100 Great Marketing Ideas from leading companies around the world Jim Blythe 100 GREAT MARKETING IDEAS FROM LEADING COMPANIES AROUND THE WORLD Jim Blythe Copyright © 2009 Jim Blythe First published in 2009 by Marshall Cavendish Editions An imprint of Marshall Cavendish International 1 New Industrial Road, Singapore 536196 Other Marshall Cavendish offices: Marshall Cavendish Ltd. 5th Floor, 32–38 Saffron Hill, London RC1N 8FH, UK • Marshall Cavendish Corporation. 99 White Plains Road
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100 Great Marketing Ideas from leading companies around the world Jim Blythe 100 GREAT MARKETING IDEAS FROM LEADING COMPANIES AROUND THE WORLD Jim Blythe Copyright © 2009 Jim Blythe First published in 2009 by Marshall Cavendish Editions An imprint of Marshall Cavendish International 1 New Industrial Road, Singapore 536196 Other Marshall Cavendish offices: Marshall Cavendish Ltd. 5th Floor, 32–38 Saffron Hill, London RC1N 8FH, UK • Marshall Cavendish Corporation. 99 White Plains Road
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P A R T I Discovering Momentum 1 1 The Power of Momentum Where’s the Impetus? Momentum. Most businesses get it at some point: the impression that everything they undertake succeeds effortlessly, as if they’re being carried along by a tailwind that increases their efficiency and propels them on to exceptional growth.1 Some hold on to it. Most don’t. Slowly, imperceptibly, the tailwind turns around and the momentum disappears, without anyone quite realizing what has happened. The company
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100 Great Marketing Ideas from leading companies around the world Jim Blythe 100 GREAT MARKETING IDEAS FROM LEADING COMPANIES AROUND THE WORLD Jim Blythe Copyright © 2009 Jim Blythe First published in 2009 by Marshall Cavendish Editions An imprint of Marshall Cavendish International 1 New Industrial Road, Singapore 536196 Other Marshall Cavendish offices: Marshall Cavendish Ltd. 5th Floor, 32–38 Saffron Hill, London RC1N 8FH, UK • Marshall Cavendish Corporation. 99 White
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Customer Clusters as Sources of Innovation-Based Competitive Advantage Vishal Bindroo, Babu John Mariadoss, and Rajani Ganesh Pillai ABSTRACT The authors examine the effect of customer clusters on a firm’s innovation. They argue that knowledge leveraged from customer clusters can help the firm develop innovations. The authors specifically concentrate on the effect of a firm’s geographical proximity and diversity of customer clusters on innovation outcomes. In addition to showing the importance
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RAHMAN (UTAR)FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND FINANCE (FBF) /FACULTY OF ACCOUNTANCY AND MANAGEMENT (FAM) | Unit Plan 1. | Unit Code &Unit Title: | UBTM1013 / UKTM1013 Principles of Marketing | 2. | Course of Study: | Bachelor of Marketing (Hons)Bachelor of Economics (Hons) Financial EconomicsBachelor of Business Administration (Hons)Bachelor of Business Administration (Hons) Banking and Finance Bachelor of Commerce (Hons) Accounting Bachelor of International Business (Hons)Bachelor of Information
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might not seem appropriate (chemicals, machines), yet it might cut through the ad clutter. 2. Now that AFLAC is a widely known brand name, what should its next advertising campaign strategy be? How should AFLAC link the new strategy to the same business and marketing plans? Do you think the company should drop the duck? Why or why not? Once the name
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informationInformation Rules A STRATEGIC GUIDE TO THE NETWORK ECONOMY Carl Shapiro Hal R. Varian HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL PRESS BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS Copyright © 1999 Carl Shapiro and Hai R. Varian All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America 03 02 01 00 99 5 Library of Congres§ Cataloging-in-Publication Data Shapiro, Carl. Information rules : a strategic guide to the network economy / Carl Shapiro and Hal R. Varian. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references
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Information Rules A STRATEGIC GUIDE TO THE NETWORK ECONOMY Carl Shapiro Hal R. Varian HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL PRESS BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS Copyright © 1999 Carl Shapiro and Hai R. Varian All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America 03 02 01 00 99 5 Library of Congres§ Cataloging-in-Publication Data Shapiro, Carl. Information rules : a strategic guide to the network economy / Carl Shapiro and Hal R. Varian. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN
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and software for making movies are just some of the many products new to the entertainment industry. The revolution began with the combination of Apple’s iPod music player, which can store 10,000 songs in a device smaller than a deck of cards, and its iTunes Music Store, which sells more than 10,000,000 songs each month for just $.99 each. Other new forms of digital entertainment products include digital video recorders (DVRs), which record TV shows on hard drives instead of tape, and home entertainment
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