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A few remarks on the introduction of the term “marketing” into economic literature

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  • Miroslaw Bochenek

    (Nicolaus Copernicus University)

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Representatives of most academic disciplines, both at home and abroad, collect theoretical concepts developed by previous generations, thus creating histories of the sciences cultivated by them. In this respect, Polish academics engaged in marketing are lagging behind. The purpose of this study is to establish the “paternity” of the term “marketing”. The authors of publications up to now have claimed that in 1912 this term, interpreted as market distribution, was introduced into the specialist literature by the American economist Arch Wilkinson Shaw. Meanwhile, after conducting studies of the literature, it has turned out that in 1890, and so 22 years earlier, the term “marketing” in the sense of introducing goods to the market was used by Alfred Marshall. So, it was this British economist who turned out to be the author of the above innovation in terminology in the field of economics.

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  • Miroslaw Bochenek, 2015. "A few remarks on the introduction of the term “marketing” into economic literature," Ekonomia i Prawo, Uniwersytet Mikolaja Kopernika, vol. 14(4), pages 401-413, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:cpn:umkeip:v:14:y:2015:i:4:p:401-413
    DOI: 10.12775/EiP.2015.026
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    Keywords

    history of economic thought; beginnings of marketing; term “marketing”;
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    JEL classification:

    • B13 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought through 1925 - - - Neoclassical through 1925 (Austrian, Marshallian, Walrasian, Wicksellian)
    • M31 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Marketing and Advertising - - - Marketing

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