This master's thesis focuses on analysis and design of the marketing strategy for the company Cegelec a.s., which is a manufacturer of equipment for urban transport vehicles. First part outlines the fundamental principles of the Business-to-Business market and examines the distinguishing characteristics of marketing strategy for this market. Second parts introduces the company Cegelec a.s., provides detailed description of the urban transport vehicles manufacturing market and analyzes the strategy of the company from the marketing point of view. In addition, the thesis incorporates proposal of changes in some components of the company's marketing strategy.

This thesis outlines the fundamental theory of setting up a marketing communication strategy in a B2B start-up environment. The objective is to design a communication strategy for a start-up company from scratch, providing a detailed outline of the steps required and considerations to be included, based on the literature from the theoretical part. This thesis serves as a practical guide for the creation of a successful communication strategy in a B2B start-up - a topic which has not been covered sufficiently by academic literature to date. In order to design the promotional strategy, existing literature has been used to set up the theoretical groundwork, industry benchmarking and primary research has been conducted, and secondary research has been performed. As a result, recommendations have been formed, which will be implemented in practice. The implications of this thesis' output will therefore be that the suggestions can be evaluated in retrospect.

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Poucas indústrias têm crescido tanto e tão rápido quanto a Indústria de Tecnologia da Informação e Comunicações (ICT), particularmente o segmento de software, que foi definido pelo governo federal como uma das áreas prioritárias de sua política industrial. O Brasil, que detém a maior indústria da Informática e Telecomunicações da América Latina, tem direcionado recursos para formação de profissionais nos níveis de graduação e pós-graduação e incentivado empresas do setor. Neste cenário, é importante que se desenvolvam estudos não só no campo técnico, mas também no campo da administração com vistas a subsidiar as empresas brasileiras para uma competição global. Os softwares utilizados nas empresas para suportar seus processos administrativos podem ser comercializados como pacotes, que são softwares padronizados, que não demandam interação entre quem os desenvolve e quem os utiliza, ou então como serviço, caso em que a empresa usuária contribui com o desenho do produto final. Esse “software-serviço", ou “software sob encomenda" é o foco do presente estudo, que possui dois objetivos: - Explorar a segmentação do mercado empresarial para esse serviço, buscando identificar como os clientes podem ser agrupados a partir da análise das UTDs (unidades de tomada de decisão) formadas para sua compra; - Explorar como esses clientes enxergam e avaliam os fornecedores, entendendo principalmente quais dimensões utilizam para posicioná-los. O embasamento teórico do estudo é provido pelos construtos desenvolvidos no campo do marketing estratégico, marketing B2B e marketing de serviços, pois se considera que o software sob encomenda é um caso particular de compra de serviços industriais. A pesquisa de campo foi feita a partir da seleção de cinco casos de compra, e seus resultados permitem proposições sobre a formação e a dinâmica das UTDs para compra de software sob encomenda. Uma dessas proposições é a possibilidade de segmentação do mercado a partir das crenças que o líder do processo de compra tem acerca de seu papel. Outro resultado é a constatação do uso de critérios subjetivos na avaliação dos fornecedores, mesmo nesse tipo de compra industrial, dita “racional". Finalmente, a pesquisa permite inferências sobre as diferenças nas dimensões de posicionamento dos fornecedores adotadas pelos representantes técnicos (TI) e pelos não técnicos (negócio) participantes da compra e uso dos serviços. / Few industries have grown so much and so rapidly as the Information and Communication Technology (ICT), particularly the software segment, defined by Brazilian federal government as one of its high priority areas. Brazil, a country that has the larger ICT industry in Latin America, has assigned resources to encourage graduate and postgraduate studies in the field, and has fostered the development of firms in the sector. Considering such scenario, the academic research is needed not only in the technical field, but also in the business administration field, in order to support Brazilian companies to face a global competition. Software used to support business administration processes can be marketed as packages, standardized software that do not require interaction between the developer and the user, or as a service, in which the user firm contributes to the final product design. Such “service-software" or customized software is the focus of this study, which has two main objectives: - Explore market segmentation for such service, aiming at identifying how the clients can be grouped based on the analysis of the DMU’s – Decision Making Units – formed for a specific purchase. - Explore how the clients evaluate their suppliers, understanding what dimensions they use to position them. The theoretical background for the study is provided by the constructs developed in the field of strategic marketing, B2B marketing and services marketing, because customized software is here considered as a particular case of industrial service purchase. The field research was accomplished based on five selected purchase cases, and its results allow propositions about formation and dynamics of DMU’s for customized software purchase. One of such propositions is the possibility of market segmentation based on the beliefs the purchase process leader has about his/ her organizational role. Another result is the observation of use of subjective evaluation criteria for supplier assessments in the industrial purchase, frequently called “rational". Finally, the research allows inferences about the supplier positioning dimensions adopted by the technical (IT) and non-technical (business) representatives participating in the service purchase or use.

