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Wroe Alderson
Wroe Alderson | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1898 |
| Died | 1965 |
Wroe Alderson (1898–1965), an active Quaker, is widely recognized as the most important marketing theorist of the twentieth century[1] and the "father of modern marketing".[2]
Background
Alderson's academic training was at George Washington, MIT and the University of Pennsylvania.
Wroe alderson biography of rory gilmore
He served as president of the American Marketing Association and was highly active in The Institute of Management Sciences. He began his business career at the U.S. department of Commerce, founded the internationally prominent marketing consulting firm of Alderson Associates, and served as a professor at Wharton University of Pennsylvania after joining it in 1959.
While always deeply involved in the advancement of marketing science he also believed that theory and practice go hand in hand. This also suited his scientific method. From a methodological perspective, he emphasized inductive theorizing from market