[HTML][HTML] Key account management in B2B marketing: A systematic literature review and research agenda

SP Sandesh, J Paul - Journal of Business Research, 2023 - Elsevier
The emergence of various approaches in relationship marketing has transformed business
marketing practices in managing strategic clients. In this direction, firms have embraced Key …

[HTML][HTML] Which resources and capabilities underpin strategic key account management?

R Guesalaga, M Gabrielsson, B Rogers, L Ryals… - Industrial marketing …, 2018 - Elsevier
Key account management (KAM) supports the profitability and financial sustainability of firms
in business-to-business markets. It also attracts considerable academic research. However …

[HTML][HTML] What comprises a successful key account manager? Differences in the drivers of sales performance between key account managers and regular salespeople

BB Hengstebeck, R Kassemeier, J Wieseke - Industrial Marketing …, 2022 - Elsevier
Although drivers of the performance of key account management programs have been of
great interest to research and practice, research on drivers of sales performance at the …

The effectiveness of key account management practices

IA Davies, LJ Ryals - Industrial Marketing Management, 2014 - Elsevier
This paper investigates the extent to which Key Account Management (KAM) programs are
achieving a range of financial and non-financial measures of effectiveness for implementing …

The organizational implications of implementing key account management: A case-based examination

P Guenzi, K Storbacka - Industrial Marketing Management, 2015 - Elsevier
Most companies struggle in the effort to become more customer-centric. A typical example of
customer-centric change initiative is adoption of a key account management (KAM) program …

Implementing key account management: Intraorganizational practices and associated dilemmas

J Marcos-Cuevas, S Nätti, T Palo, LJ Ryals - Industrial Marketing …, 2014 - Elsevier
Over the last few decades, key account management (KAM) has become a widespread
approach to creating value in strategic customer relationships. Research in KAM has often …

Environmental factors influencing the management of key accounts in an Arab Middle Eastern context

FB ALHussan, FB AL-Husan, CY Chavi - Industrial Marketing Management, 2014 - Elsevier
Within the sales and marketing literature, it is recognised that a range of external factors can
influence how companies in the business-to-business field manage business relationships …

Key account management formalization and effectiveness: A fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis

J Feste, BS Ivens, C Pardo - Industrial Marketing Management, 2022 - Elsevier
Formalization is both an important design factor of key account management (KAM) systems
and a key concept in research on KAM. However, extant research has provided …

Top managers' role in key account management

G Pereira, N Tzempelikos, LR Trento… - Journal of Business & …, 2019 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore top managers' role in key account
management. Design/methodology/approach The possible actions that could be performed …

The role of senior executives in managing key customers in Arab context

FB ALHussan, FB Al-Husan, L Alhesan - Journal of Business & …, 2017 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the role of senior managers in managing
intra-and inter-organizational relationships with key customers and the factors that influence …