In recent years, many business-to-business (B2B) component supplier (CS) firms have added branding to their marketing toolbox. By extending the logic of ingredient branding to B2B components, they aim to create “pull” from B2B end customers by building a strong CS brand image among their...

We present the results of a meta-analysis on drivers of organic sales growth, conducted using a Hierarchical Bayes estimation technique. Based on a comprehensive review of a diverse set of literatures on organic sales growth, we identify eleven drivers of organic sales growth performance of...

Facing growth pressures, firms attempt to target the large low-income consumer segment present in emerging markets. This multi-method study develops research insights regarding consumer-, retailer-, firm-, category- and country-level factors that enhance the acceptability, awareness,...

Coordination efforts that access and align relevant cross-functional expertise are regarded as an essential element of innovation success. In recent years, these efforts have been further augmented through complementary investments in information systems, which provide the technological...

Research linking marketing to financial performance has predominantly focused on how marketing assets and actions add value. We argue that it is equally important to understand how marketing decisions can destroy firm value. Prior research has indicated that negative events vary greatly in their...

Firms routinely collect cross-sectional survey data on attitudinal constructs such as satisfaction, brand awareness, behavioral intentions etc. from current and prospective customers. The single observation per individual in such survey data offers limited scope for estimation and inference of...