The marketing orientation of owner – managers / Sue Birley and Bashir EL-Rayyes

Marketing is an important factor in small firms survival and growth. However, the majority of the literature available is based upon opinion and lacks empirical investigation, often simply me asuring the small firm on a Dichotomisedscale of marketing or no-marketing. This research investigates the d...

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Published: Faculty of Business and Management ; UiTM Press 1996
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description Marketing is an important factor in small firms survival and growth. However, the majority of the literature available is based upon opinion and lacks empirical investigation, often simply me asuring the small firm on a Dichotomisedscale of marketing or no-marketing. This research investigates the degree of marketing orientation amongst a sample of owner-managed firms, and reports on different typologies of owner-managers based on their attitude towards marketing. The study draws upon 128 small manufacturing firms in Bedfordshire, U.K. Firms in the sample range in size from 5 to 105 employees, from £50,000 to over £5 million sales, and from less than £50,000 to over £1 million profit.
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spelling oai:ir.uitm.edu.my:167412017-04-18T08:12:10Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/16741/ The marketing orientation of owner – managers / Sue Birley and Bashir EL-Rayyes jibe Marketing is an important factor in small firms survival and growth. However, the majority of the literature available is based upon opinion and lacks empirical investigation, often simply me asuring the small firm on a Dichotomisedscale of marketing or no-marketing. This research investigates the degree of marketing orientation amongst a sample of owner-managed firms, and reports on different typologies of owner-managers based on their attitude towards marketing. The study draws upon 128 small manufacturing firms in Bedfordshire, U.K. Firms in the sample range in size from 5 to 105 employees, from £50,000 to over £5 million sales, and from less than £50,000 to over £1 million profit. Faculty of Business and Management ; UiTM Press 1996 Article PeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/16741/1/AJ_SUE%20BIRLEY%20JIBE%2096.pdf The marketing orientation of owner – managers / Sue Birley and Bashir EL-Rayyes. (1996) Journal of International Business, Economics and Entrepreneurship (JIBE) <https://ir.uitm.edu.my/view/publication/Journal_of_International_Business,_Economics_and_Entrepreneurship_=28JIBE=29/>, 4 (1). pp. 75-106. ISSN 0128-7494 https://jibe.uitm.edu.my/
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title The marketing orientation of owner – managers / Sue Birley and Bashir EL-Rayyes
title_full The marketing orientation of owner – managers / Sue Birley and Bashir EL-Rayyes
title_fullStr The marketing orientation of owner – managers / Sue Birley and Bashir EL-Rayyes
title_full_unstemmed The marketing orientation of owner – managers / Sue Birley and Bashir EL-Rayyes
title_short The marketing orientation of owner – managers / Sue Birley and Bashir EL-Rayyes
title_sort marketing orientation of owner managers sue birley and bashir el rayyes
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