Proactive Companies How to Anticipate Market Changes [Hardcover]

Why do some companies succeed better than others? It is well known that there are many variables such which may impact a company's performance. The authors present their new model for Market Proactiveness which shows organizations how to anticipate change and respond to it before they are forced to do so, and improve their overall performance.PART I Market Proactiveness: Anticipating Moment-Zero Action Tools and Models: Market Proactiveness' DNA PART II Organizing the Company for MP Future-Today Management Uncertainty Management Proactive Innovation Management Proactive Behavior Management PART III Building Market Proactiveness Strategy Offer Proactiveness Industry Proactiveness Customer Proactiveness Conclusion

'This important book is a wake-up call to companies that are over-focused on the short run and in danger of losing in the long run. It is no longer sufficient to be market-driven as opposed to product-driven. Your company must proactively anticipate changes and create changes. Ara?jo and Gava show you how to do it.'

Philip Kotler, S.C. Johnson Distinguished Professor of International Marketing, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, USA

'Professor Leonardo Ara?jo and Rog?rio Gava provides us with a fascinating and flavourful work. They not only unveil a strategy (market proactiveness) to help overcome one of the companies' most intriguing questions (why are some of them more successful than others?), but also captivates us with superb text. They call our attention to a paradox: though widely known, proactiveness is not adopted. They suggest that the secret is to execute it. Supported by theory and actually grounded in organizational practices, the book helps us learn how the real world operates and this is FDC's style. We are therefore proud of it and recommend you read it.' Emerson de Almeida, Dean of Funda??o Dom Cabral, Brazil

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