Business Market Management: Understanding, Creating and Delivering Value (Hardcover)

~ (Author), James A. Narus (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Review

"If you want to understand and manage business markets, there is no better source than Anderson and Narus. Their first-hand experience and insight have created the gold standard' book. The new edition adds fascinating material on customer value management and the role of branding in business markets." — Philip Kotler

"The students liked the book very much because it has a good managerial base. Even students who had taken me at the undergraduate Business Marketing class found the material very interesting and very managerially oriented." — Professor Mary F. Hazeldine, Georgia Southern University

--This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

Product Description

Business Market Management explores the process of understanding, creating and delivering value to targeted business markets and customers. Relying upon empirical assessment of value in the marketplace, it provides a means of gaining an equitable return on value delivered and enhancing a supplier firm's present and future profitability. This book reflects the principles and practices of the discipline, and—by presenting and conducting management practice research—strives to advance the field. It brings together venerable past thinking and leading-edge thinking to provide a progressive approach to managing business markets.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 448 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; 1st edition (November 5, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0135226570
• ISBN-13: 978-0135226575
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 7.2 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,107,207 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Outstanding approach to marketing based on value..., April 19, 1999

By A Customer

You know a book is having an extradinary effect when you see managers walking the halls with it -- postits coming out of every corner -- saying things like "This is my Bible..." Based on a significant amount of field research, this book has got real insighnts you can use in getting down to what customers really, really value -- and will pay for. A new "must read" for everyone in Business-to-Business Marketing

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding -- Packed with insight on understanding value, February 15, 1999

By	Ralph A. Oliva (University Park, PA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

In the business of business-to-business marketing, getting to the real value of your offerings, and designing offerings of real value, can be the key to siginifcant profitability vs. going along for a "commodity price" ride. Anderson and Narus have obviously done lots of field work in the real world of the business-to-business marketplace to pull actionable ideas together for those in the practice. A "must-read" for anyone in business-to -business -- outstanding.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A complete cohesive view of b-to-b marketing management, January 20, 1999

By	Edward E. Rigdon (Atlanta, GA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Business marketing is not my strong suit, but this book really brought some things together for me. It's readable, focused, and definitely gives you a hook to hang things on--one way to view the world of busines-to-business marketing that makes sense. I teach electronic marketing, and have more familiarity with the consumer side. After reading this book, I felt a much better grounding of essential b-to-b concepts like the value chain. I strongly recommend this book.