Abstract
It is all well and good having a product or service idea, but will it prove to be a profitable business? Too many businesses are set up without thinking about this essential question. The answer revolves around the most important person in any business — the customer. Marketing is the process of matching the needs of the customer to the capabilities and resources of the firm. When John Egan was MD of Jaguar, he said:
Marketing is about making money from satisfied customers — without satisfied customers there can be no future for any commercial organisation.
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Dewhurst, J., Burns, P. (1993). Marketing. In: Small Business Management. Macmillan Small Business Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-23109-6_5
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