RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 A Response to ‘Theoretical Concept or Management Fashion’ JF Journal of Advertising Research JO J Advert Res FD WARC SP 17 OP 21 DO 10.2501/JAR-40-5-17-21 VO 40 IS 5 A1 Don E. Schultz A1 Philip J. Kitchen YR 2000 UL http://www.journalofadvertisingresearch.com/content/40/5/17.abstract AB This paper, by two well known writers on IMC (Integrated Marketing Communications), is a response to Cornelissen and Lock (ref 34845, JAR Sept/Oct 2000), which contends that IMC is a management fashion rather than a developing academic theory. They refute the contention.