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Aspirations in Marketing? Pick the Right Company! Cover

Aspirations in Marketing? Pick the Right Company!

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Open Access
|Oct 2025

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Midjourney AI, prompt GCO

Midjourney AI, prompt GCO

Sample 1Sample 2
Company ownershipPrivately heldPublicly held
Size (average revenue)$5–$10 million$4.23 billion
RespondentsCEOsMid-level managers
Number of usable observations164131
Industries representing > 10% of sampleManufacturing, industrial, consulting, technology, business servicesManufacturing, services, finance, public administration
FIGURE 1

Distribution of types of marketing organizations across two study samples

TABLE 1

Three types of marketing organizations and their defining characteristics

Growth Champion marketing organizationsMarCom Leader marketing organizationsService Provider marketing organizations
Source of competitive advantageDifferentiationDifferentiationCost leadership
Organizational structureMarketing is line functionMarketing is staff functionMarketing is staff function
Span of marketing decision authoritySegmentation, targeting, positioning and the 4 PsImage and communicationsRequested support
Standing in organizationProfit centerCost centerCost center
Responsibilities
Product managementMarketing likely to have authority
Price
Distribution
Brand managementMarketing likely to have authority
Advertising
PR/communication
ResearchMarketing may have authorityMarketing may have authority
Lead generation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/nimmir-2025-0013 | Journal eISSN: 2628-166X (formerly 1865-5866)
Language: English
Page range: 24 - 29
Published on: Oct 28, 2025
Published by: Nuremberg Institute for Market Decisions
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year

© 2025 Leigh McAlister, published by Nuremberg Institute for Market Decisions
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