Although assessing many strategic marketing theory
propositions involves similar challenges, available research
approaches in marketing are not well suited to deal with
these problems. Surprisingly, the marketing literature does
not address how such problems can be solved. Fortunately,
research developments in organization theory (e.g., Powell
1992; Venkatraman and Prescott 1990) and strategic management
(e.g.. Doty, Glick, and Huber 1993; Ketchen et al.
1997) provide approaches appropriate for assessing such
complex theoretical relationships.