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Technology or customer orientations: theory and scale development
Bibliography: leaves 105-118.
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| author | Berthon, Jean-Paul |
| author2 | Nel, Deon |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/9055 Technology or customer orientations: theory and scale development Berthon, Jean-Paul Nel, Deon Business Bibliography: leaves 105-118. The issue of the relationship between innovation and market orientation is a vexing yet vital problem for researcher and practitioner alike. The recent strategic management and marketing literatures have featured an ongoing debate concerning these philosophies as guiding templates for the way in which organisations conduct their business activity. This dissertation takes as its theme this central tension. Specifically, it focuses on the dialectic between marketing and innovation. The contrast between serving and creating customers is explored and the sometimes-uneasy relationship between an innovation and a customer orientation is examined in the light of both philosophical origin and contemporary research. From this discussion, a model that provides an inclusive paradigm is developed. The resulting archetypes and their inter-relationships are then discussed and related to the different strategies that firms have used to resolve the tension. The dissertation then explores the dynamics of the change process for several well-known companies, based on the insights generated by the model. Managerial implications of the model are explored, with a particular emphasis on how new technology is changing the desirability of alternative strategies. Having specified and explored the model on a conceptual level, the dissertation then goes on to operationalize the framework. Specifically, a measurement scale to assess the extent to which a firm or a business corresponds to a particular archetype is developed. Tests of reliability and validity are conducted. The results indicate in four clearly defied factors that correspond to the archetypes in the model. The use of the model and scale for management and academics are discussed. 2014-11-04T08:43:56Z 2014-11-04T08:43:56Z 1999 Master Thesis Masters MPhil http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9055 eng application/pdf GSB: Faculty Faculty of Commerce University of Cape Town |
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| title | Technology or customer orientations: theory and scale development |
| title_full | Technology or customer orientations: theory and scale development |
| title_fullStr | Technology or customer orientations: theory and scale development |
| title_full_unstemmed | Technology or customer orientations: theory and scale development |
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| topic | Business |
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