* * LO1: Delivering Value to Customers * * The Marketing Philosophy and its Relevance to Corporate Culture * Marketing philosophy: holds that achieving organisational goals depends on determining the needs and wants of target markets and delivering the desired satisfactions more effectively and efficiently than competitors. * Takes an outside-in perspective: * Starts with the well-defined market‚ focuses on customer needs‚ coordinates all the marketing
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40 The McKinsey Quarterly 2006 Number 1 Daniel Chang The right service strategies for product companies T he right service strategies for product companies As products evolve into commodities‚ services become more important. But companies that play this new game must understand its rules. Byron G. Auguste‚ Eric P. Harmon‚ and Vivek Pandit As relative newcomers to the service economy‚ many product companies have yet to make money there. Until recently‚ brisk sales growth
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Running head: MANAGING CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE Managing the Customer Experience - M.A.C Cosmetics - KÉRASTASE Hair Care Products Michelle Widitania Kostan (12738317) BU1006 Ms. Parvin Thursday‚ April 4‚ 2013 M.A.C Cosmetics To begin with‚ M.A.C is the abbreviation of Makeup Artistery Cosmetics. This company begins with the combination of ideas from two men with a creative vision in the world of fashion. Frank Toskan‚ a fashion photographer‚ and a make up artist Frank Angelo.
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BLT1 CREATING CUSTOMER VALUE Most of the companies nowadays utilise customer-centric approach as to ensure the quality service brought to the customer (Bolton 2004). Moreover‚ recruiting new customers cost always more than maintaining loyal customers that ultimately aims for profit for the organization (How not to let business slip away: Don’t upset old customers when tempting new ones‚ 2010). As a result‚ a lot of attentions have been drawn from the customers by the organizations via different
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Unit 3 Assignment 2 A Summary of M.E. Porter and M. R. Kramer’s article “Creating Shared Value” Michael G. Castro Capella University MBA6008 – Global Economic Environment Professor Hidsell January 27‚ 2013 Creating shared value (CSV) is a powerful concept that many companies used‚ ultimately‚ being used as a strategy in developing the future market while also strengthening economies‚ the marketplace‚ communities and corporate funds. In reading this article‚ I initially thought this
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the relationship between business and society‚ the deeper purpose of capitalism and its benefits towards identifying and meeting real societal needs. The authors believe that we have narrowed the scope of thinking how businesses can create economic value and they are thus increasingly being seen as the problem rather than the solution to building a better society. This phenomenon has lead governments to develop an over-regulatory‚ controlling mind set over corporations and political leaders are unable
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CREATING SHARED VALUE For many years leading up to today‚ profit seeking enterprises have been viewed as a major cause of problems in the society and are believed to prosper at the expense of the community. The legitimacy of businesses has fallen and this diminished trust has led politicians to impose tougher restrictions on businesses that cause them to be uncompetitive. The problem lies in the fact that businesses continue to be short sighted in their approach to growth. They continue to look
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Creating Shared Value In the article creating shared value the authors‚ M. Kramer and M. Porter discuss the current state of business value creation; and the efforts that need to be taken to create shared values. Currently businesses primarily concern themselves with profits and view value creation in such a way that they do not fully take advantage of their full potential. Additionally‚ the government has implemented policies that have only exasperated the drive from shared value creation. “Shared
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Project Proposal Project Proposal Product Strategy and Management INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT‚ BANGALORE Understanding and analyzing the market strategy of Godrej Appliances Understanding and analyzing the market strategy of Godrej Appliances Submitted To Prof. Ramesh Venkateswaran Submitted by Group 2 Rajesh Kumar Sanga 1211286 Nareshbabu Vadditandra 1211277 Kaluvai Rajesh 1211192 Shiva Nanditha 1211232 Aditi Garg 1211322 Akhilesh Chader 1211196 Kasam
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Summary of ‘Creating shared value’ by M. Porter and M. Kramer The problem nowadays is that most businesses don’t have the right purpose ‘in mind’. They have a narrow-minded view in making profit and thus optimizing short-time financial performance. This old capitalistic view leads to a vicious circle. More specifically‚ the corporation doesn’t keep its environment and the broader community in mind while making profit and so they are perceived as (partly) responsible for society’ failures. This
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