups | p. 43 |
| Potential Competitors | p. 45 |
| Competitor Analysis-Understanding Competitors | p. 46 |
| Competitor Strengths and Weaknesses | p. 51 |
| Obtaining Information on Competitors | p. 57 |
| Market/Submarket Analysis | p. 59 |
| Dimensions of a Market/Submarket Analysis | p. 60 |
| Emerging Submarkets | p. 60 |
| Actual and Potential Market or Submarket Size | p. 63 |
| Market and Submarket Growth | p. 64 |
| Market and Submarket Profitability Analysis | p. 66 |
| Cost Structure | p. 69 |
| Distribution Systems | p. 70 |
| Market Trends | p. 70 |
| Key Success Factors | p. 72 |
| Risks in High-Growth Markets | p. 72 |
| Environmental Analysis and Strategic Uncertainty | p. 78 |
| Technology Trends | p. 80 |
| Consumer Trends | p. 82 |
| Government/Economic Trends | p. 87 |
| Dealing with Strategic Uncertainty | p. 91 |
| Impact Analysis-Assessing the Impact of Strategic Uncertainties | p. 91 |
| Scenario Analysis | p. 93 |
| Internal Analysis | p. 98 |
| Financial Performance-Sales and Profitability | p. 99 |
| Performance Measurement-Beyond Profitability | p. 102 |
| Strengths and Weaknesses | p. 106 |
| Threats and Opportunities | p. 107 |
| From Analysis to Strategy | p. 109 |
| Case Challenges for Part I | |
| Trends in Retailing | p. 111 |
| The Energy Bar Industry | p. 113 |
| Transformational Innovations | p. 116 |
| Creating, Adapting, And Implementing Strategy | p. 119 |
| Creating Advantage: Synergy and Commitment vs. Opportunism vs. Adaptability | p. 121 |
| The Sustainable Competitive Advantage | p. 122 |
| The Role of Synergy | p. 127 |
| Strategic Commitment, Opportunism, and Adaptability | p. 130 |
| Alternative Value Propositions | p. 140 |
| Business Strategy Challenges | p. 141 |
| Alternative Value Propositions | p. 143 |
| Superior Quality | p. 149 |
| Value | p. 154 |
| Building and Managing Brand Equity | p. 162 |
| Brand Awareness | p. 163 |
| Brand Loyalty | |
| Brand Associations | p. 66 |
| Brand Identity | p. 174 |
| Energizing the Business | p. 181 |
| Innovating the Offering | p. 182 |
| Energize the Brand and Marketing | p. 183 |
| Increasing the Usage of Existing Customers | p. 196 |
| Leveraging the Business | p. 201 |
| Which Assets and Competencies Can Be Leveraged? | p. 202 |
| Brand Extensions | p. 204 |
| Expanding the Scope of the Offering | p. 207 |
| New Markets | p. 209 |
| Evaluating Business Leveraging Options | p. 210 |
| The Mirage of Synergy | p. 212 |
| Creating New Businesses | p. 216 |
| The New Businesses | p. 217 |
| The Innovator's Advantage | p. 219 |
| Managing Category Perceptions | p. 221 |
| Creating New Business Arenas | p. 222 |
| From Ideas to Market | p. 227 |
| Global Strategies | p. 233 |
| Motivations Underlying Global Strategies | p. 234 |
| Standardization vs. Customization | p. 238 |
| Expanding the Global Footprint | p. 242 |
| Strategic Alliances | p. 245 |
| Global Marketing Management | p. 248 |
| Setting Priorities for Businesses and Brands-The Exit, Milk, and Consolidate Options | p. 251 |
| The Business Portfolio | p. 252 |
| Divestment or Liquidation | p. 254 |
| The Milk Strategy | p. 256 |
| Prioritizing and Trimming the Brand Portfolio | p. 261 |
| From Silos to Synergy-Harnessing the Organization | p. 269 |
| Silo Driven Problem-The Case of Marketing | p. 270 |
| Addressing the Silo Marketing Issues-Challenges and Solutions | p. 272 |
| Organizational Levers and Their Link to Stregegy | p. 273 |
| Structure | p. 274 |
| Systems | p. 276 |
| People | p. 279 |
| Culture | p. 282 |
| A Recap of Strategic Marketing Management | p. 285 |
| Case Challenges for Part II | p. 289 |
| Hobart Corporation | p. 289 |
| Dove | p. 291 |
| Competing Against Wal-Mart | p. 294 |
| Contemporary Art | p. 299 |
| Sony vs. iPod | p. 302 |
| Appendix: Planning Forms | p. 304 |
| Index | p. 319 |
| Table of Contents provided by Ingram. All Rights Reserved. |