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INTERVIEW
Marketing ACCOUNTABILITY An Interview with Neil Bendle, Associate Professor of Marketing, University of Georgia, and Chair of the Marketing Accountability Standards Board
BY STEPHEN SHAW
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hey are two solitudes — operating in isolated siloes, regularly clashing with one another, insistent on their point of view. So why do finance and marketing act like they are on opposing teams? Why the rancour? The lack of respect? The budget skirmishes? For starters, they’ve never shared a common business vocabulary, using terms and expressions that are foreign to each another. And neither has CONTINUED ON page 12
JUNE 2022
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