Marketing Theory: Foundations, Controversy, Strategy, and Resource-advantage Theory

by Shelby D. Hunt

Overview

One of the true classics in Marketing is now thoroughly revised and updated. "Marketing Theory" is both evolutionary and revolutionary. As in earlier editions, Shelby Hunt focuses on the marketing discipline's multiple stakeholders. He articulates a philosophy of science-based 'tool kit' for developing and analyzing theories, law-like generalizations, and explanations in marketing science. Hunt adds a new dimension to the book, however, by developing arguments for the position that Resource-Advantage Theory provides the foundation for a general theory of marketing and a theoretical foundation for business and marketing strategy. Also new to this edition are four chapters adapted and updated from Hunt's "Controversy in Marketing Theory" that analyze the 'philosophy debates' within the field, including controversies with respect to scientific realism, qualitative methods, truth, and objectivity.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781317465133
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/18/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	464
File size:	6 MB

About the Author

Shelby D. Hunt

Table of Contents

Part 1 The Nature of Marketing and Science; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 On the Marketing Discipline; Part 2 The Foundations of Marketing Theory; Chapter 3 On the Morphology of Explanation; Chapter 4 Explanation: Issues and Aspects; Chapter 5 On the Morphology of Scientific Laws; Chapter 6 Scientific Laws: Issues and Aspects; Chapter 7 On the Morphology of Theory; Chapter 8 Theory: Issues and Aspects; Part 3 Controversy in Marketing Theory; Chapter 9 On Scientific Realism and Marketing Research; Chapter 10 On Science/Nonscience, Qualitative Methods, and Marketing Research; Chapter 11 On Truth and Marketing Research; Chapter 12 On Objectivity and Marketing Research; Part 4 Toward a General Theory of Marketing; Chapter 13 On the Resource-Advantage (R-A) Theory of Competition; Chapter 14 Competition Theory, Alderson’s Market Processes Theory, and R-A Theory; Chapter 15 Strategy and R-A Theory;