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The ISBM Pulse content library contains archived copies of previous member meeting presentations, webinars, courses, articles/reports, and a multitude of other knowledge. This material is freely available for our ISBM members.
Although business-to-business settings provide ample opportunity for research that uses experiments, they are seldom used. Approaches for integrating experimental insights into research is discussed.
As consumers become more aware of data gathering efforts by firms, companies have been forced to evolve in their data analytics efforts. The article highlights current developments in the data analytics domain.
As digital marketing trends continue to evolve, Altimeter provides an overview of results following a survey of senior digital marketers. The findings outline current and future areas of focus for digital marketers.
As firms face disruptive events in the marketplace, they must be prepared to adapt. Oftentimes, adapting necessitates a “pivot” in how firms operate across multiple dimensions.
Trends in the B2B world allow customers to continuously evaluate their relationships with their suppliers. Reacquiring lost customers can often be rewarding for B2B suppliers. The article outlines several customer reacquisition building blocks.
The pandemic has caused a shift to remote work, which, surprisingly, has led to stable or increased productivity for many companies. However, many now suffer from decreased innovation, an issue that can be addressed with creative solutions that foster collaboration.
The ever-changing social, economic, and public health landscape has made marketing a more complex discipline than ever before. Rodríguez-Vilá, Bharadwaj, Morgan, and Mitra (2020) use extensive surveying and interviewing methods to better understand how marketers have traditionally attempted to transform their organizations in evolving landscapes.
This article, focusing on AI, platforms, and network effects, distinguishes between products that are “like air” (that one needs continuously and is critical for survival) versus “like hair cuts” (that one needs only once in a while and can do without). The authors describe the notion of a ‘modern business model’, and demonstrates how these companies are more resilient.
Our own Stefan Wuyts – Director of the ISBM and Full Professor of Marketing – was recently interviewed by PYMNTS.com on digitalization. The interview covers online platforms, buying groups, and the future (if any) of tradeshows. Whatever the future holds – the B2B buying process will be very different in the future.
Assumptions are a barrier to new thinking or new solutions though – and that makes assumptions ineffective. How can an organization uncover – and, more important – challenge its assumptions? It is a necessary process, as untested assumptions may lead decision making astray.
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