Does success diminish competitive responsiveness? Reconciling conflicting perspectives |
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Authors: | Satish Jayachandran Rajan Varadarajan |
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Institution: | (1) University of South Carolina, South Carolina, USA;(2) Texas A & M University, Texas, USA |
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Abstract: | Previous research provides conflicting evidence of the association between the past performance of a business and its competitive
responsiveness, with researchers observing both positive and negative relationships. To clarify this issue, the authors test
a model using survey data from the retailing industry. The model delineates direct and indirect mediated paths through ability
to respond, motivation to respond, and awareness of competitors’ actions to show how past performance can have both positive
and negative influence on competitive responsiveness. However, the overall impact of past performance of an organization on
its competitive responsiveness is positive. The implications of these findings for research, practice, and theory are discussed.
Satish Jayachandran (satish@moore.sc.edu) is an assistant professor of marketing in the Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina.
His research interests are focused on issues related to the market responsiveness of firms. His research has been published
in theJournal of Marketing and theJournal of the Academy of Marketing Science. He was a recipient of the Harold H. Maynard Award for 2001 from theJournal of Marketing. He was nominated a young scholar by the Marketing Science Institute in 2003.
Rajan Varadarajan (varadarajan@tamu.edu) is Distinguished Professor of Marketing and holder of the Ford Chair in marketing and e-commerce at
Texas A & M University. His teaching and research interests are in the areas of strategy, international marketing, and e-commerce.
His research on these topics has been published in theJournal of Marketing, theJournal of the Academy of Marketing Science, theAcademy of Management Journal, Strategic Management Journal, Sloan Management Review, California Management Review, Business
Horizons, theJournal of Business Research, and other journals. |
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Keywords: | competitive responsiveness consequences of past performance organizational learning organizational complacency |
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