Problem
Select a company mentioned in our chapter 1 reading (Kotler and Keller). Considering the three key forces driving the new marketing realities, design a two-paragraph plan of how your chosen company is likely to change in the future. What other major trends or forces might affect marketing for this company?
IBM Having celebrated its 100th corporate anniversary in 2011, IBM is a remarkable survivor that has maintained market leadership for decades in the challenging technology industry. The company has managed to successfully evolve its business and seamlessly update the focus of its products and services numerous times in its history-from mainframes to PCs to its current emphasis on cloud computing, "big data," and IT services. Part of the reason is that IBM's well-trained sales force and service organization offer real value to customers by staying close to them and fully understanding their requirements. IBM often even cocreates products with customers; with the state of New York, it developed a method for detecting tax evasion that reportedly saved taxpayers $1.6 billion over a seven-year period. As famed Harvard Business School professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter has noted, "IBM is not a technology company but a company solving problems using technology."
Textbook: Marketing Management by Kotler, P. & Keller, K., 15th edition. ISBN: 9780133856460. Prentice Hall Publishing. 2016.
The response should include a reference list. Using one-inch margins, Times New Roman 12 pnt font, double-space and APA style of writing and citations.