TY - JOUR AB - Are nations successful because of their national characteristics or because of the characteristics of the companies located there? The subject is discussed in a new book review. Secondly, an article is reviewed, offering a number of research propositions, which ideally should be observed if an organisation is to gain competitive superiority and a third review focuses on marketing planning, in which theoretical planning tools are shown actually to work in practice (i.e. from concept to operation). VL - 8 IS - 5 SN - 0263-4503 DO - 10.1108/EUM0000000001076 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/EUM0000000001076 AU - Thomas Michael J. PY - 1990 Y1 - 1990/01/01 TI - Marketing Intelligence & Planning T2 - Marketing Intelligence & Planning PB - MCB UP Ltd SP - 3 EP - 6 Y2 - 2024/04/19 ER -