Generating financial returns, noble and important as that goal is, is no longer enough, 3 scholars of marketing argue.
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Professor in Company Law, University of South Africa
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Associate Professor, University of Tasmania
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Professor: International Business & Strategy, Wits Business School, University of the Witwatersrand
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Executive Director of the Center for Community and Nonprofit Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Adjunct Associate Professor, Monash University
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Professor Emerita of Law, University of Oregon
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Associate professor, Stellenbosch University
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Dean of the Gabelli School of Business, Chair and Professor of Marketing, Fordham University
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Professor of Marketing; Senior Fellow, Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Texas A&M University
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Professor, Paul H. O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana University
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Professor of Marketing, Monash University
