 Offensive versus defensive marketing: What is the optimal spending allocation?Guiomar Martin-Herran, Shaun McQuitty and Simon Pierre Sigué International Journal of Research in Marketing, 2012, vol. 29, issue 2, 210-219 Abstract: This article investigates the optimal spending allocation between offensive and defensive marketing in a dynamic, mature market when two firms are competing for market share. A modified Lanchester model is used to determine Nash stationary feedback strategies that allow the competitors to adjust their marketing expenditures as their market shares evolve over time. The interaction between offensive and defensive marketing activities is an important component of the model. Previous studies have not considered this variable. Our findings suggest that a cost differential between offensive and defensive marketing cannot fully explain resource allocation in a competitive market. Instead, optimal allocation largely depends on the firms' relative positions in the market, their competitive advantages in offensive and defensive marketing, and the costs and effectiveness of these two classes of marketing activities. This article discusses the theoretical and managerial implications. Keywords: Customer acquisition; Customer retention; Defensive marketing; Offensive marketing; Lanchester model (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:ijrema:v:29:y:2012:i:2:p:210-219 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijresmar.2011.10.003 Access Statistics for this article International Journal of Research in Marketing is currently edited by Roland Rust More articles in International Journal of Research in Marketing from Elsevier |
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