Marketing Strategies for New
Economy
In creating the 'Digital
School of Marketing' Lars Tvede and Peter Ohnemus track the various schools of thought
that the field of marketing has witnessed, in a commercial and industrialized society,
since it became recognized as a subject in 1902. They demonstrate that much of the
teaching from these schools is still relevant but that some aspects of the new economy are
truly different and need strategies that have rarely been practiced before.
Leading thinkers such as
Robert Metcalf, Brian Arthur and Geoffrey Moore could be members of the Digital School and
the authors chart their contribution to the types of strategies that will come into being
in the, hew economy.
Many of the strategies
outlined in this book come from different vantage points than those in traditional
marketing. One of the key lessons from the book is based on the traditional concept that
the marketing discipline is ultimately the allocation of corporate resource in the pursuit
of value - in the new economy you must define the value strategy your company is pursuing
before you discuss the marketing parameters.
Many more examples of this
nature unfold in this book. There is a wealth of knowledge to be gained in'the advice put
forward by the authors
Lary Tvede holds a Master's
degree in Engineering and a Bachelor's degree in International Commerce. He spent 11 years
in investment banking before moving to the high-tech and telecommunications industries in
the mid 1990s. In 1996 he co-founded The Fantastic Corporation, a broadband software
company that was taken public on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by Goldman Sachs less than
three years after its foundation. Lars Tvede has also been a seed investor in other
successful high-tech new media startups, and sits on the board of several of
these. Previous book titles written by Tvede include:
International Marketing
Planning, The Psychology of Finance, Business Cycles -from John Law to the Internet Boom
and Data Broadcasting - the Technology and the Business. He is a frequent speaker at
international congresses on broadband, new media and convergence.
Peter Ohnemrs is one of
Europe's most successful new economy entrepreneurs. He has been part of four different
start-ups that made their way to the IPO-COS, Sybase, Logic Works and The Fantastic
Corporation, where he is co-founder and Vice Chairman. He also works closely with
standards bodies, universities and research institutes around the world to drive the
development of broadband multimedia. In 1999 he was awarded 'Entrepreneur of the Year' of
Switzerland. Peter Ohnemus is a frequent commentator in trade and business press as well
as on television. He currently sits on various boards, including Rothschilds Bank,
CommerceOne, Go4Equity.com, Remote-1, MediaGateway and Fantastic.
245 pages