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Market orientation in uncertain environments: The enabling role of effectuation orientation in new product development

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  • Taghvaee, Somayeh
  • Talebi, Kambiz

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While uncertainty is generally recognized as an aversive contextual condition, several research studies confirm that market-oriented firms deliver a better new product performance in uncertain environments. However, we still know little about organizational factors that enable firms to reap benefits out of uncertainty through marketing activities. The present study introduces effectuation and its corporate-level notion of effectuation orientation (EffO) as a moderator of the relationship between market orientation (MO) and new product performance in uncertain markets. The theoretically derived research model is empirically validated using survey data from 190 SMEs. Our empirical findings show that dimensions of EffO (except for affordable loss orientation) strengthen the MO–new product performance relationship in uncertain markets.

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  • Taghvaee, Somayeh & Talebi, Kambiz, 2023. "Market orientation in uncertain environments: The enabling role of effectuation orientation in new product development," European Management Journal, Elsevier, vol. 41(2), pages 323-335.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:eurman:v:41:y:2023:i:2:p:323-335
    DOI: 10.1016/j.emj.2022.01.005
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