Topic 1 Defend or contradict this statement: Developing marketing strategy is more important than implementing marketing strategy because if the strategy is flawed, its implementation doesn't matter. Palo Alton Software maintains a website devoted to bu

Topic 1

Defend or contradict this statement: Developing marketing strategy is more important than implementing marketing strategy because if the strategy is flawed, its implementation doesn't matter.

Palo Alton Software maintains a website devoted to business and marketing plans. Log on to http://www.mplans.com/sample-marketing-plans.php#.U6tH9rFBlSA and take a look at a few of the sample marketing plans available. Do these plans use the same framework discussed in the text? What are the differences and similarities?