Kamelia Emami; Bahram Kheiri; Mandan Momeni
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The present study aimed to provide a model for holistic strategic marketing plan formulation in online businesses. In this study, with a qualitative approach based on contextual theory and through in-depth interviews with experts in the field of strategic marketing planning in the field of online businesses, ...
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The present study aimed to provide a model for holistic strategic marketing plan formulation in online businesses. In this study, with a qualitative approach based on contextual theory and through in-depth interviews with experts in the field of strategic marketing planning in the field of online businesses, the model of holistic strategic marketing plan in online businesses is presented. The participants were selected through purposive and snowball sampling at the same time and the interviews continued until theoretical saturation was reached and finally, 10 in-depth interviews were conducted. In order to analyze the data, the principles related to grounded theory (open and axial and selective coding) were used and concepts and categories were created. The results of data coding led to the identification of 130 basic concepts that were classified into 15 main categories. Finally, the conceptual model of the research includes 6 main parts of causal conditions (holistic marketing, customer relationship management, components of moving from offline to online planning, online marketing mix, data and information and the mental paradigm of managers), field conditions (prediction of future environmental changes and values), intervening conditions (online business characteristics and change), focal variable (online holistic strategic marketing plan), action and interaction (determination of operational plans and implementation of operational plans) and consequences (organizational performance and evaluation and control) were extracted. The results of the present research can be used in academic circles in order to create and store knowledge and for companies active in the field of online businesses and marketing managers.
elham Fazeli Veisari; Mohammad Javad Taghipourian; gheydar ghanbarzade; reza Tavoli
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Abstract:The purpose is identifying the components and developing inner relationships between viral marketing components in online business. The research statistical population comprises of 15 individuals in three generations of X, Y and Z in the qualitative section, and 460 online customers in the quantitative ...
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Abstract:The purpose is identifying the components and developing inner relationships between viral marketing components in online business. The research statistical population comprises of 15 individuals in three generations of X, Y and Z in the qualitative section, and 460 online customers in the quantitative section. in the qualitative section used the projection technique (word association, sentence completion, and visioning exercises) which is performed as an in-depth interview. Via MAXQDA software and in the quantitative section, 12 experts were employed to indicate Lawshe's index and from SPSS for exploratory factor analysis and inner relationships of identified components were specified and tested according to the DEMATEL technique and MATLAB and AMOS software. Validity and reliability in the qualitative part due to continuous conflict, use of integration in research, valid researcher review and in quantitative part of confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) to measure validity with AMOS software and Cronbach's alpha method with SPSS software to measure reliability Used. Findings in the qualitative section indicate 6 new components in the field of viral marketing included: online support, online products, online attractiveness, online risk, online appeal and online trust. The results by using DEMATEL and SEM also showed that viral marketing model in online businesses is such that there are relationships between online support and online appeal, online appeal and online persuasion, online appeal and online trust, and online trust and online risk-taking, whereas there are no relationships between online services and online appeal, and online persuasion and online risk-taking.
