Exploring strategies for companies that use manufacturers' representatives as their sales force
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Little research in sales management has explored the theoretical constructs underlying the practice of suing manufacturers' representatives or agents as primary sales force. The decision to engage rep firms is more than one of merely attempting to lower total sales costs. The article suggests that both financial and environmental factors contribute to the decision and identifies internal and external determinants to the decision. Two rep firm engagement models are proposed: positive and speculative. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)
Publication Name: Industrial Marketing Management
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0019-8501
Year: 1996
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A conceptual model for building and maintaining relationships between manufactures' representatives and their principals
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Issues discussed concern the management of reseller partnerships in the business-to-business market, focusing on the increasing use of contract sales agents by manufacturers. This article presents a model for building effective relationships between manufacturers and their sales force that considers the need for trust, shared goals and objectives, open lines of communication, and mutual commitment to customer service.
Publication Name: Industrial Marketing Management
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0019-8501
Year: 2001
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Successful branding of a commodity product: The case of RAEX LASER steel
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The manner in which Finnish steel company Rautaruukki successfully incorporated the four components of physical product, logistics, customer support, and corporate image into their RAEX LASER steel is discussed. The managerial implications and suggestions for how industrial marketers might implement their own branding strategy are presented.
Publication Name: Industrial Marketing Management
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0019-8501
Year: 2004
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