New product development: using the salesforce to identify opportunitiesEmerald - Tập 12 Số 1 - Trang 33-50 - 1997
Geoffrey L. Gordon, Denise D. Schoenbachler, Peter F. Kaminski, Kimberly A. Brouchous
The development process for new products is critically dependent on customer‐generated new product ideas. Although several conduits exist for identifying and communicating these ideas, by far the most productive one is the organization’s salesforce. While the integral role of salespeople as the linkage between buyers and sellers is generally acknowledged by many researchers, little empiric...... hiện toàn bộ
Evaluation of information sources in industrial marketing: implications for media planning in the Arabian GulfEmerald - Tập 14 Số 1 - Trang 49-60 - 1999
SecilTuncalp
The top executives of 67 companies located in Saudi Arabia were surveyed to determine the importance of 14 sources of marketing information for making industrial purchases. The study included seven impersonal sources: Arabic magazines and newspapers; English magazines and newspapers; Gulf television; trade shows and exhibitions; billboards; brochures and pamphlets; and direct mail. The stu...... hiện toàn bộ
International Technology AdoptionEmerald - Tập 9 Số 2 - Trang 16-28 - 1994
Lisa A.Phillips, RogerCalantone, Ming‐TungLee
Investigates the behavior structure of technology adoption by using Davis′s (1986) Technology Acceptance Model (TAM). Explores the influence of culture and demand certainty on international technology adoption. Using structural equations to analyse the model, finds that attitude and behavioral intention to adopt technology depend on the perceived utilities of the technology and perceived e...... hiện toàn bộ
Salesforce QualityEmerald - - 1993
BrienEllis, MaryAnne Raymond
It is rarely acknowledged that salespeople occupy a unique position
as a contact between the customer and the firm, and therefore a plan for
salesforce quality can reap considerable benefits. Presents and
discusses a framework designed to improve salesforce quality in specific
areas and as a whole. Its dimensions include persistence, reliability,
integrity, desire and empathy (PRIDE), team...... hiện toàn bộ
A model for governance in international strategic alliancesEmerald - Tập 13 Số 6 - Trang 511-528 - 1998
DharmaDeo Sharma
In the previous decade several studies have appeared that touch upon the subject of inter‐organisational strategic alliances (SA). Our knowledge on international SAs and the factors that govern these alliances is still limited. This paper will develop a model for the governance structure in international SAs. Based on a number of case studies, it is argued that three factors govern interna...... hiện toàn bộ
The Need for Marketing in EntrepreneurshipEmerald - - 1992
Robert D.Hisrich
Considers the need to relate marketing and entrepreneurship in
terms of areas such as innovation and product development. Examines the
impact that marketing and its sales orientation can have on the creation
of wealth and resources, e.g. the focusing of the entrepreneurial spirit
to achieve tangible results. Concludes that the development of an
entrepreneurial process encompassing specific...... hiện toàn bộ
Cooperation and competition in relationships between competitors in business networksEmerald - Tập 14 Số 3 - Trang 178-194 - 1999
Maria Bengtsson, Sören Kock
Traditionally the relationships between competitors in the industrial market have been based on competition. The network approach and literature about strategic alliances have provided new insights into cooperation between firms based on the value chain. The empirical findings from two in‐depth studies, the rack and pinion industry and the lining industry, show that a firm can be involved ...... hiện toàn bộ