Market orientation and marketing strategies in medicine sector, a research on comparison of national and foreign firms

Market orientation includes all avtivities which maximize the value of product/service presented to the customers to meet their needs and wants. The basis of marketing concept is to achieve customer satisfaction and positioning in customers' minds. Market orientation which is complementary of marketing concept has three dimensions as customer orientation, competitor orientation and integration of functions and these are the focus of the firms. In this study the three dimensions of market orientation approach are investigated in domestic and international medicine firms. According to the research findings there is no meaningful diference between domestic and international firms in market oriented strategies.