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Managerial Decision-Making in Marketing: Matching the Demand and Supply Side of Creativity

Niek Althuizen, ESSEC Business School, France, althuizen@essec.edu , Berend Wierenga, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, The Netherlands, bwierenga@rsm.nl , Bo Chen, Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea, chenbo@skku.edu.
 
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Niek Althuizen, Berend Wierenga and Bo Chen (2016), "Managerial Decision-Making in Marketing: Matching the Demand and Supply Side of Creativity", Journal of Marketing Behavior: Vol. 2: No. 2–3, pp 129-176. http://dx.doi.org/10.1561/107.00000033

Publication Date: 29 Dec 2016
© 2016 N. Althuizen, B. Wierenga, and B. Chen
 
Subjects
Competitive Marketing Strategy,  Individual Decision Making,  Marketing Information Systems,  Marketing Research
 
Keywords
MarketingDecision-makingCreativityDemandSupplyAdvertisingConsumer Packaged GoodsTelevision
 

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In this article:
Introduction 
The Demand Side of Creativity 
The Supply Side of Creativity 
Matching the Demand and Supply Side of Creativity 
Conclusions and Discussion 
Appendix A 
References 

Abstract

This article provides an overview of creativity research in marketing and offers a novel framework for matching the demand and supply side of creativity. The demand side comprises the marketing problem domain and the specifics of the task, which will influence how much emphasis management places on the originality versus usefulness of the generated ideas or solutions. The supply side includes individual and organizational resources that management can put to use for boosting creativity. Based on contemporary creative cognition research, this article distinguishes the following pathways to creativity: fluency, persistence, and flexibility. Examples of common marketing decisions, including their need for creativity, the emphasis placed on originality versus usefulness, and the pathway(s) that may lead to the desired level of creativity, are used to illustrate how the presented framework for matching the demand and supply side of creativity can guide managerial decision-making. This article concludes with a discussion of creativity research priorities in marketing.

DOI:10.1561/107.00000033

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