Selling to Newly Emerging Markets

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Significant sales opportunities exist in newly emerging markets around the globe - and many of them are missed. Because sales and marketing executives lack familiarity with the structure of the markets and the risks of working in them, claims the author, they often have little understanding of how to enter them. In this book by an experienced international marketer, the author concentrates on the unique characteristics, opportunities and sales methods associated with newly emerging markets. He pays special attention to economies in transition in the newly independent states in Russia and the rapidly expanding markets throughout Eastern Europe. Miller maintains that because of a lack of familiarity with developing countries, executives in many organizations perceive inordinate risk in doing business with them. His book attempts, therefore, to provide the experience and insights that many well-trained but internationally inexperienced managers lack. He defines the typical characteristics of these markets, the factors that are important to market selection, and ways to reduce operating risk. Of critical importance is the choice of an appropriate market entry strategy, and Miller focuses on the relative merits of different types of foreign representation, plus the advantages and drawbacks of strategic alliances that involve direct investment and technology transfers. The result is a timely, useful, readable volume for sales executives almost anywhere, certainly for those in companies that have come to understand the importance of doing business globally.

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"This book offers a wealth of information, presented in a very interesting, easy to read format....[i]ts specific market assessments make it worthwhile reading for marketing managers interested in acuiring an introduction to the opportunities of business in the NEMs of Eastern Europe."-Journal Of Consumer Marketing
This book offers a wealth of information, presented in a very interesting, easy to read format....[i]ts specific market assessments make it worthwhile reading for marketing managers interested in acuiring an introduction to the opportunities of business in the NEMs of Eastern Europe.-Journal Of Consumer Marketing

Author Bio

RUSSELL R. MILLER is an international marketing consultant with wide and varied experience in marketing and strategic planning. For more than 20 years he was the senior vice president of international marketing for Zenith Electronics, and he has also held positions with AT&T, General Electric, Unisys, Ampex, and Boeing. As a recent advisor to the World Bank, the United Nations Development Programme, Vienna-based UNIDO, and the IESC, his assignments included those centering on the emerging markets of the former Soviet Union and on issues involving privatization, enterprise restructuring, and the conversion of defense industries into competitive, commercial enterprises.