The impact of market orientation on the development of relational capabilities and performance outcomes: The case of Russian industrial firms

Industrial Marketing Management

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 44-53

  Smirnova, Maria ^a   Naudé, Peter ^b   Henneberg, Stephan C ^b   Mouzas, Stefanos ^c   Kouchtch, Sergei P ^a  

^a ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c Lancaster University   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business performance; Industrial markets; Market orientation; Relational capabilities; Russia

Indexed keywords

EID: 79151486359     PISSN: 00198501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indmarman.2010.09.009     Document Type: Article

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