Goal-oriented Balancing: a New Model of Contemporary Sales Management
This study focuses on the substantive area of sales management and it suggests that the main concern of a sales manager is to reach the sales and economical goals of the sales organization.
Lars-Johan Åge
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Relationship Management: a sales role, or a state of mind? An investigation of functions and attitudes across a business-to-business sales force [PDF]
Commentators suggest that the business-to-business sales role is changing and evolving into relationship management. Previous research indicates that a relationship management role is very different from ‘traditional' sales, and that it may require a ...
Holt, Sue +2 more
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Sales effort management under all-or-nothing constraint [PDF]
We consider a sales effort management problem under an all-or-nothing constraint. The seller will receive no bonus/revenue if the sales volume fails to reach a predetermined sales target at the end of the sales horizon.
Du, Longyuan, Wu, Jiahua, Hu, Ming
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Multi-channel sales strategy as a competitive advantage in wholesale trade
Relevance. The multi-channel sales strategy involves the simultaneous use of different sales channels by the trading company. This can be wholesale and retail sales, for example, online stores and regular offline stores located in shopping centers and ...
Yu A. Nikulina, G. N. Chernukhina
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Design Principles For The Organization Of Sales Of Smart Product Service Systems
Industrial companies are moving to a solution driven business by offering smart product service systems (Smart PSS). In addition to an existing portfolio of physical goods and technical services, companies develop new digital services and combine all ...
Schuh, Günther +6 more
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The term ‘blockchain’ describes a technical concept, which records data in a predetermined way on the different systems of all associated users in a cryptographic mode. This procedure is a revolutionary technology for business models in different fields.
Günter Hofbauer, Anita Sangl
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The changing role of sales: viewing sales as a strategic, cross-functional process [PDF]
Purpose – Although there is substantial practitioner evidence for changes in the role and functioning of sales in the twenty-first century, there is little academic research charting new directions for the sales function in a business- to-business ...
Davies, Iain A. +3 more
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Digital transformation of business-to-business sales: what needs to be unlearned? [PDF]
This study aims to offer novel means for rethinking contemporary business-to-business (B2B) sales operations and the assumptions that underlie them in the digital era.
Hautamäki, Pia +2 more
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EFFICIENCY OF THE SYSTEM OF MANAGEMENT OF DISTRIBUTION AND SALE OF PRODUCTS OF A TRADE ENTERPRISE [PDF]
The theoretical substantiation of the distribution and sales management system of a trade enterprise is carried out in the article. The role of distribution and sales policy of the enterprise in realization of the purposes and tasks of business ...
Anastasiia D. Mostova +1 more
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Sustainability and professional sales: a review and future research agenda
Sustainability has become a consideration for every firm operating in today’s business landscape. Scholars are tasked with uncovering bridges and barriers to successfully implement sustainability strategies, and the academic community has largely ...
Gabler, Colin B. +2 more
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