Marketing and Public Policy: Transformative Research in Developing Markets

C.  Shultz; Rohit   Deshpandé; Bettina  Cornwell; A.  Ekici; P.  Kothandaraman; M.  Peterson; S.  Shapiro; D.  Talukdar; A.  Veeck

Article | Journal of Public Policy & Marketing | Fall 2012

Marketing and Public Policy: Transformative Research in Developing Markets

by C. Shultz, Rohit Deshpandé, Bettina Cornwell, A. Ekici, P. Kothandaraman, M. Peterson, S. Shapiro, D. Talukdar and A. Veeck

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Developing markets are a challenge for researchers who study them and for governments, business leaders, and citizens who strive to improve the quality of life in them. The limitations of the dominant development paradigm coupled with the need to focus on consumers provide tremendous opportunities to engage in truly transformative research. Toward this outcome, several interactive forces must be understood and addressed during research design, management, and implementation. The purpose of this essay is to provide a synthesis—that is, a framework in the form of a conceptual model—with practical applications to transformative research in developing markets and, ultimately, with the broader objective to stimulate new conceptualizations, research, and best practices to transform consumer well-being.

Keywords: Demand and Consumers; Development Economics; Marketing Strategy; Emerging Markets;

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Shultz, C., Rohit Deshpandé, Bettina Cornwell, A. Ekici, P. Kothandaraman, M. Peterson, S. Shapiro, D. Talukdar, and A. Veeck. "Marketing and Public Policy: Transformative Research in Developing Markets." Journal of Public Policy & Marketing 31, no. 2 (Fall 2012).

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