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Market Orientation: Journey from Antecedents to Business Performance in a Developing Economy : A Case-Study of Botswana¡¯s Small and Medium Size Manufacturing Firms
Opeda, Frederick. O.; Jaiyeoba, Olumide. O.; Donatus, Amanze - In: International Journal of Business Administration 2 (2011) 4, pp. 61-68
This paper aims to investigate the link between antecedents of market orientation and performance of Botswana¡¯s Small …¡¯s small and medium sized manufacturing firms, and investigating the factors (Antecedents) influencing the Botswana … applicability of MARKOR Scale ( A widely used market orientation measure developed by Kholi and Jaworski (1990) ,amongst Botswana …
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Building Philippine SMEs Resilience to Natural Disasters
Ballesteros, Marife M.; Domingo, Sonny N. - Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), … - 2015
Disasters are bad for business specifically for small and medium enterprises (SMEs). These catastrophic events can …
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Romanian SMEs Financing Options: An Empirical Analysis
Nistor, Ioan E.; Popescu, Daniela-Rodica - In: Finante - provocarile viitorului (Finance - Challenges … 1 (2013) 15, pp. 12-21
One of the most pressing problems faced by micro, small and medium sized enterprises (henceforth SMEs) in Europe is the … by the Romanian micro, small and medium sized enterprises in the aforementioned period. …
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The Entrepreneur Makes a Difference: Evidence on MSE Upgrading Factors from Egypt, India, and the Philippines
Hampel-Milagrosa, Aimée; Loewe, Markus; Reeg, Caroline - In: World Development 66 (2015) C, pp. 118-130
In many low- and middle-income countries most micro and small enterprises (MSEs) struggle to upgrade into medium …
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Entrepreneurial orientation, market orientation, network ties, and performance: Study of entrepreneurial firms in a developing economy
Boso, Nathaniel; Story, Vicky M.; Cadogan, John W. - In: Journal of Business Venturing 28 (2013) 6, pp. 708-727
Entrepreneurial orientation (EO), market orientation (MO) and network ties are typically modeled as separate antecedents of performance. However, the boundary conditions for such models are under-explored, as is their applicability to developing economy settings. Accordingly, drawing on...
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Antecedents and consequences of market orientation in chartered surveying firms
Tay, Linda; Morgan, Neil - In: Construction Management and Economics 20 (2002) 4, pp. 331-341
This study tests marketing theory concerning market orientation in the context of the chartered surveying industry. Using data collected in a mail survey from 179 UK general practice chartered surveying firms, it is found that firms with more risk tolerant senior managers and more formalized and...
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Impact of Market Orientation on Business Performance: Role of Employee Satisfaction and Customer Satisfaction
Jyoti, Jeevan; Sharma, Jyoti - In: Vision 16 (2012) 4, pp. 297-313
Market orientation is a business perspective that makes the customer the focal point of a company’s total operation. Market-oriented firms seek to understand customers’ expressed and latent needs and develop superior solutions for those needs. It is an organizational culture that...
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IMPORTANCIA DE LA MEDICIÓN DEL GRADO DE ORIENTACIÓN AL MERCADO EN EL SECTOR COOPERATIVISTA COMO RESPUESTAAL NUEVO MARCO COMPETITIVO /
Cambra Fierro, J.J.; Fuster Mur, A. - In: Investigaciones Europeas de Dirección y Economía de … 11 (2005) 3, pp. 67-83
En el presente trabajo se estudia con detenimiento la existencia de un comportamiento orientado al mercado en un sector en el que la búsqueda del beneficio económico no es un factor prioritario: el sector cooperativista agroalimentario español. Además, se pretende analizar la relación entre...
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What is the Predictive Power of Market Orientation?
Langerak, Langerak, F. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2002
The majority of studies on market orientation claim that compelling evidence exists that market orientation has a positive effect on business performance. This study takes a closer look at forty studies that have addressed the relationship between market orientation and business performance in...
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The Relationship between Market Orientation Firm, Innovativeness and Business Performance of Companies in Nigeria
Udegbe, Scholastica E; UDEGBE, MAURICE I - In: International Journal of Asian Social Science 3 (2013) 11, pp. 2350-2362
This study addresses the issue of interrelationship between market orientation, firm innovativeness and business performance of companies in Nigeria with specific focus on the following dimensions of market orientation variables; collection and use of market information, development of market...
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