External moderation of associations among stakeholder orientations and company performance

International Journal of Research in Marketing

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 51-69

  Greenley, Gordon E ^a   Foxall, Gordon R ^b  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Company performance; Empirical study; Market orientation; Stakeholder management; Stakeholder orientation; Uk sample

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031991755     PISSN: 01678116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8116(97)00018-9     Document Type: Article

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