A Margin-Return Model for Strategic Market Planning

Abstract

Few models are currently available to aid managers in their strategic market planning. The models or frameworks that do exist have a variety of shortcomings. This paper develops a planning model based on a firm's targeted levels of margin and return designed to provide a partial foundation on which its managers can base their strategic market planning.

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