Handbook of Management Scales/Marketing routines

Marketing routines (alpha = 0.71; 0,65) Description To measure the construct, the authors relied on scale items previously used by Kohli et al. (1993), and Pothukuchi et al. (2002). Definition Marketing routines are the procedures for learning about customer needs, devising plans for serving those needs and implementing such plans (Kohli & Jaworski, 1990). Items The firm/partner uses technically oriented people for sales tasks. (0.85; 0.69) The firm/partner is proactive rather than reactive with customers (e.g., has a hungry sales force, goes public with information about products under development). (0.73; 0.59) The firm/partner objectively presents alternative competing solutions that can best serve customers’ needs rather than force-fitting its own solutions. (0.56; 0.74) The firm/partner incorporates the best products, solutions or platforms available to the industry instead of simply pushing proprietary technology, solutions, or products. (0.76; 0.75) Source Lavie et al. (2012): Organizational Differences, Relational Mechanisms, and Alliance Performance. Strategic Management Journal, Vol. 33, No. 13, pp. 1453–1479 Comments The second alpha value is lower than 0.7 and, thus, too low. In some items, the relationship to marketing remains a bit unclear.