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Market orientation is marketing’s explanation of performance differentials and can be viewed as marketing’s contribution to business strategy. Market orientation research was initiated by Kohli and Jaworski (J Market 54:1–18, 1990) and Narver and Slater (J Market 54:20–35, 1990) and has more recently entered the strategic management literature. In general, market orientation is argued to improve a firm’s market-sensing capability, and thus improve market responsiveness, particularly in hostile and unpredictable environments. More nuanced research on the topic reveals that the performance effects of the construct’s main components – customer orientation and competitor orientation – are context-dependent, being affected, for example, by strategy choice and environmental conditions.
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Sørensen, H.E. (2016). Market Orientation. In: Augier, M., Teece, D. (eds) The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Strategic Management. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-94848-2_355-1
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