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Shortages are unprecedented in the experience of most sales managers and magnify a new set of issues. The general question is: “What sales strategy and tactics are appropriate under conditions of tight supply?” The subissues entail determining what adjustments must be made in selling-buying relationships to achieve objectives.

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Grikscheit, G.M. (2016). How do you Sell when there is Nothing to Sell?. In: Gitlow, H.S., Wheatley, E.W. (eds) Proceedings of the 1979 Academy of Marketing Science (AMS) Annual Conference. Developments in Marketing Science: Proceedings of the Academy of Marketing Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16934-7_44

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