• Asia Marketing Journal
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.53-77
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• 2013

As advertising and promotions are categorized as operating expenses, managers tend to reduce marketing budget to improve their short term profitability. Gauging the value and accountability of marketing spending is therefore considered as a major research priority in marketing. To respond this call, recent studies have documented that financial market reacts positively to a firm's marketing activity or marketing related outcomes such as brand equity and customer satisfaction. However, prior studies focus on the relation of marketing variable and financial market variables. This study suggests a channel about how marketing activity increases firm valuation. Specifically, we propose that a firm's marketing activity increases the level of the firm's product market information and thereby the dispersion in financial analysts' earnings forecasts decreases. With less uncertainty about the firm's future prospect, the firm's managers and shareholders have less information asymmetry, which reduces the firm's cost of capital and thereby increases the valuation of the firm. To our knowledge, this is the first paper to examine how informational benefits can mediate the effect of marketing activity on firm value. To test whether marketing activity contributes to increase in firm value by mitigating information asymmetry, this study employs a longitudinal data which contains 12,824 firm-year observations with 2,337 distinct firms from 1981 to 2006. Firm value is measured by Tobin's Q and one-year-ahead buy-and-hold abnormal return (BHAR). Following prior literature, dispersion in analysts' earnings forecasts is used as a proxy for the information gap between management and shareholders. For model specification, to identify mediating effect, the three-step regression approach is adopted. All models are estimated using Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) methods to test the statistical significance of the mediating effect. The analysis shows that marketing intensity has a significant negative relationship with dispersion in analysts' earnings forecasts. After including the mediator variable about analyst dispersion, the effect of marketing intensity on firm value drops from 1.199 (p < .01) to 1.130 (p < .01) in Tobin's Q model and the same effect drops from .192 (p < .01) to .188 (p < .01) in BHAR model. The results suggest that analysts' forecast dispersion partially accounts for the positive effect of marketing on firm valuation. Additionally, the same analysis was conducted with an alternative dependent variable (forecast accuracy) and a marketing metric (advertising intensity). The analysis supports the robustness of the main results. In sum, the results provide empirical evidence that marketing activity can increase shareholder value by mitigating problem of information asymmetry in the capital market. The findings have important implications for managers. First, managers should be cognizant of the role of marketing activity in providing information to the financial market as well as to the consumer market. Thus, managers should take into account investors' reaction when they design marketing communication messages for reducing the cost of capital. Second, this study shows a channel on how marketing creates shareholder value and highlights the accountability of marketing. In addition to the direct impact of marketing on firm value, an indirect channel by reducing information asymmetry should be considered. Potentially, marketing managers can justify their spending from the perspective of increasing long-term shareholder value.

• Asia Marketing Journal
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.39-72
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• 2009

최근 들어 마케팅지출의 수익책임성이 쟁점으로 떠오르고 있다. 재무제표에서 마케팅비가 차지하는 비중이 높아지고 있기 때문일 것이다. 본 연구는 이러한 쟁점을 연구하는 기초 작업으로서 마케팅지출과 마케팅성과를 분류하는 체계를 마련하는데 목적이 있다. 이를 위해 마케팅지출과 마케팅성과의 관계를 다섯 가지 가설로 검증하였으며 검증결과에 근거하여 다음과 같은 분류체계를 제안한다. 첫째는 투자성업무비가 마케팅성과에 미치는 영향이 비교적 많이 검증되었다. 따라서 마케팅지출을 투자성업무비로 정의하는 것이 타당함을 제안한다. 재무제표상의 계정과목으로 시장조사비, 경상개발비, 광고선전비, 판촉비, 해외시장개척비 등이 여기에 속한다. 둘째는 마케팅지출은 여러 시기에 걸쳐서 마케팅성과에 영향을 미치는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 따라서 마케팅지출은 투자라고 할 수 있다. 장기간에 걸쳐서 효과가 나타나는 것을 일반적으로 투자라고 하기 때문이다. 셋째는 마케팅지출은 매출액에서 차지하는 비율도 중요하지만 업계의 비율과 비교한 초과개념이 중요하다. 끝으로 마케팅성과는 과정모델보다는 균형모델로 분류하는 것이 타당하다. 그 이유는 마케팅성과인 고객성과, 시장성과, 재무성과 간의 영향을 확인하기 어렵기 때문이다. 향후 연구에서는 연구의 목적에 맞추어 과정모델과 균형모델을 선택할 것을 제안한다.

