An exploration study on factors influencing on market orientation: A case study of tourism industry

Abstract: During the past two decades, tourism industry has become popular among many researchers in developing countries. Tourism is able to attract substantial amount of investment to some areas where many investors are normally unwilling to invest in. This paper, presents important factors influencing market orientation in tourism industry based on the implementation of factor analysis. The proposed study designs a questionnaire and distributes it among 267 experts who are involved in tourism industry. Cronbach alpha has been calculated as 0.873, which validates the overall questionnaire. The results of factor analysis have indicated that six factors of market oriented, limiting rules and regulations, strategic competition, marketing planning culture, financial figures and top management.

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 Bagheri, H., Hassanabadi, M., Isapour, F & Asgari, H. (2013). An exploration study on factors influencing on market orientation: A case study of tourism industry.Management Science Letters , 3(6), 1507-1510.

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