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... “Marketing is not the art of finding clever ways to dispose of what you make Marketing is the art of creating genuine customer value It is the art of helping your customers become better off The marketer’s ... Change or die When the rate of change inside the company is exceeded by the rate of change outside the company, the end is near.” Tom Peters’ advice: To meet the demands ofthe fastchanging competitive ... customer questions Marketing is a larger process of systematically figuring out what to make, how to bring it tothe customer’s attention and easy access, and how to keep the customer wanting to...
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... may be to American capitalism what the fall ofthe Berlin Wall was tothe Soviet system In hindsight, it may mark the end ofthe era of unbound neoliberalism that is behind the tragedy ofthe Great ... Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press The Tragedy of Bad Ideas 19 The fundamental policy challenge is how to balance this conflict Promoting the freedom of some may increase the unfreedom of others, ... overstated Instead, the fall ofthe Wall marked the end of a chapter of history Viewed in this more modest light, the Great Recession may mark the end of another chapter The financial crisis...