Skip to: search, navigation, or content.

Indiana University Bloomington

Marketing

Kelley Marketing

Kelley marketing faculty have served as consultants and trainers for IBM, 3M, Dow, Diebold, ExxonMobil, Publix, National City, Cummins, Microsoft, Touchstone Energy, J.D. Power and Associates, and many other organizations.

Recent Publications

Journal Articles

Market Orientation, Marketing Capabilities, and Firm Performance

2009, Strategic Management Journal

Neil A. Morgan, Douglas W. Vorhies, Charlotte H. Mason

Abstract

Drawing on traditional resource-based theory and its recent dynamic capabilities theory extensions, we examine both the possession of a market orientation and the marketing capabilities through which resources are deployed into the marketplace as drivers of firm performance in a cross-industry sample. Our findings indicate that market orientation and marketing capabilities are complementary assets that contribute to superior firm performance. We also find that market orientation has a direct effect on firms' return on assets (ROA), and that marketing capabilities directly impact both ROA and perceived firm performance.

Citation

Morgan, Neil A., Douglas W. Vorhies, and Charlotte H. Mason (2009), “Market Orientation, Marketing Capabilities, and Firm Performance,” Strategic Management Journal, Vol. 30, No. 8, pp. 909-920.

.