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From Conventional to Unconventional Marketing<br />

Carla Bruna Cattaneo<br />

English Abstract<br />

The processes of change in recent years have radically modified the reference scenario<br />

within which the enterprises operate. The increased complexity and dynamism that<br />

characterizes the current competitive environment, the technological evolution, the<br />

intensification of the process of globalization are just some of the reasons for the<br />

formulation of a new marketing approach. In the eighties the first innovative studies move<br />

from the observation of the actual developments, looking to identify new possibilities of<br />

innovation. In particular, Swedish School of Marketing, and research groups connected,<br />

developing an innovative approach identified as Relationship Marketing. This paper aims to<br />

outline the evolutionary run that the concept of marketing has followed during the years as<br />

a result of the progressive adaptation to the changes have occurred in the economic and<br />

social environment, in the models of consumption, in the technologies and in the strategic<br />

approach of the enterprises. Detailed analysis of the transition from the traditional<br />

transactional approach, which is characterized by the uni-directionality of the exchange, to<br />

the bi-directionality of the model of exchange taken as reference by the researchers of the<br />

new relational paradigm is essential to understand the implications that the adoption of this<br />

approach can determine on strategic business orientation.<br />

Carla Bruna Cattaneo is an Associate Professor of Economics and Business<br />

Management and a member of the Department of Economics and Management,<br />

<strong>University</strong> of <strong>Pavia</strong>. She is Coordinator of the Laurea Magistralis in Economics and<br />

Business Management, where she teaches Relationship Marketing. Director of the<br />

Inter-Departmental Research Center on “Disability”, <strong>University</strong> of <strong>Pavia</strong>, and member<br />

of the Technical and Scientific Committee of Integration and Support Service Center for<br />

Students with Disabilities, <strong>University</strong> of <strong>Pavia</strong>.<br />

E-mail: ccattaneo@eco.unipv.it<br />

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