• Asia pacific journal of information systems
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.143-162
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• 2016

Social media marketing has gained attention from marketers because of the growing number of social media users. Considering the unique context of each company or organization behind the marketing is necessary when choosing and applying various social media marketing strategies to ensure achievement of better business performance. However, previous studies have focused on context-specific marketing strategies. Accordingly, this study aims to develop context-specific social media marketing strategies. In this study, we first develop a conceptual framework with two items, namely, brand awareness and business orientation of an organization, as criteria, and classify the framework into four contexts. We then propose context-specific social media marketing strategies for each of the contexts. We examine the framework and proposed social media marketing strategies based on multiple case studies. The primary contribution of this study is our context-specific social media marketing strategies.

• 한국도서관정보학회지
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• 제23권
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• pp.147-182
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• 1995

Marketing technique is used as effective management tool in library. The small size of the user group in special libraries provides good condition for marketing. Special libraries can accomplish the goals and objectives with using marketing technique. The purpose of this study is to examine key concepts and activity procedures of marketing, and marketing mix 4'P, and to suggest the information services which can be used in developing marketing strategies of special libraries. The conclusions are summarized as follows. 1. The key concepts and activity procedure of marketing for libraries consist of market segmentation, positioning, consumer analysis, marketing program and marketing audit. 2. The marketing mix 4P's that can be used in special libraries are examined. 3. The information services which can be used in marketing strategies are suggested.

• 수산경영론집
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.169-191
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• 2004

This Study attempts to analysis the degrees of the efficiency of fisheries marketing channel's effectiveness, which are traditional marketing channel's effectiveness of fisheries wholesale markets and Discount Store's effectiveness such as margin, marketing performance. The study methodologies include not only a field sample survey but also a field interview. The results of this study are summarized as follows. First, at the numbers of fisheries marketing channel's margin factors, traditional marketing channel's margin factors are more than discount store's margin factors. Secondly, at the comparative study result of marketing channel margin efficiency, traditional marketing channel's prices are similar to discount store's prices. That is, consumers have bought similar retail price's seafood products through traditional marketing channels as well as discount stores cannels. Finally, however most consumers prefer discount stores to traditional retail stores because of discount store's multi-functions such as assortment of goods, freshness, exchange, refund and employee's kindness. In conclusion, the most important factor of fisheries marketing management is to realize the appropriate balance between marketing margin and consumer satisfaction.

• Asia Marketing Journal
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.19-37
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• 2015

Forming interfirm collaborative relationships has become a key aspect of a firm's marketing strategies to create value for customers and achieve greater firm performance. While empirical findings are mixed in previous studies, this study is an effort to identify boundary conditions for the benefits of marketing alliances. We investigate internal and environmental factors that may magnify or constrain the effect of marketing alliances on firm profitability. Given the complementary relationship between marketing and R&D activities, we focus on a firm's R&D intensity as an internal factor that may magnify the value of marketing alliances for firm performance. For environmental factors, we focus on industry turbulence and industry competitiveness. Industry turbulence refers to the degree to which industry market conditions change quickly and unpredictably, whereas industry competitiveness refers to the degree to which a firm faces competition in the industry. By testing these factors, we are intended to reveal boundary conditions that determine the value of marketing alliances for firm profitability. The analysis of firms in the diverse industries shows that while the main effect of marketing alliances on firm profitability is not significant, it becomes more positive when R&D investment is more intensive or when industry environment is more turbulent. The results of this study imply that just forming more marketing alliances may not be enough to increase firm profitability. Our findings imply that marketing alliances become more effective in a dynamically changing industry environment. That is, firms can cope with industry uncertainties more effectively by forming marketing alliances. At the same time, the moderating effect of R&D intensity implies that the internal investments in R&D magnify the effect of marketing alliances on firm profitability. The findings of this study contributes to the existing alliance literature in three aspects. First, this study enhances our understanding of the contingent value of marketing alliances by testing both internal and external factors that may influence the effectiveness of marketing alliances. Second, this study responds to the need for research that investigates actual performance resulting from interfirm relationships. Third, while previous studies primarily focused on a specific industry, this study extend previous findings of the boundary conditions for the benefits of marketing alliances in a broader context.

