Scientific Method, Marketing Theory Development and Academic vs Practitioner Orientation: A ReviewFootnote

¹The author thanks Professor Ian F. Wilkinson of the School of Marketing, University of Western Sydney, NEPEAN, Dr. Tan Boon Wan of the Department of Decision Sciences, National University of Singapore, and the unknown reviewers for their invaluable comments on two earlier drafts.

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