Purpose – This paper aims to explore some of the contextual reasons for the failure of key or strategic account management (K/SAM) programmes. It will discuss how organisational context impacts the implementation and effective operation of such programmes in business-to-business markets. The...

Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Acknowledgements; The editors; About this book; Key strategic account management: where are we now?; A definition of KSAM; Questions for research; Section 1: Strategic dimensions of KSAM; Section 2: Value creation through KSAM; Section 3: Developing...

"This helpful text clearly sets out the very best, state-of-the-art strategies in key account management. The authors provide the tools and processes for successful KAM, from developing a customer categorization system that really works, to analyzing the needs of key accounts. Topics include why...