Purpose – The aim of this paper is to identify how companies mobilize other companies in their surrounding network to work within the plans they develop. Design/methodology/approach – A conceptual model is developed and its applicability is illustrated by a case study involving a...

This paper examines the likely influences on the sourcing of textiles by UK retail buyers. It reports the results of secondary data analyses on the retail market and primary data from personal interviews with 102 textile buyers. The main influence on the British market from changes in...

Provides an example of the use of judgemental modelling, or multicriteria decision making, as a tool for market analysis. Based on a recent study in a segment of the chemical industry within the United Kingdom, shows how the approach can be used to provide information on both the importance of...

Internal marketing orientation is an area within the broader market orientation that remains relatively under‐researched. Utilising the internal marketing orientation (IMO) scale developed by Foreman and Money, this paper seeks to develop our understanding of the factors that may influence an...

Aims to expand the traditional view of marketing to include a wider network of actors, all of which have a role to play in executing transactions. Measurement has traditionally been a stumbling‐block: while the importance of actors other than those forming the traditional dyad is accepted, it...

Assesses the influence that certain retail buyer characteristics have on how the buyers approach their buying task. By examining five different buyer characteristics and the relative importance that individual buyers place on six different product attributes, draws some pertinent conclusions as...

Purpose – There has recently been an increase in interest in the notion of “network pictures” amongst researchers in the field of business‐to‐business marketing. Network pictures are managers' subjective mental representations of their relevant business environment. They are posited to...

There have traditionally been different ways in which to view the marketing task, distinctions that have been drawn to facilitate the level of insight available to managers involved in marketing the firm's offer. A traditional distinction has been between business-toconsumer (B2C) and...