• Asia Marketing Journal
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.121-141
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• 2005

KT는 고객정보를 중심으로 새로운 사업을 개발하고 이를 출범시킴으로써 불모지나 다름없는 국내 데이터베이스 마케팅 산업의 초석을 다지기 위해 노력하였다. 여러 어려움을 극복하고 다양한 마케팅 활동을 통해 200만명의 고객정보를 확보하고 이러한 정보를 이용하고자 하는 기업들의 수요를 찾아냄으로써 국내 시장에 데이터베이스 마케팅 산업의 잠재력이 충분히 존재한다는 것을 보여주었다. 본 사례는 국내 데이터베이스 산업의 활성화를 위해 인프라를 구축하고자 한 KT 소디스 사업의 의미와 마케팅전략을 살펴보고 향후에 해결해야 할 주요 과제들을 제시하고 있다.

• International Journal of Costume and Fashion
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.75-89
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• 2005

The purpose of this study is to empirically ascertain how the fitness between marketing strategy each firm chooses and environment facing each firm affects the performance of firms measured by the growth rate of market share and the growth rate of profit/sales ratio. In doing so, firms are divided into three groups. With regard to the marketing strategy, firms are classified into three groups based on marketing strategy type; prospector, analyzer, and defender. The main result of this study are as follows: First, responding firms are classified into prospector, analyzer, and defender following Miles & Snow's marketing strategy types. This classification is made using a self typing method and further confirmed by a factor analysis using a number of variables relating marketing objectives and marketing mix. Second, the results show that there are significant differences across marketing strategies in the performance measures of the growth rate of market share and profit/sales ratio. It seems, however, that there is no straight forward relationship between the marketing strategy and the performance measures. This strongly implies that the type of marketing strategy to be adopted by each firm should depend on the environment facing each firm. Third, the result indicates that the growth rate of market share tends to depend only on the marketing strategy type regardless of sufficiency and variation of environment, but profit/sales ratio tends to depend on the fitness between marketing strategy type and environment. It implies that a firm should adopt different marketing strategies for different environment characteristics, in order to enhance the efficiency of resources used reflected in the profit/sales ratio.

• 디지털콘텐츠학회 논문지
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.205-211
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• 2012

본 논문은 기업의 마케팅 캠페인 실행 성과를 향상시키기 위한 디지털 마케팅 모델에 대한 연구 결과를 제시하고 있다. 최근 ERP, CRM, SCM 등 비즈니스 가치 사슬 프로세스를 개선하기 위한 프로젝트를 마친 기업들은 마케팅 프로세스를 전사적으로 개선하기 위한 작업을 진행하고 있다. 기존 마케팅 기법의 한계를 극복하기 위해서 디지털 마케팅 기법을 활용하기 위한 시도가 많다. 특히 마케팅 프로세스의 실행 단계인 캠페인 수행성과를 향상시키기 위해 디지털 마케팅 기법들을 적용하고 있다. 이에 본 논문에서는 디지털 마케팅 연구 모델과 연구 가설을 수립하고, 마케팅 전문가 설문 조사를 통한 통계적 분석 방법을 통해 검증하고자 하였다. 연구를 통해서 디지털 마케팅 모델 중에서 웹 분석, 소셜 분석, 개인 맞춤형 고객 관계 분석, 캠페인 실행 자동화, 실시간 캠페인 관리 등의 기법이 기업의 마케팅 캠페인 실행 성과에 영향을 미치는 것을 실증적으로 검증하였다.

• Agribusiness and Information Management
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.11-19
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• 2013

Price skimming practices, false claim on products, false information/communication, marketing overseas, and deception on products in marketing have received significant attention by the researchers of ethics in marketing studies. This research considers these phenomena as marketing instruments that grossly violate the practice of ethics in this domain. The two most crucial parts in marketing that have received greater attention are product safety and advertising. The paper also examines Ethical Marketing as the ability to make marketing decisions that are morally right and acceptable to all. In order words, ethics in marketing explains how moral standards can be applied in marketing decisions. It seeks to answer the research question by looking at some fundamental business ethics theories, namely, Virtue ethics, Utilitarian, and Deontological approaches to business ethics. Nevertheless, ethics in business is very controversial as many hold different view about what makes up the standard morals that corporations should take and so it is necessary for any organization to formulate its ethical codes to follow.