Marketing orientation and its determinants: an empirical analysis

Emerald - Tập 33 Số 11/12 - Trang 1003-1037 - 1999
George J. Avlonitis1, Spiros P. Gounaris1
1Department of Management Science and Marketing, Athens University of Economics and Business, Athens, Greece

Tóm tắt

While a strong association between Marketing Orientation development and company performance has been established, the understanding of the Marketing Orientation remains unclear since some studies have suggested a philosophical nature for Marketing Orientation and some other studies concluded that Marketing Orientation represents a behavioural notion. As a result of this antithesis, research has not proceeded in the investigation on the factors that determine the degree of Marketing Orientation development. Shows that Marketing Orientation should be conceptualised synthetically since it represents the integration of a certain culture with specific behaviour. Closely examines the major determinants of Marketing Orientation development. Although exploratory in nature, suggests that Marketing Orientation development is determined by company‐specific, as well as by market‐specific factors with the former having a facilitating effect and the latter a coercive effect.

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