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International marketing, strategic orientations and business success: Reflections on the path ahead

John W. Cadogan (School of Business and Economics, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK)

International Marketing Review

ISSN: 0265-1335

Publication date: 13 July 2012

Abstract

Purpose

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The purpose of this study is to highlight key themes and issues within the strategic orientation research domain that are in need of research attention by international scholars.

Design/methodology/approach

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The approach taken is an essay format.

Findings

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The essay identifies six prime issues in need of attention by scholars interested in examining strategic orientations in the context of international business success. These are the need to: examine the relative merits of adopting strategic orientations in firms’ domestic and international business operations; more carefully match international performance metrics to the theory being developed; develop more theory‐rich conceptual models of the consequences of strategic orientations by considering non‐linear and complex moderated relationships; consider the dimensionality of strategic orientations more closely, potentially viewing the constructs in a variety of disaggregated ways, so as to develop models with greater conceptual precision and managerial relevance; go beyond current methodological boundaries to provide better/more robust tests of theories; and integrate theories regarding individual strategic orientations into meta‐theories that accommodate multiple strategic orientations.

Research limitations/implications

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For each of the six prime research issues identified as being important within the international strategic orientations field, a variety of specific research avenues and research questions are raised and discussed.

Originality/value

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The paper provides researchers with insights into potential avenues for conducting research into strategic orientations in the international marketing arena.

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Citation

Cadogan, J.W. (2012), "International marketing, strategic orientations and business success: Reflections on the path ahead", International Marketing Review, Vol. 29 No. 4, pp. 340-348. https://doi.org/10.1108/02651331211242656

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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