Includes bibliographical references and index

Marketing strategy -- Market-led strategic management -- Strategic marketing planning -- Competitive market analysis -- The changing market environment -- Customer analysis -- Competitor analysis -- Understanding the organisational resource base -- Forecasting future demand and market requirements -- Identifying current and future competitive positions -- Segmentation and positioning principles -- Segmentation and positioning research -- Selecting market targets -- Competitive positioning strategies -- Creating sustainable competitive advantage -- Competing through the new marketing mix -- Competing through innovation -- Competing through superior service and customer relationships -- Implementing the strategy -- Strategic customer management -- Strategic alliances and networks -- Strategy implementation and internal marketing -- Corporate social responsibility -- Conclusions -- Twenty-first century marketing.