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.

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...

A necessary evil

October, 2005    RWM-032 A necessary evil Changes in legislation have an important influence on what marketers can and should do. Dr Brian Smith reviews some recent papers focusing on this area which reinforce the importance of legislation in the...

Direct Hit

November, 2005    RWM-033 Direct Hit Of all the many areas of the marketing profession, direct marketing is perhaps the most affected by what strategists call ‘far environment’ factors such as technology, globalisation and legislation....