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Key account management in business markets : an empirical test of common assumptions

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  • Catherine Pardo

    (EM - EMLyon Business School)

  • Björn Sven Ivens

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Purpose – The concept of key account management (KAM) has received considerable attention from practitioners and scholars for well over 20 years now. However, numerous articles build on a set of tacit assumptions for which we lack empirical evidence. This paper seeks to propose an empirical test of several of these assumptions. - Design/methodology/approach – The contribution draws on a study conducted among 297 purchasing managers in two industries (packaging goods, market research data). - Findings – The findings indicate that parts of the foundations of KAM are not as solid as they may appear at first sight. - Practical implications – This paper invites managers of KAM programs to carefully consider the objectives they assign to such programs by integrating the idea of value created both for key customers and for suppliers implementing such programs. - Originality/value – The paper extends knowledge of key account management in the business field by providing new – and, in the light of the extant literature, sometimes rather counter-intuitive – insights in this important management phenomenon. It does this by systematically comparing key account relationships and non-key account relationships. // Keywords: Transaction costs, Buyer-seller relationships, Resource management

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  • Catherine Pardo & Björn Sven Ivens, 2008. "Key account management in business markets : an empirical test of common assumptions," Post-Print hal-02311744, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-02311744
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    1. Wang, Chao-Hung, 2014. "How relational capital mediates the effect of corporate reputation on competitive advantage: Evidence from Taiwan high-tech industry," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 82(C), pages 167-176.
    2. Sandesh, Sadasivan Pillai & .S, Sreejesh & Paul, Justin, 2023. "Key account management in B2B marketing: A systematic literature review and research agenda," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 156(C).
    3. Salojärvi, Hanna & Sainio, Liisa-Maija, 2015. "CRM technology and KAM performance: The mediating effect of key account-related knowledge," jbm - Journal of Business Market Management, Free University Berlin, Marketing Department, vol. 8(1), pages 435-454.
    4. Bernhard Swoboda & Andrea Schlüter & Edith Olejnik & Dirk Morschett, 2012. "Does Centralising Global Account Management Activities in Response to International Retailers Pay Off?," Management International Review, Springer, vol. 52(5), pages 727-756, October.

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