JOURNAL OF MARKETING DEVELOPMENT AND COMPETITIVENESS
Guiding Principles Model: A Call to Integrate the 4 P’s into a Strategic Construct
Author(s): Philip E. Heckman, Alice Jacobs Vestergaard, Kathleen M. Sole
Citation: Philip E. Heckman, Alice Jacobs Vestergaard, Kathleen M. Sole, (2018) "Guiding Principles Model: A Call to Integrate the 4 P’s into a Strategic Construct," Journal of Marketing Development and Competitiveness, Vol. 12, Iss. 4, pp. 60-68
Article Type: Research paper
Publisher: North American Business Press
Abstract:
Although flawed and roundly criticized, the 4P’s have been introduced in marketing texts for 50 years as a foundational marketing concept. This paper urges educators to reform curricula to provide students an immutable set of principles on which to base marketing decisions and proposes a values-driven Guiding Principles Model (GPMTM).