TY - BOOK AU - Mercer,David TI - Marketing strategy: the challenge of the external environment SN - 0761958754 AV - HF5415 .M452 1998 PY - 1998/// CY - London, Thousand Oaks, Calif. PB - Sage in association with Open University Business School KW - Marketing KW - Business planning N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; PART ONE: LONG-RANGE MARKETING, ANALYSIS AND FORECASTING; Introductory Overview; Forecasting; Market Research; Short- and Medium-Term Forecasting; Long-Range Forecasting; Scenarios; Constructing Scenarios; Using Scenarios; PART TWO: LONG-RANGE MARKETING: ROBUST STRATEGIES Purpose of Robust Strategies; Corporate Planning Revisited; The Long-Range Marketing Plan; Devising Long-Range Strategies; `Generic' Robust Strategies; Short-Term Actions on Long-Term Issues ER -