TY - JOUR AB - Purpose The purpose of this paper is to share personal observations regarding three trends that pose challenges for marketing doctoral programs and the development of B2B scholar-researchers.Design/methodology/approach The author raises questions and looks to the body of marketing and B2B scholars to seek answers – if they agree that these trends threaten to undermine the strength of marketing doctoral education.Findings The study has no findings, just observations and thoughts from a marketing strategy and B2B researcher who has been involved in doctoral education in various ways.Originality/value This paper represents only the author’s perspective. VL - 35 IS - 4 SN - 0885-8624 DO - 10.1108/JBIM-09-2018-0265 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/JBIM-09-2018-0265 AU - Scheer Lisa PY - 2019 Y1 - 2019/01/01 TI - Three challenging trends for marketing strategy – and B2B – doctoral education T2 - Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing PB - Emerald Publishing Limited SP - 619 EP - 621 Y2 - 2024/05/05 ER -