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Over the last decade or so, many studies have highlighted the important role that marketing plays in contributing to a firm's competitive success. Thus, this article aims to examine the contribution of marketing to the competitive success of forty two British medium-sized manufacturing firms at two time points, 1987/88 and 1997/98, in order to determine any success factors that are durable over time. The investigation is based on mail surveys and in-depth interviews undertaken within the same set of firms at both dates. The findings identify eight specific marketing practices that might well be described as key determinants of success. However, they also draw into question several of the traditional tenets of successful marketing.
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Brooksbank, R., Kirby, D., Tompson, G. et al. Marketing as a Determinant of Long-Run Competitive Success in Medium-Sized U.K. Manufacturing Firms. Small Business Economics 20, 259–272 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022885132039
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