Tools of adaptability The new international marketing faces a conundrum under wi the four forces. Faced with the need to adapt, marketing can co ensure that the firm is reliable and accountable so that it co survives (favored by selection). Yet, the need for reliability and accountability can lead to inertia and resistance t Fl change. A key charge for the new international marketer is w transformation are themselves sc that the four forces inducing disruptive that they will result in wiping out the pl inefficient firms while at the same time rejuvenating successful firms. Marketing adaptation needs to be in the core of broader transformations so that it will take the ra center stage of a selective replacement process. marketers take the lead in co How then can international triggering such a transformation in the organization? How e can firms avoid the consequences of maladaptivity? What f recommendations can be offered for effective coping with disruption and strategic renewal? The following discussion G offers some insights that should be helpful in addressing ir adaptation and renewal for international marketers. Entrepreneurial response to destructive forces We contend tl that marketers have reacted to disruptive forces in the c global environment in both productive and destructive d ways. Destructive entrepreneurship occurs when companies v employ resources for discovering new attributes that fail to n increase net social benefits. Examples would include I opportunistic behavior vis-a-vis foreign partners. Produc- a tive entrepreneurship occurs when the discovery of new attributes leads to an increase in net social benefits. This g occurs when, for example, the marketer discovers new local