Driven off course

January, 2008    SMM-030 Driven off course The greatest marketing strategy ideas cannot impact on sales if they are let down by poor implementation.

What does a strong strategy look like?

January, 2008    SAI-032 What does a strong strategy look like? Dr Brian D Smith, a visiting Research Fellow in the Marketing and Strategy Research Unit at the OU Business School, clears away some of the confusion about what ‘strategy’...

Use your strategic discretion

May, 2008    SMM-033 Use your strategic discretion Discretionary tasks are key to ensuring the strategic goals you set in the boardroom are actually scored, says Dr Brian Smith in this Pharmaceutical Executive Europe article.

Effective Use of Innovation – Creating Market Insight

May, 2008    SMM-032 Effective Use of Innovation – Creating Market Insight Medical technology companies face a dilemma when it comes to gaining competitive advantage through innovation: only innovation creates sustainable competitive...

Transform into Value

June, 2008    SMM-034 Transform into Value This article takes key lessons from the book “Creating Market Insight” by Dr Brian Smith and Dr Paul Raspin. What market insight is and how firms gather and use data to create it and then use...