The decentralization of organizational decision authority has been shown to be complementary to Information Technology (IT) in prior research. We draw from the information processing view of organizations, the IT and de/centralization debate, and organizational learning theory to argue that IT...

This paper deals with the question of how research on marketing issues in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) can contribute to the international marketing theory. Regional studies provide valuable insights into business environments, marketing systems and practices in specific countries and...

In this paper we have tried to overcome the structural and semantic complexity in the specification the term "value" in marketing. Blurring the severity definitions of "value" lead to violations of the integrity and completeness of scientific knowledge in marketing theory. Desk research allowed...

American Marketing Association has updated its marketing definition, including value and customer relationships in the new definition. In the present article the underpinning logic of the updated definition is analysed. It is concluded that although it still dominates the management and...

Marketing is in a continuous development theoretically and practically, under the influence of a extremely dynamic and competitive global environment. Year by year, marketing budgets, regardless of the field of activity, grow, strengthening the statement of Robert Louis Stevenson:'' everybody...

Information regarding the Islamic perspective on marketing is still lacking in mainstream literature. The present work aims to assemble the theoretical foundations of Islamic marketing thought in relation to the modern marketing paradigm. The paper highlights the opportunity costs involved with...

Researchers have spent almost 50years developing, refining and applying the NBD-Dirichlet in repeat purchase markets, in particular with extensive replication of the Goodhardt, Ehrenberg, and Chatfield (1984) model. Recent research that employs a double jeopardy (DJ) line appears to have...

Trust research is traditionally found in marketing, economics, psychology, sociology and organisational behaviour literatures. Complexity theory provides an alternative lens through which to conceptualise trust. Three complexity theories (adaptation, self-organisation and self-organised...

Trust research is traditionally found in marketing, economics, psychology, sociology and organisational behaviour literatures. Complexity theory provides an alternative lens through which to conceptualise trust. Three complexity theories (adaptation, self-organisation and self-organised...