Thursday, February 25, 2010

HBS - MDP - Strategic Marketing Management

Marketing As A Value Creation Process•    A framework for analyzing market opportunities and risks, and understanding customer needs using state-of-the-art techniques
•    The role of value creation in acquiring and retaining customers

Analyzing Buyer Behavior
•    Understanding the buying decision process
•    Determining the needs and wants of existing and prospective customers
•    Research techniques for understanding customers and prospects

Selecting the Target Market and Positioning the Product
•    The advantages of market segmentation
•    Product positioning as the foundation for developing the marketing mix
•    Standardization versus customization: the world of one-to-one marketing

Developing the Integrated Marketing Program
to Generate Maximum Customer Value
•    Designing products and services that deliver meaningful customer value
•    The "augmented" product as an antidote to commoditization
•    Marketing communications planning: budget and the media mix
•    Going to market: designing and managing the distribution channel
•    Positioning the Internet as an effective online sales tool

Capturing Created Value for the Firm
•    Pricing: shifting from cost- to value-based pricing
•    Characteristics of profitable pricing practices

Marketing Management
•    Creating the marketing plan
•    Anticipating and adapting to change
•    Ethical and legal issues

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