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Abhijeet S
3M Company (NYSE: MMM), formerly known as the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, is an American multinational conglomerate corporation based in Maplewood, Minnesota, a suburb of St. Paul.
With over 79,000 employees, they produce over 55,000 products, including: adhesives, abrasives, laminates, passive fire protection, dental products, electronic materials, medical products, car care products (such as sun films, polish, wax, car shampoo, treatment for the exterior, interior and the under chassis rust protection)[2] electronic circuits and optical films.[3] 3M has operations in more than 60 countries – 29 international companies with manufacturing operations, and 35 with laboratories. 3M products are available for purchase through distributors and retailers in more than 200 countries, and many 3M products are available online directly from the company.
Marketing is everywhere and it serves as one useful reality to produce an award winning basis of such approaches used from within good grounds of marketing foundation and the ways in which marketing research is found in effective strategy development and its implementation posits. Indeed, marketing research is an important tool used by many successful business organizations as the process helps in finding out ways, ideally positive ways in keeping the business nature as well as operations on the effective side. There can be market research that allows global communication of markets to influence the strategy of a certain company for example, the success of Wal-Mart and Dell is because they have allowed market research to come in first before deciding to adopt into particular strategy development (Baker and Erdogan, 2000; Polonsky and Mankelow, 2000). Henceforth, the reviewing of certain market strategy is due to comprehensive research into the market and before venturing, expanding and or starting new business, market research ways plays a vital role in recognizing market strategies that are appropriate for the business nature, finding ways and means to keep stable and grounded from within stronger market paradigm that may assume a sequential flow of strategic marketing domains. The ways to keep updated and market driven views to be research based along with factual assimilation of the research process found in strategy execution as discussed in terms of success and great performance of the marketing function and its research path, forming in fundamental strategic influence for market strategy in the face of business paradigm for example, about market enterprise into strategic formation. The market research ways have deeper impact on market strategy capabilities since, Wal-Mart or Dell for instance are organizations which recognizes the vitality of market research into the influence of market strategy stature wherein the principles of business markets are being found into the functions of product selling, promotion and advertisements as well as market interaction of the key players from such number of valuable strategic areas for certain conceptual and empirical marketing research ways and attention being identified (Baker and Erdogan, 2000; Polonsky and Mankelow, 2000). There is about strategic planning upon the distribution of services to create exchanges that satisfy individual and organization objectives linked into market research such as Wal-Mart or Dell can obtain information on consumer needs and gather marketing intelligence to help satisfy client needs through the process of market research which assume critical part of strategic marketing intelligence system thus, helping these organizations improve management decision making in an accurate information and bring influence into the strategy in action. Several firms can achieve and sustain a competitive advantage through the creative use of market information. Hence, marketing research is defined as information input to decisions, not simply the evaluation of decisions that have been made. Market research does not guarantee success; the intelligent use of market research is the key to business achievement. Marketing research is not an immediate or an obvious path to finding solutions to all managerial problems. A manager who is faced with a particular problem should not instinctively resort to conducting a marketing research to find a solution to the problem. A manager should consider several factors before ordering marketing research.
Yes, of course it does mean that organizations conducting market research will perform better than organizations that does not have market research in the sense that, there is concern that research in marketing does not sufficiently support firms confronting today's hostile business conditions and on enhancing the relevance and rigor of research in marketing. It takes the view that rigorous research conducted on issues relevant to practicing managers is especially valuable for the marketing discipline's future development and status. Emphasis is placed on identifying a number of familiar issues worthy of research found within marketing domains. Thus, for instance there can be high level of consensus as to the importance of two main areas suggests that these might constitute the top priority for future research work. The first concerns e-marketing, strategically driven technology to achieve marketing objectives (McDonald and Wilson, 1999), and the Internet as well into ideal market business resources (Lehmann, 1999), without the presence of market research it can be that, marketing research will not be using updates in marketing strategy because of failed influence such as in technology use and business tactics so, marketing research utilization will advance Wal-Mart or Dell into the next level and that success in marketing strategy will be realized within effective market values as well as interests as the research will have increased strategic knowledge and power of business players and the rest of the cycle. One good market research indicator is through internet as without market research organizations might fail and defeat the purpose of having stable sales and profits
With over 79,000 employees, they produce over 55,000 products, including: adhesives, abrasives, laminates, passive fire protection, dental products, electronic materials, medical products, car care products (such as sun films, polish, wax, car shampoo, treatment for the exterior, interior and the under chassis rust protection)[2] electronic circuits and optical films.[3] 3M has operations in more than 60 countries – 29 international companies with manufacturing operations, and 35 with laboratories. 3M products are available for purchase through distributors and retailers in more than 200 countries, and many 3M products are available online directly from the company.
