TY - BOOK AU - Anderson,James C. AU - Narus,James A. TI - Business market management: understanding, creating, and delivering value SN - 0135226570 U1 - 658.8 AND PY - 1999/// CY - Upper Saddle River, N.J. PB - Prentice Hall KW - Industrial marketing N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Business market management: guiding principles Market sensing: generating and using knowledge about the marketplace Understanding firms as customers Crafting market strategy Managing market offerings New offering realization Business channel management Gaining customers Sustaining reseller partnerships Sustaining customer relationships N2 - 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 ER -