Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/103577 
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Year of Publication: 
2013
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[Journal:] International Journal of Financial Studies [ISSN:] 2227-7072 [Volume:] 1 [Issue:] 3 [Publisher:] MDPI [Place:] Basel [Year:] 2013 [Pages:] 102-118
Publisher: 
MDPI, Basel
Abstract: 
This inquiry contributes to the literature on the development of 'nonprofit marketing thought' by describing how the field's early period established a legacy effect on nonprofit marketing scholarship to the present day. This qualitative work uses a wide variety of sources from a protracted historical period in order to more fully inform a perspective on the relevant issues that have influenced the development of nonprofit marketing scholarship. The investigation suggests that, although the debate on whether or not marketing is a science was nominally resolved years ago, the origins of marketing scholarships as an applied business discipline remain influential. The effects on this influence is a body of research that is fragmented, conflicted, sometimes invalid, and has produced few general theories indicative of a social science. Recommendations are offered for improving the quality of nonprofit marketing scholarship.
Subjects: 
marketing history
marketing theory
nonprofit marketing
nonprofit marketing scholarship
nonprofit marketing research
JEL: 
M39
L39
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