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Social media as a strategic marketing tool in the Sicilian wine industry: Evidence from Facebook
2017
Abstract Over the last few years, many companies have integrated social media, and social networking sites in particular, into their communication and media plan, leading to a deep transformation of the organizational models and changing the companies׳ marketing dynamics. This study has dual aims: first, to recognize and validate the firm׳s social media (SM) efforts in its use of the Facebook platform; second, to examine the relationships among the firm׳s SM efforts and some firm and managerial characteristics. In order to achieve these research aims, data on 45 wineries were collected and analysed, using a model that considers three different dimensions of the firms׳ activity on the social…
Society Versus Business Organization: The Strategic Role of Marketing
2006
This paper is intended to discuss the role of business organization within society, contributing to the theoretical and managerial understanding of this matter. Concepts of strategic marketing and societal marketing are presented and comparatively analysed. In addition, corporate positioning based on social responsibility is examined. The author believes that managers should accept the challenge of balancing the interests of society with those of organizations, trying to reach the best relationship between them.