Learning cross-selling from peers: How networking affects cross-selling and sales performance


Bamberger, Boas ; Ruhnau, Robin-Christopher ; Wahlig, Dominik



Herausgeber: Monfort, Abel
URL: http://proceedings.emac-online.org/index.cfm?abstr...
Weitere URL: http://proceedings.emac-online.org/pdfs/A2021-9396...
Dokumenttyp: Präsentation auf Konferenz
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Buchtitel: 50th EMAC Annual Conference : May 25 - 28, 2021, ESIC Business and Marketing School, Madrid: proceedings
Seitenbereich: tba
Veranstaltungstitel: 50th EMAC Annual Conference 2021
Veranstaltungsort: Madrid, Spain, Online
Veranstaltungsdatum: 25.-28.05.2021
Ort der Veröffentlichung: Brussels
Verlag: European Marketing Academy
Sprache der Veröffentlichung: Englisch
Einrichtung: Fakultät für Betriebswirtschaftslehre > Business-to-Business Marketing, Sales & Pricing (Homburg 1998-)
Fachgebiet: 650 Management
Freie Schlagwörter (Englisch): networking , cross-selling , social learning
Abstract: This article investigates how salespeople learn to cross-sell successfully. Although cross-selling is a top strategic priority for many firms, many fail to do it successfully. Surprisingly, research largely neglected this managerially relevant topic. Drawing on social learning theory, we theorize and test (1) how networking facilitates learning to cross-sell and (2) how cross-selling affects individual sales performance. To this end, we collect multisource data, including survey data and archival data, from 262 B2B salespeople. Notably, we pioneer measuring cross-selling performance using objective data. The results reveal that networking behavior increases cross-selling behavior through networking performance, suggesting networking facilitates social learning of how to cross-sell. Moreover, we find that cross-selling strengthens salespeople's customer retention and sales revenue. However, cross-selling also has a dark side as it harms customer acquisition and profitability.







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