Other Business Development links
A great number of organizations are engaged in Business Development and B to B Marketing.
Below are a few references that we have experienced as useful (some sources are in Dutch).
Educational and other institutes Expertise
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RUG, Rijks Universiteit Groningen.
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Elaborate research program Business Development |
| EUR, Erasmus University Rotterdam Rotterdam School of Management Department of Strategy and Management www.strategyaterasmus.nl www.rsm.nl |
A lot of research into strategy. Also contributions to World Economic Forum. Key model: “from exploration to exploitation” |
| TUD, Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management. www.home.tudelft.nl |
Management dilemma’s and models relating to technology, notably infrastructure. |
| TNO, Scenario Planning, Future Scanning. www.tno.nl | Methodoloies for researching future scenario's and strategy determination |
| World Economic Forum, www.weforum.org |
Global Competitiveness Report |
| www.innocentive.com |
Marketplace for innovation needs |
Professional Associations
| VBDN, www.vbdn.nl |
Professional Association for Business Developers |
| NIMA, www.nima.nl | Dutch Institute for Marketing, including IMG, Industrial Marketing Group |
| STEM, Stichting Techniek en Marketing www.stemsite.nl |
Association for Engineering and Marketing is a knowledge institute in the field of industrial/business marketing |
| Association of Strategic Aliance Professionals (ASAP) www.strategic-alliances.org |
Professionals in alliance management. Has a Dutch chapter! |
| PIM, Platform voor Innovatie in Marketing www.pimonline.nl |
Associations of professionals in marketing whose goal it is to stimulate knowledge, creativity and innovation in marketing. |
| SMA, Sales Management Association www.salesmanagement.org |
Association for anyone who is active in the areas of sales and account management. |
| PDMA, Product Development Management Association, www.pdma.nl |
Association for everyone who is interested in product development. |
| Syntens, Innovatie network for organizations, www.syntens.nl |
Syntens advises small and medium-sized firms on innovation and developments and mediates in appeals for subsidies. |
| AgentschapNL, formerly Senter/Novem www.senternovem.nl |
Senter administers a host of economic and innovation stimulating subsidy arrangements of the Ministry of Economy |
| Nederlandse Vereniging Interim Managers; www.nvim.net | Association of Interim Managers in Netherlands |
Businesses and Consultants
| Innovaro, www.innovaro.com | Publishes, amongst other things, ‘innovation indexes’ and research into innovation strategies of businesses. |
| KENsociety; the Knowledge Economy Network, www.kensociety.com |
Initiative by de Baak, Futureconsult and Squarewise. |
| Twijnstra the Bridge; www.thebridge.nl |
Publish, among other things, the Innovation Monitor |
| Stichting Nederland Kennisland, www.kl.nl |
Innovation and ICT with special attention for social impact. |
| COCD, Centrum voor Ontwikkeling van Creatief Denken; www.cocd.be |
Insights and methodologies for the advancement of creativity, also in marketing |
| Diwaniya, association of independent consultants; www.diwaniya.nl |
Interim Business Development and Sales |
| ZipConomy, website voor interim (marketing) managers; www.zipconomy.nl | Many articles on contemporary topics |
Marketing & business development for B to B markets