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Developing Buyer-Seller Relationships
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Marketing theory and practice have focused persistently on exchange between buyers and sellers. Unfortunately, most of the research and too many of the marketing strategies treat buyer-seller exchanges as discrete events, not as ongoing relationships. The authors describe a framework for developing buyer-seller relationships that affords a vantage point for formulating marketing strategy and for stimulating new research directions.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Dwyer, F. R., Schurr, P. H., & Oh, S.
- Affiliations
- Associate Professor of Marketing
- State University of New York (US)
- University of Cincinnati (US)
- Venue
- Journal of Marketing
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 1987-04
- Volume
- 51
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 11-27
- ISSN
- 0022-2429 (ISSN-L)
- 1547-7185
- OpenAlex
- W1991670833
- Cited by
- 9,139
- References
- 74
- Citations by year
- 2026: 82 · 2025: 115 · 2024: 137 · 2023: 192 · 2022: 210 · 2021: 252 · 2020: 244 · 2019: 257 · 2018: 307 · 2017: 352 · 2016: 360 · 2015: 467 · 2014: 485 · 2013: 478 · 2012: 511
- FWCI
- 31.53
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Marketing (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Marketing › Customer Service Quality and Loyalty
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Management Information Systems › Quality and Supply Management
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Marketing › Marketing and Advertising Strategies
- Keywords
- buyer-seller relationships, relationship marketing, exchange relationships, marketing strategy
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