TY - JOUR AB - A study was conducted to determine the relationship between a firm's role in the competitive environment and the appropriate strategies to use. Using firms sampled from China, it was found that market‐oriented and relationship marketing‐oriented strategies are both important for market leaders, and market‐oriented strategies are the best for market challengers, while relationship marketing‐oriented strategies serve market followers and market nichers best. VL - 38 IS - 9/10 SN - 0309-0566 DO - 10.1108/03090560410548915 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/03090560410548915 AU - Tse Alan C.B. AU - Sin Leo Y.M. AU - Yau Oliver H.M. AU - Lee Jenny S.Y. AU - Chow Raymond PY - 2004 Y1 - 2004/01/01 TI - A firm's role in the marketplace and the relative importance of market orientation and relationship marketing orientation T2 - European Journal of Marketing PB - Emerald Group Publishing Limited SP - 1158 EP - 1172 Y2 - 2024/04/23 ER -