Challenges faced by South African companies when serving low-income markets : a market orientation perspective

dc.contributor.advisorKleyn, Nicolaen
dc.contributor.emailupetd@up.ac.zaen
dc.contributor.postgraduateMokoto, Mogomotsi Keleen
dc.date.accessioned2013-09-06T17:25:53Z
dc.date.available2010-07-07en
dc.date.available2013-09-06T17:25:53Z
dc.date.created2010-04-11en
dc.date.issued2010-07-07en
dc.date.submitted2010-05-06en
dc.descriptionDissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2010.en
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this research was to enrich our understanding of why large organisations have not performed in low-income markets relative to middle- to high-income markets through an understanding of their market orientation in these markets. The research sought to establish whether an organisation can have more than one instance of market orientation in its chosen markets. The literature asserts that the bottom-of-the-pyramid approach to earning corporate profits has gained considerable attention and has awakened managers to the potential of serving an underserved market and alleviating the level of global poverty while still earning a profit (Pitta et al. 2008). South African companies have heeded the call to play a role and have targeted low-income markets, but, disappointingly, have achieved limited success. Contrary to the situation in relation to low-income markets, South African firms serving middle- to high-income markets have achieved market success through effective business models and orientation towards their markets. The qualitative study showed that an organisation indeed can have more than one instance of market orientation, as managers responsible for low-income markets experience challenges across all market orientation activities, relative to their middle- to high-income market counterparts.en
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dc.description.departmentGordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS)en
dc.identifier.citationMokoto, MK 2009, Challenges faced by South African companies when serving low-income markets : a market orientation perspective, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/24397 >en
dc.identifier.otherG10/343/agen
dc.identifier.upetdurlhttp://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-05062010-141141/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/24397
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of Pretoriaen_ZA
dc.rights© 2009 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria.en
dc.subjectUCTDen_US
dc.subjectEconomic conditionsen
dc.subjectQualitative researchen
dc.titleChallenges faced by South African companies when serving low-income markets : a market orientation perspectiveen
dc.typeDissertationen

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