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Competitive Advantage, Quality Strategy and the Role of Marketing
Author(s) -
Morgan Neil A.,
Piercy Nigel F.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
british journal of management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.407
H-Index - 108
eISSN - 1467-8551
pISSN - 1045-3172
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8551.1996.tb00117.x
Subject(s) - marketing strategy , marketing , competitive advantage , marketing management , business , quality (philosophy) , contingency theory , marketing research , contingency , quality management , service quality , relationship marketing , profit impact of marketing strategy , product (mathematics) , service (business) , knowledge management , computer science , philosophy , linguistics , geometry , mathematics , epistemology
The improvement of product and service quality has been widely discussed in the literature as an appropriate competitive strategy for achieving sustainable competitive advantage. However, neither the linkage between competitive strategy and quality, nor the role of marketing in the implementation of quality‐based competitive strategy, has received detailed attention in the marketing and strategy literatures. This paper explores the interface between marketing and quality management in seller organizations, by developing a contingency model of quality strategy. This model is grounded in the literatures of marketing, strategy and quality management, and the perceptions of managers uncovered in exploratory interviews.