REFEREED PUBLICATIONS

 

Journal Articles:

 

Heiens, Richard A. and Larry P. Pleshko (2010), “The Relationship Between Strategic Orientation, Growth Strategies, and Market Share Performance,” Regional Business Review, 29, 16-30.

 

McGrath, Leanne C., Richard A. Heiens and Robert T. Leach (2009),“The Impact of Research Intensity on Holding Period Returns for Pharmaceutical Investments: An Analysis by Primary Line of Trade,” Journal of Business and Economic Perspectives, 35, 2, 64-72.

Heiens, Richard A., Leanne C. McGrath and Robert T. Leach (2008), “The Impact of Intangible Assets and Expenditures on Holding Period Returns in the Pharmaceutical Industry,” Journal of Medical Marketing, 8, 2, 151-158.

 

Pleshko, Larry P. and Richard A. Heiens (2008), “The Contemporary Product-Market Strategy Grid and the Link to Market Orientation and Profitability,” Journal of Targeting, Measurement, and Analysis for Marketing, 16, 2, 108-114.

 

Heiens, Richard A., Robert T. Leach, and Leanne C. McGrath (2007), “The Contribution of Intangible Assets and Expenditures to Shareholder Value,” Journal of Strategic Marketing, 15, 2, 149-159.

 

Heiens, Richard A., Larry P. Pleshko and Leanne C. McGrath (2006), “An Exploratory Investigation of Brand Insistence in Retailing,” Review of Business Research, 6, 5, 60-69.

 

Heiens, Richard A., Larry P. Pleshko and Robert T. Leach (2004), “Examining the Effects of Strategic Marketing Initiative and First-Mover Efforts on Market Share Performance,” Marketing Management Journal, 14, 1, 63-70.

 

McGrath, Leanne C. and Richard A. Heiens (2003), “Beware the Internet Panacea: How Tried and True Strategy Got Sidelined,” Journal of Business Strategy, 24, 6, 24-28.

 

Pleshko, Larry P., Richard A. Heiens and Leanne C. McGrath (2002), “A Methodology Towards Measuring the Strategic Profile of First-Mover Firms in Industrial Markets,” Academy of Marketing Studies Journal, 6, 1, 1-8.

 

Heiens, Richard A., Mark Kroll and Peter Wright (2001), “Macro-Economic Risk Factors in Industrial Markets: Are Elite Firms Less Susceptible?,” Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing, 16, 4, 246-255. 

 

McGrath, Leanne C. and Richard A. Heiens (2001), “The Integration of Computer Technology in Small Businesses,” Journal of Small Business Strategy,12, 1, 62-69. 

 

Heiens, Richard A. (2000), “Market Orientation: Toward an Integrated Framework,” Academy of Marketing Science Review, 00 (1), http://www.amsreview.org/amsrev/forum/heiens01-00.html.

 

Pleshko, Larry P. and Richard A. Heiens (2000), “Customer-Focus or Competitor-Focus? A Financial Services Example, Journal of Professional Services Marketing (Services Marketing Quarterly), 20, 2, 19-32.

 

Heiens, Richard A. and Ron Lennon (2000), “Profiling Customer Loyalty: A Comparison of U.S. and Caribbean Consumers,” Journal of the Association of Marketing Educators, 3, 2, 68-78.

 

Kroll, Mark, Peter Wright, and Richard A. Heiens (1999), “The Contribution of Product Quality to Competitive Advantage: Impacts on Systematic Variance and Unexplained Variance in Returns,” Strategic Management Journal, 20, 4 (April) 375-384. 

 

Heiens, Richard A. (1999), “The Influence of Product Publicity on Product Sales in a Noncompetitive Environment,” Academy of Marketing Studies Journal, 3, 1, 1-10.

 

Heiens, Richard A. and Larry P. Pleshko (1997), “A Preliminary Examination of Patient Loyalty,” Journal of Hospital Marketing, 11, 2, 105-114.

 

 Heiens, Richard A. and Deborah B. Hulse (1996), “Two-Way Interactive Television: An Emerging Technology for University-Level Business School Instruction,” Journal of Education for Business, 72, 2, (November/December), 74-77.

 

Heiens, Richard A. and Larry P. Pleshko (1996), “Categories of Customer Loyalty: An Application of the Customer Loyalty Classification Framework in the Fast Food Market,” Journal of Food Products Marketing, (1996), 3, 1, 1-12.

 

Goldsmith, Ronald E. and Richard A. Heiens (1992), “Subjective Age: A Test of Five Hypotheses,” The Gerontologist, 32, 3 (June), 312-317.

 

 

Conference Proceedings:

 

Heiens, Richard A. and Larry P. Pleshko (2009), “An Examination of Strategic Orientation and Growth Strategies Among Credit Unions,” in Proceedings of the Southeast Decision Sciences Annual Conference, Albert Avery (Ed.), Charleston, SC: Southeast Decision Sciences Institute, 632-646.

 

Pleshko, Larry P., Nizar Souiden, Richard A. Heiens, and Michael J. Fekula (2006), “The Operation of Double Jeopardy in the Fast Food Services Market,” in Proceedings of the Thirteenth Annual Meeting, Pani Chakrapani and Gary G. Parks (Eds.), Las Vegas, NV: American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences, 1626-1637.

