“Relationship marketing” and the “markets‐as‐networks approach”—a comparative analysis of two evolving streams of research
“Relationship marketing” and the “markets‐as‐networks approach”—a comparative analysis of two evolving streams of research
复制标题
“关系营销”和“市场即网络方法”——对两个不断发展的研究流的比较分析
DOI:
10.1080/0267257x.1997.9964485
复制
发表时间:
1997
影响因子:
4.4
通讯作者:
L. Mattsson
中科院分区:
文献类型:
--
作者:
L. Mattsson
Predating the increased attention by marketing academics on relationship marketing, European marketing scholars developed a network approach to the study of industrial markets that is also based on relationships between seller and buyer as a fundamental concept. This article aims to analyse the similarities and the differences between relationship marketing studies and network studies. After comparative analyses of definitions, empirical and research foundations, attributes related to governance structures and to the marketing mix approach and of major issues addressed in the research agendas, the conclusion is: relationship marketing in its limited interpretation is just a development within the marketing mix approach. Relationship marketing in its extended interpretation is, or rather could become, close to the markets‐as‐networks approach. However the basic attribute in network studies of “embeddedness” is largely missing in relationship marketing. To develop relationship marketing as a generic concept...