Beyond the Familiar: Long-Term Growth Through Customer Focus and Innovation Contributor(s): Barwise, Patrick (Author), Meehan, Sean (Author) |
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ISBN: 0470976314 ISBN-13: 9780470976319 Publisher: Jossey-Bass OUR PRICE: $33.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2011 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Customer Relations |
Dewey: 658.812 |
LCCN: 2010050389 |
Physical Information: 0.81" H x 6.32" W x 9.15" (0.95 lbs) 184 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Strong customer-focused companies have a clear, relevant promise which they obsessively deliver day-in, day-out. At the same time, they relentlessly drive the market by evolving the offer in the face of market developments and opportunities. Because they meet customer needs better than the competition, again and again, they are able to generate sustainable, profitable, market-leading organic growth. The problem the book addresses is how to achieve this. The authors identify five key steps using their framework for success:
Above all the book runs counter to the fashionable claim that the starting-point for business success should be to find a 'blue-sky', 'out-of-the-box' breakthrough innovation. Barwise and Meehan use many compelling cases to illustrate how managers can find ways within their existing network and organization to achieve long term growth. |