Despite recent attention to organizational issues in the management of advertising, sales, new product development, and channels, there has been little empirical study of the management of the marketing research function. The study reported complements earlier work on the use of marketing information in consumer goods businesses by examining factors seen as affecting the use of marketing information in industrial firms.
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