Just as society has realised the value of entrepreneurs, so entrepreneurs are gradually realising the value of strategic marketing. In this book, the authors explain the substantial role of marketing in the success of small firms which have emerged in the new business environment of the past 10 to 15 years. Entrepreneurial marketing is especially important for small, developing firms which have to consider emerging business and market trends, and so a model is presented specifically tailored to the needs of expanding entrepreneurial ventures. The authors also critically analyse the extent to which mainstream marketing and entrepreneurship theory are useful in entrepreneurial marketing. They argue that to be fully effective, marketing must be viewed from a broad perspective and as a value-creating process.In order to understand the dynamic pattern of growth of small entrepreneurial ventures, they emphasise the importance of making a clear distinction between:managerial growth and entrepreneurial growth entrepreneurship, management and leadershiptransactional marketing, relationship marketing and complex combinations focal organisations and virtual organisationsexplorative learning and exploitative learningvalue configurations and value chains. This book will be of immense worth to students, scholars and practitioners of marketing and entrepreneurship, and will contribute to a new dialogue between the two disciplines. It will also be of considerable value to the wider business and management community learning to operate and succeed in the new economic era.
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This book will be of immense worth to students, scholars and practitioners of marketing and entrepreneurship, and will contribute to a new dialogue between the two disciplines.
Contents: Foreword by Gerald E. Hills 1. Small is Beautiful? 2. Marketing in the Old Economic Era 3. Entrepreneurship: Creating New Business Ventures 4. Marketing of Big Firms and Small Firms 5. Marketing, Entrepreneurship and Culture 6. Growth, Learning and Co-Creation 7. Marketing as Co-Creation of Customer Value 8. A Conceptual Framework for Entrepreneurial Marketing 9. Some Areas of Importance for Excellent Entrepreneurial Marketing 10. Entrepreneurial Marketing: Leading and Managing in the New Economic Era Index
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'. . . this book addresses a relevant and growing body of interface research. Bjerke and Hultman are to be congratulated for the development of arguments that are presented in detail. . .'

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781843768517
Publisert
2004-03-25
Utgiver
Vendor
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
U, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
288

Biographical note

The late Björn Bjerke, formerly Linnaeus University and Claes M. Hultman, Professor of Marketing, Faculty of Business, Örebro University, Sweden