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recognition that the typical corporate cost-cutting initiatives will not suffice in the current business environment. To navigate the global downturn and even prosper in the process, corporate leaders must take a step back and consider how best to implement long-lasting and effective initiatives aimed at fundamentally improving the way their companies operate. Booz & Company’s approach focuses on three strategic questions: What do we do? How do we do it, and where? How well do we do it? Our experience shows
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Chapter 1 Marketing: Creating and Capturing Customer Value 1) All of the following are accurate descriptions of modern marketing, EXCEPT which one? A) Marketing is the creation of value for customers. B) Marketing is managing profitable customer relationships. C) Selling and advertising are synonymous with marketing. D) Marketing involves satisfying customers' needs. E) Marketing is used by for-profit and not-for-profit organizations. Answer: C Diff: 2 Page Ref: 2 and 4 Skill: Concept
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How Global Brands Compete When a brand is marketed around the world, that fact alone gives it an aura of excellence-and a set of obligations.To maximize the value of global reach, companies must manage both. 68 HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW by Douglas B. Holt, John A. Quelch, and Earl LTaylor I More than two decades ago, Harvard Business School professor Theodore Levitt provocatively declared in a 1983 HBR article, "The Globalization of Markets" that a global market for uniform
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HBR.ORG In a world of constant change, the spoils go to the nimble. by Martin Reeves and Mike Deimler ILLUSTRATION: BRIAN STAUFFER Adaptability: The New Competitive Advantage July–August 2011 Harvard Business Review 135 ADAPTABILITY: THE NEW COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE We live in an era of risk and instability. Globalization, new technologies, and greater transparency have combined to upend the business environment and give many CEOs a deep sense of unease. Just look at the numbers.
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