 

Heiens, Richard A., Robert T. Leach, and Leanne C. McGrath (2005), “Examining the Contribution of Intangible Assets, Resources, and Expenditures on Shareholder Wealth,” in Proceeding of the Society for Advancement of Management, Moustafa H. Abdelsamad (Ed.), Las  Vegas, NV: Society for Advancement of Management, 609-615.

 

Heiens, Richard A. and Larry P. Pleshko (2005), “The Impact of First-Mover Efforts on Market Share Performance in the Financial Services Industry,” in Expanding Marketing Horizons, Into the 21st Century, Joe Chapman (Ed.), Jekyll Island, GA: Association of Marketing Theory and Practice, 320-325.

 

Pleshko, Larry P. and Richard A. Heiens (2003), “Pure Forms of Strategic Marketing: An Investigation of Leadership and Performance, “ in Proceedings of the Academy of Marketing Studies, Jo Ann Carland and Jim Carland (Eds.), Las Vegas, NV: Allied Academies International Conference, 61-68. [Distinguished Paper Award]

 

Pleshko, Larry P., Richard A. Heiens and Leanne C. McGrath (2001), “The Development and Validation of the Strategic Marketing Initiative Scale as a Comprehensive Measurement Instrument for First-Mover Efforts,” in Proceedings of the Academy of Marketing Studies, Jo Ann Carland and Jim Carland (Eds.), Las Vegas, NV: Allied Academies International Conference, 1-5. [Distinguished Paper Award]

 

Pleshko, Larry P. and Richard A. Heiens (1999), “Customer-Focus or Competitor-Focus?  A Sample of Product Firms”, in Enhancing Knowledge Development in Marketing, Peter J. Gordon and Bert J. Kellerman (Eds.), San Francisco, CA: American Marketing Association Summer Educators' Conference, 198-203.

 

Lennon, Ron and Richard A. Heiens (1999), “Profiling Jamaican Customer Loyalty within the FCB Grid,” in Marketing for the Millennium, Jerry W. Wilson (Ed.), Annapolis, MD: Atlantic Marketing Association, 324-330.

 

Heiens, Richard A. (1998), “Profiling Customer Loyalty within the FCB Grid,” in The Changing World of Corporate and Marketing Communications: Towards the Next Millennia, Philip J. Kitchen (Ed.), Glasgow, Scotland: Global Institute for Corporate and Marketing Communications, 205-212.

 

Heiens, Richard A. and Larry P. Pleshko (1996), “Customer Loyalty in the Service Sector,” in Proceedings of the Third Annual Meeting, Jack L. Howard (Ed.), Las Vegas, NV: American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences, 39-43.

 

Pleshko, Larry P., Peter A. Stanwick and Richard A. Heiens (1995),  “Market Leadership Profiles of the Miles and Snow Typology Groups,” in Advances in Marketing, Lou E. Pelton, David Strutton, and John F. Tanner (Eds.), Houston, TX: Southwestern Marketing Association, 232-236.

 

Heiens, Richard A. and Larry P. Pleshko (1995), “An Empirical Examination of Customer Loyalty in a Convenience-Driven Market,” in Transforming Marketing: On-Line and Integrating, Donald L. Thompson and Cathy Owens Swift (Eds.), New Orleans, LA: Atlantic Marketing Association, 232-236.

 

Pleshko, Larry P. and Richard A. Heiens (1994), An Investigation into the Relationship Between Consumer Satisfaction, Market Performance, and Firm Performance in a Services Environment,” in Enhancing Knowledge Development in Marketing, Ravi Achrol and Andrew Mitchell (Eds.), Chicago, IL: American Marketing Association Summer Educators' Conference, 410.

 

Goldsmith, Ronald E., Steven J. Newell and Richard A. Heiens (1993), “A Reexamination of Some Black/White Consumption Differences,” in Developments in Marketing Science, Michael Levy and Dhruv Grewal (Eds.), Miami Beach, FL: Academy of Marketing Science, 20-23.

 

Taylor, Steven A., Randall Hansen and Richard A. Heiens (1992), “Service Quality: An Examination Using Multi-Dimensional Scaling,” in Marketing: Perspectives for the 1990s, Robert L. King (Ed.), New Orleans, LA: Southern Marketing Association (Society for Marketing Advances), 401-405.

 

Heiens, Richard A. (1992), “Management-By-Objectives: An Actionable Framework for the Efficient Management of Nonprofit Organizations,” in Contemporary Business Issues, Sammy G. Amin (Ed.), Las Vegas, NV: Academy of Business Administration, 644-649.

 

Heiens, Richard A. and Richard W. Mizerski (1991), “Modifying the Behavioral Intentions Paradigm for the Prediction of Gift-Giving Behavior,” in Retailing: Reflections, Insights, and Forecasts, Robert L. King (Ed.), Richmond, VA: Academy of Marketing Science, 55-59.

 

Heiens, Richard A. (1991), “A Methodology Towards Measuring the Cognitive Age Construct,” in Proceedings of the Twenty-Second Annual Meeting, Enar A. Tunc and Jatinder N.D. Gupta (Eds.), Indianapolis, IN: Midwest Decision Sciences Institute, 357-360.