Head for heights

September, 2005    RWM-031 Head for heights Dr Brian Smith discusses research that helps explain why marketing seems to be under-represented in the boardroom and how it can regain political weight by reconnecting marketing strategy to shareholder...

Hello Shoppers

November, 2004    RWM-023 Hello Shoppers It seems ironic that we know far more about the many activities that cost us money than we do about our single source of income – the customer. It seems appropriate therefore to look at what the latest...

Just do it

July, 2008    SFP-002 Just do it Unsuccessful firms believe the buy-in fallacy; successful firms don’t. They create a strong strategy, then they just do it.

The Silo Myth

July, 2005    RWM-030 The Silo Myth In this review of new research, Dr Brian Smith looks at the overlap between Marketing and Human Resources and discovers that these functions should ignore that overlap at their peril.

Show me the money

October, 2004    RWM-022 Show me the money The marketer’s job is both strategic (deciding how to bring the money in) and tactical (deciding where to spend the marketing communications budget). This Research Watch focuses on the latter and...