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^Kambil, A., Ginsberg, A. and Bloch, M. (1996), "Re-inventing value propositions", Working Paper IS-96-21, New York University, New York, NY.
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^"We have classified the ways that suppliers use the term “value proposition” into three types: all benefits, favorable points of difference, and resonating focus." Anderson, et al. (2006). Customer Value Propositions in Business Markets. Harvard Business Review. p.3.
^"All benefits. Our research indicates that most managers ... simply list all the benefits they believe that their offering might deliver to target customers." Anderson, et al. (2006). Customer Value Propositions in Business Markets. Harvard Business Review. p.3.
^"potential drawback: benefit assertion. Managers may claim advantages for features that actually provide no benefit to target customers." Anderson, et al. (2006). Customer Value Propositions in Business Markets. Harvard Business Review. p.3.
^"salespeople touted the benefits ... Their prospects scoffed at this benefit assertion, stating that ... was not a concern." Anderson, et al. (2006). Customer Value Propositions in Business Markets. Harvard Business Review. p.3.
^"Another pitfall of the all benefits value proposition is that many, even most, of the benefits may be points of parity with those of the next best alternative, diluting the effect of the few genuine points of difference." Anderson, et al. (2006). Customer Value Propositions in Business Markets. Harvard Business Review. p.3.
^"had little persuasive power because the other two finalists could make most of the same claims. ... Any distinctions that do exist have been overshadowed by the firms’ greater sameness." Anderson, et al. (2006). Customer Value Propositions in Business Markets. Harvard Business Review. p.3.
^" suppliers may stress points of difference" Anderson, et al. (2006). Customer Value Propositions in Business Markets. Harvard Business Review. p.4.
^"suppliers may stress points of difference that deliver relatively little value to the target customer ... the pitfall of value presumption: assuming that favorable points of difference must be valuable for the customer." Anderson, et al. (2006). Customer Value Propositions in Business Markets. Harvard Business Review. p.4.
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