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10 regard, the thesis seeks to reach clarification and develop a fundamental understanding how come sales and marketing functions are affected by those changing trends. Moreover, thesis tends to highlight the contribution, role and levels of integration of sales and marketing within organization influenced by significant internal and external factors such as technology, government policy and trends of customer need. Consequently, the thesis seeks to answer the research question and contribute to the practical and theoretical understanding of how sales and marketing units may contribute effectively for their respective organization against local and global competitive energy industry. 1.4 Research and methodology Based on the previously stated research question, the thesis develops a theoretical framework which is in turn used to analyze the research question. The thesis starts with a literature review to describe the role and contribution of sales and marketing. In the following, the thesis studies changing trends in energy business based on carefully selected and acknowledged literature. As far as methodology is concerned, a case study following the recommendation of Yin (1994), has been implemented. The reason of choosing case study is empirical investigation of a particular contemporary phenomenon within real life context. The choice of a single case routes from the nature of the research and the significance of the chosen case. Furthermore, there is a strong relation of the research findings to existing theory. There is qualitative research through face-to-face interviews because of having the ability to collect a rich and detailed set of data. Furthermore the choice of face-toface interviews adds to the context in which answers of the interviewee are stated. 1.5 Description of key terms Less commonly used terms have been and will be used throughout this study. In order to prevent misunderstanding, the most often used terms are defined in below; Sales and Marketing: In general, Sales is an exchange of object for money whereas marketing has broader meaning that involve in packaging and selling products.
11 Monopoly: A market with a single seller or firms with sufficient market power to influence the price, output, and investment of an industry thus they may exercise monopoly power and might limit new competitors entering the industry, even if there are high profits (Foster et. al, 2011). Value Creation: The centrally held, enduring core beliefs, desired end-states, or higher order goals of the individual customer or customer organization that guide behavior, products and services (Daniel et al., 1997). Co-Creation of value: The value that customer provides to the company, in the form of profit streams, intellectual capital, and other customer assets (Naumann, 1995). Resource Based View: Finding future competitiveness by successful firms on the development of distinctive and unique capabilities, which may often be implicit or intangible in nature (Teece et al., 1997) Knowledge Based View: The logical evolution of the RBV of the firm considering that it is a way to incorporate the temporal evolution of its resources and the capabilities that sustain the competitive advantage (Helfat and Peteraf, 2003).
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