Developing a Market Orientation
Edited by:
- Rohit Deshpande - Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations and Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Harvard University, USA
May 1999 | 328 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
The Marketing Service Institute has a 38 years history of funding high-profile scholarly research on topics that have managerial significance. MSI's pioneering work on developing a market orientation' has only been available as a series of working papers, is now presented in book form for the first time by SAGE Publications.
This book demonstrates the importance of market orientation on organizational culture ( the shared set of values in putting customer first), on strategy (creating superior value for a firm's customers), and on tactics (the set of cross-functional activities directed at creating an d satisfying customers)
Rohit Deshpandé
Introduction
Ajay K Kohli and Bernard J Jaworski
Market Orientation
John C Narver and Stanley F Slater
The Effect of Market Orientation on Business Profitability
Rohit Deshpandé, John U Farley and Frederick E Webster Jr
Corporate Culture, Customer Orientation and Innovativeness in Japanese Firms
Bernard J Jaworski and Ajay K Kohli
Market Orientation
Stanley F Slater and John C Narver
Market Orientation, Performance and the Moderating Influence of Competitive Environment
Alfred M Pelham and David T Wilson
Does Market Orientation Matter for Small Firms?
John C Narver, Robert L Jacobson and Stanley F Slater
Market Orientation and Business Performance
Rohit Deshpandé and John U Farley
Understanding Market Orientation
Stanley F Slater and John C Narver
Market Orientated Is Not Enough
Judy A Siguaw, Penny M Simpson and Thomas L Baker
The Influence of Market Orientation on Channel Relationships