Services of 3PL providers are nowadays very commonly used by production and merchant firms. It is happening due to companies' concentration on their own core-business and outsourcing of many of their activities to external suppliers. This thesis is focused on marketing activities of a 3PL provider, which is a specific part of the B2B market, as well as the logistics market. The thesis consists of three parts. First chapter is focused on theoretical definition of marketing and individual aspects, which marketing is concerned with. In the second part, the logistics, the specifies of 3PL logistics and the logistic market in the Czech Republic are presented. These theoretical findings are applied to a particular firm. Its marketing strategy is evaluated and a set of recommendations is proposed to enhance marketing position of the company.

The thesis deals with main issues of B2B marketing and marketing communications of a company providing services in the B2B market. The principles of B2B marketing are less known than those of B2C marketing, although most of the companies operate in the B2B market. The thesis is divided into four chapters. The first chapter concerns the basic conception of marketing and its form nowadays. The two following chapters deal with services marketing and B2B marketing. The last chapter represents an analysis of marketing and communications strategy of Advanced World Transport a.s., which belongs among the biggest private carriers across the whole of Europe.

The main aim of this master’s thesis is to propose marketing strategy for the company LAUFEN CZ s.r.o. The theoretical part contains main marketing terms, which will be used for an analysis of actual situation and for marketing strategy proposal that will lead to the fulfilment of the goals.

Knowing what to sell, when to sell, and to whom to sell is essential buyer behavior insight to allocate scarce marketing resources efficiently and effectively. Applying the theory of relationship marketing (Morgan and Hunt 1994), this study seeks to investigate the link between commitment and trust and firm adoption of radically innovative information technology (IT). The construct of radical innovation is operationalized through the use of cloud computing. A review of the vast scholarly literature on radical innovation diffusion and adoption, and modeling techniques used to analyze buyer behavior is followed by empirical estimation of each of the radical innovation adoption questions of purchase timing, brand choice, and purchase amount. Then, the inefficiencies in the independent model process are highlighted, suggesting the need for an integrated model. Next, an integrated model is developed to link the purchase timing, brand choice, and purchase amount decisions. The essay concludes with insight for marketing practitioners on the strength of the factors of commitment and trust on adoption of radical innovation, an improved methodology for the business-to-business marketing literature, and potential further research paths.

This paper deals with Swedish B2B firms marketing activities in the culturally diverse Indian market, and what adaptations are made to meet the cultural diversity of India. The perception of cultural diversity in India is investigated from a Swedish B2B perspective. The findings were retrieved from three face to face interviews with equal number of respondents and firms; Roxtec, Norden Machinery and Gunnebo, three swedish B2B firms all established in India. The literature review is divided in two categories; Marketing and Culture, the former containing theory on relationship marketing and adaptation vs standardization when designing a marketing strategy, and the latter models of national culture as well as models on multicultural countries, with the models applied on India. The dimensions of culture that we found were most relevant in this paper were Power Distance and Perception of Time. The literature review is concluded with a conceptual framework containing our main concepts. The results from this study suggest that it is the managing of relationships with customers that are the most important part of marketing in India. It was also found that while India is characterized as a multicultural country, the way business is conducted and relationships managed are similar all over this vast country, leading us to suggest that a mutual Indian business culture exists.

Knowing what to sell, when to sell, and to whom to sell is essential buyer behavior insight to allocate scarce marketing resources efficiently and effectively. Applying the theory of relationship marketing (Morgan and Hunt 1994), this study seeks to investigate the link between commitment and trust and firm adoption of radically innovative information technology (IT). The construct of radical innovation is operationalized through the use of cloud computing. A review of the vast scholarly literature on radical innovation diffusion and adoption, and modeling techniques used to analyze buyer behavior is followed by empirical estimation of each of the radical innovation adoption questions of purchase timing, brand choice, and purchase amount. Then, the inefficiencies in the independent model process are highlighted, suggesting the need for an integrated model. Next, an integrated model is developed to link the purchase timing, brand choice, and purchase amount decisions. The essay concludes with insight for marketing practitioners on the strength of the factors of commitment and trust on adoption of radical innovation, an improved methodology for the business-to-business marketing literature, and potential further research paths.