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Marketing, Market Growth, and Endogenous Growth Theory: An Inquiry Into the Causes of Market Growth

Emory University

Terry Clark

Southern Illinois University

Songpol Kulviwat

Hofstra University

Market growth plays a central role in virtually all strategic marketing models developed in the past 30 years. Although marketing scholars seem implicitly to assume that marketing efforts contribute in some way to market growth, market growth per se remains a conceptual black box in marketing. Using new developments in endogenous growth theory, this article explores the link between marketing actions and market growth. In particular, the authors develop a conceptual model arguing that the effect of endogenous actions on market growth is mediated by knowledge creation, matching, and diffusion. Propositions are proposed to guide future research. The authors discuss the implications for marketing strategy at both business discipline and public policy levels.

Key Words: market growth • marketing and society • macromarketing • development

Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, Vol. 33, No. 3, 347-359 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/0092070305276324


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