Purposeful empiricism : how stochastic modeling informs industrial marketing research
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2013
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McCabe, J.
Stern, P.
Dacko, S.G.
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Industrial Marketing Management, 2013; 42(3):421-432
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It is increasingly recognized that progress can be made in the development of integrated theory for understanding, explaining and better predicting key aspects of buyer–seller relationships and industrial networks by drawing upon non-traditional research perspectives and domains. One such non-traditional research perspective is stochastic modeling which has shown that large scale regularities emerge from the individual interactions between idiosyncratic actors. When these macroscopic patterns repeat across a wide range of firms, industries and business types this commonality suggests directions for further research which we pursue through a differentiated replication of the Dirichlet stochastic model. We demonstrate predictable behavioral patterns of purchase and loyalty in two distinct industrial markets for components used in critical surgical procedures. This differentiated replication supports the argument for the use of stochastic modeling techniques in industrial marketingmanagement, not only as a management tool but also as a lens to inform and focus research towards integrated theories of the evolution of market structure and network relationships.
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Copyright 2013 Elsevier