Topic outline

  • The course exam consists of 4 essay type of questions on the key themes: customer value, value proposition, the proactive sales process, the different processes included in the "big picture" of sales management, individual selling skills, and funnel and opportunity management, 

    You answer 4 of the 5 questions by writing a short essay (half a page)

    You are allowed to have printed copies of the following articles in the exam:


    1) "Value propositions in business markets", Harvard Business Review, Anderson et al (2006)
    2) "Selling solutions by selling value" in book “Practices and Tools for Servitization” Töytäri (2018)
    3) "Value-based selling: An organizational capability perspective", Industrial Marketing Management, Töytäri & Rajala (2015)
    4) "Assessing value co-creation and value capture potential in services: a management framework", Benchmarking – An International Journal, Töytäri (2015)