Customer Orientation

January, 2007    SAI-022 Customer Orientation The Finnish Magazine ‘Factor’ interviews Dr Brian Smith about what customer orientation is – now and in the future.

In Theory

March, 2006    SMM-015 In Theory What should pharma marketers do when faced with the task of creating a successful international strategy with a new chemical entity that may not be a totally new, fully differentiated molecule? Clinging to industry...

Out of Your Comfort Zone

July, 2004    SMM-009 Out of Your Comfort Zone Five years of research into strategy making in medical markets shows that senior managers in medical industries continue to make weak strategies. Forget the text book approach and what you learned in...

Why CRM stands at the crossroads

July, 2003    SAI-042 Why CRM stands at the crossroads Dr Moira Clark and Dr Brian Smith, leaders of the highly regarded Cranfield CRM Research Forum report on its latest findings, which reveal the much-maligned customer management tool is at a...

Culture clash

July, 2002    SAI-001 Culture clash Corporate culture is the biggest barrier to effective marketing and attempts to manage it often fail. Dr Brian Smith reveals how ‘going with the grain’ is often the better way.