Marketing is everywhere and it serves as one useful reality to produce an award winning basis of such approaches used from within good grounds of marketing foundation and the ways in which marketing research is found in effective strategy development and its implementation posits. Indeed, marketing research is an important tool used by many successful business organizations as the process helps in finding out ways, ideally positive ways in keeping the business nature as well as operations on the effective side. There can be market research that allows global communication of markets to influence the strategy of a certain company for example, the success of Wal-Mart and Dell is because they have allowed market research to come in first before deciding to adopt into particular strategy development (Baker and Erdogan, 2000; Polonsky and Mankelow, 2000). Henceforth, the reviewing of certain market strategy is due to comprehensive research into the market and before venturing, expanding and or starting new business, market research ways plays a vital role in recognizing market strategies that are appropriate for the business nature, finding ways and means to keep stable and grounded from within stronger market paradigm that may assume a sequential flow of strategic marketing domains. The ways to keep updated and market driven views to be research based along with factual assimilation of the research process found in strategy execution as discussed in terms of success and great performance of the marketing function and its research path, forming in fundamental strategic influence for market strategy in the face of business paradigm for example, about market enterprise into strategic formation. The market research ways have deeper impact on market strategy capabilities since, Wal-Mart or Dell for instance are organizations which recognizes the vitality of market research into the influence of market strategy stature wherein the principles of business markets are being found into the functions of product selling, promotion and advertisements as well as market interaction of the key players from such number of valuable strategic areas for certain conceptual and empirical marketing research ways and attention being identified (Baker and Erdogan, 2000; Polonsky and Mankelow, 2000). There is about strategic planning upon the distribution of services to create exchanges that satisfy individual and organization objectives linked into market research such as Wal-Mart or Dell can obtain information on consumer needs and gather marketing intelligence to help satisfy client needs through the process of market research which assume critical part of strategic marketing intelligence system thus, helping these organizations improve management decision making in an accurate information and bring influence into the strategy in action. Several firms can achieve and sustain a competitive advantage through the creative use of market information. Hence, marketing research is defined as information input to decisions, not simply the evaluation of decisions that have been made. Market research does not guarantee success; the intelligent use of market research is the key to business achievement. Marketing research is not an immediate or an obvious path to finding solutions to all managerial problems. A manager who is faced with a particular problem should not instinctively resort to conducting a marketing research to find a solution to the problem. A manager should consider several factors before ordering marketing research.
Yes, of course it does mean that organizations conducting market research will perform better than organizations that does not have market research in the sense that, there is concern that research in marketing does not sufficiently support firms confronting today's hostile business conditions and on enhancing the relevance and rigor of research in marketing. It takes the view that rigorous research conducted on issues relevant to practicing managers is especially valuable for the marketing discipline's future development and status. Emphasis is placed on identifying a number of familiar issues worthy of research found within marketing domains. Thus, for instance there can be high level of consensus as to the importance of two main areas suggests that these might constitute the top priority for future research work. The first concerns e-marketing, strategically driven technology to achieve marketing objectives (McDonald and Wilson, 1999), and the Internet as well into ideal market business resources (Lehmann, 1999), without the presence of market research it can be that, marketing research will not be using updates in marketing strategy because of failed influence such as in technology use and business tactics so, marketing research utilization will advance Wal-Mart or Dell into the next level and that success in marketing strategy will be realized within effective market values as well as interests as the research will have increased strategic knowledge and power of business players and the rest of the cycle. One good market research indicator is through internet as without market research organizations might fail and defeat the purpose of having stable sales and profits