Differences in the usage of online marketing and social media tools: evidence from Czech, Slovakian and Hungarian SMEs

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Result on the web

<a href="http://economic-policy.pl/index.php/journal-issues/archive/48-2020-volume-15-issue-3" target="_blank" >http://economic-policy.pl/index.php/journal-issues/archive/48-2020-volume-15-issue-3</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.24136/eq.2020.024" target="_blank" >10.24136/eq.2020.024</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Differences in the usage of online marketing and social media tools: evidence from Czech, Slovakian and Hungarian SMEs

Original language description

esearch background: Because of the rapid improvements in advanced technological tools and widely usage of the Internet among the world, most of SMEs in various countries have become able to apply their marketing activities through online marketing and social media platforms that are less costly for them. Since SMEs encounter many financing constraints, these marketing options might be very beneficial for them to use for their marketing activities. However, socio-economic and cultural factors differ in each corner of the globe. Purpose of the article: This paper aims to investigate international differences between usage of online marketing and social media platforms by SMEs. Methods: The authors of this paper have selected 1156 Czech, Slovakian and Hungarian SMEs from Cribis database by employing random sampling method. An online questionnaire was directed by the researchers to have responses from managers and owners of SMEs. To find differences in selected variables, the researchers perform ANOVA analyses with Post- Hoc tests in SPSS statistical program. Findings & Value added: Regarding the size of businesses, Hungarian SMEs in both size categories: micro and small-medium sized, apply social media platforms in their operations more than Czech and Slovakian SMEs. When it comes to marketing activities, some similarities are in existence depending on size and age of SMEs. In detail, propensities of Slovakian and Hungarian older SMEs (that have been operating more than 10 years) and microenterprises to apply online marketing channels are higher than Czech older SMEs and Czech microenterprises. Corresponding to social media usage, Czech and Slovakian SMEs and older enterprises do not differ. But Hungarian SMEs and older Hungarian firms are more prone to apply social media channels than Czech and Slovakian SMEs and older Czech and Slovakian enterprises. This paper is a unique study that makes comparison between some Central European countries' SMEs that are in the Visegrad Group regarding their usage of their online marketing and social media tools. Thus, this paper also fulfills some gap in the marketing literature.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50204 - Business and management

Project

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Continuities

N - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z neverejnych zdroju

Publication year

2020

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Equilibrium. Quarterly Journal of Economics and Economic Policy

ISSN

1689-765X

e-ISSN

2353-3293

Volume of the periodical

15

Issue of the periodical within the volume

3

Country of publishing house

PL - POLAND

Number of pages

27

Pages from-to

537-563

UT code for WoS article

000589231500007

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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