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5.1 Introduction
The data were collected from nine medium and large textile companies in
Ethiopia which produce finished textile products and sell their products in
domestic as well as international markets. The primary data collection
technique was in-depth interview with marketing managers or their
equivalents of the case companies. Besides, the reports of the Ethiopian
textile development institute and the case companies‘ marketing plans were
consulted. The objective in both cases was to examine the different
marketing strategy formulation and implementation constructs, marketing
assets and
capabilities, and the companies perceived performances.
Thus, the first part of this chapter reminds the research objectives followed
by the brief description of case companies as a whole. Then comes the
within case analysis which, for objectivity purposes, is presented on a
similar analytical framework. Then, the cross case analysis is presented
which in turn is structured based on the conceptual framework as it was
also fitted into the emerged themes of the within case analysis process. This
cross case analysis begins with the discussion of the enabling environment
which is regarded as necessary preconditions to formulate and implement
effective marketing strategies (Ruzo, et al., 2011). As the resource based
view is the theory this study is based on, the enabling environment refers to
marketing assets and capabilities of the companies which are directly
related to their marketing strategies. This part was
designed to meet the first
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research objective which claims to examine the level of emphasis given to
marketing strategy at a corporate level.
The second part deals with how firms formulate and implement their
marketing strategies given the enabling environments and the resource
based view. In so doing, it addresses the second and third specific research
objectives which claim to examine how the firms formulate and how they
implement their marketing strategies respectively. The third part presents
about companies perceived performances relative to their competitors.
Besides, how the companies enabling environment is linked to their
marketing performance is presented in this part. Hence, this part enables to
achieve the fourth and fifth specific research objectives which claim to
assess how firms‘ marketing strategy influence their competitiveness and
evaluate the extent to which firms‘ enabling environments are linked to their
performances respectively. Finally, the link among the research constructs
are presented as integrated conceptual framework.
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