| Marketing in Industrial Companies |
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NOTE: This book is currently only available in Italian.
The themes covered in this text make reference to those markets in which the clients are organizations that purchase products and services to develop the activities related to their business. They are the demands and behaviour of industrial or institutional clients that countersign business to business marketing, besides the “industrial” nature of the products which are the subject of exchange.
It is in recent times, because of the adjustment of priorities from production to the market, the phenomenon of globalization, reduction in decision times, and new information technologies, that this discipline has assumed a role of greater importance in business management and constitutes a strategic element for the business development of the company. In fact, an effective marketing plan, other than assuring competitive advantages in regard to time to market, furnishes industrial companies with the necessary tools to face always more competitive and global markets. The context of reference has become more transparent and more easily attainable, simplifying the choice of companies along the chain both from the point of view of the number of alternatives and of their availability and usability. The demand to formulate to the industrial client a clear and effective "value proposition", that shows advantages of cost reduction or improvement in results to justify the supply choice, is thereby accentuated. This manual is designed to furnish companies operating in International business to business sectors with operational support to the predisposition of the marketing plan and critical evaluation of their own approach strategies to the market. |