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Do Market Oriented Firms Demonstrate Clarity on Their Value Discipline? Evidence from Illinois Beef Producers

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  • Micheels, Eric T.
  • Gow, Hamish R.

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A market orientation has been shown to lead to improved firm performance in a variety of industries (Narver and Slater, 1990; Deshpande et al., 1993). In previous research, it has been argued that performance benefits are a result of a greater awareness of the sources of value the product provides to the consumer, without specifically describing how value was created. Treacy and Wiersema (1993) developed the concept of value disciplines, which are three distinctive means of value provision, namely operational excellence, customer intimacy and product leadership. More recently, Narver et al. (1998) argued that market oriented firms have a clear understanding of how they provide value to customers, but this assertion has yet to be empirically tested. A new scale was developed and tested to measure the choice and clarity of value discipline. Using a sample of 343 Illinois beef producers, results show that organizational learning, innovativeness, and extreme levels of market orientation contribute to value discipline clarity while moderate levels of market orientation have the opposite effect.

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  • Micheels, Eric T. & Gow, Hamish R., 2009. "Do Market Oriented Firms Demonstrate Clarity on Their Value Discipline? Evidence from Illinois Beef Producers," International Food and Agribusiness Management Review, International Food and Agribusiness Management Association, vol. 12(3), pages 1-26, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:ifaamr:53800
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.53800
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    1. Micheels, Eric T. & Gow, Hamish R., 2011. "Market orientation and firm performance across value disciplines in the Illinois beef sector," International Journal of Agricultural Management, Institute of Agricultural Management, vol. 1(2), pages 1-11.
    2. Dentoni, Domenico & English, Francis & Schwarz, Daniela, 2014. "The Impact of Public R&D on Marketing and Supply Chains on Small Farms’ Market Sensing Capability: Evidence from the Australian Seafood Industry," International Food and Agribusiness Management Review, International Food and Agribusiness Management Association, vol. 17(1), pages 1-22, February.
    3. Villanoa, Renato A. & Khrueathaib, Phanin & Fleming, Euan, 2015. "Policy Options to Improve the Performance of Housewives’ Groups in the Cottage Food Industry in Thailand," Australasian Agribusiness Review, University of Melbourne, Department of Agriculture and Food Systems, vol. 23, June.
    4. Vera Sadovska & Lena Ekelund Axelson & Cecilia Mark-Herbert, 2020. "Reviewing Value Creation in Agriculture—A Conceptual Analysis and a New Framework," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(12), pages 1-22, June.

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