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Mobile Social Media as a Strategic Capability: Expanding Opportunties Social Media Has to Offer to B2B Firms.

Bolat, E. and Kooli, K. , 2013. Mobile Social Media as a Strategic Capability: Expanding Opportunties Social Media Has to Offer to B2B Firms. In: Academy of Marketing, 9--11 July 2013, Cardiff.

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Abstract

Mobile social media (MSM), an interaction, exchange of information and creation of user-generated content, mediated by mobile devices is becoming the locomotive that drives forward evolution of online world. So far, limited number of academic studies touched upon the MSM subject with all the papers being of conceptual nature. No empirical evidence is available to prove whether and how firms utilise MSM for their best advantage. This paper addresses this gap by employing the grounded theory approach (GT) to analyse interviews conducted in twenty-six B2B firms. This study found that eighteen firms use mobile technology primarily as a platform to access social media sites, understand canons of MSM consumption and utilise MSM as a strategic capability to reinforce the strategic position of a firm. Our data illustrates that the MSM strategic capability includes four main activities: (1) market sensing; (2) managing relationships; (3) branding and (4) developing content. These activities can results in the decreased research and development spendings without sacrificing innovativeness because MSM is a valuable source of information about the market and a source of ideas for new products/services. In practical terms firms can examine MSM activities and decide whether there is an opportunity to utilise MSM advantageously.

Item Type:Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Group:Bournemouth University Business School
ID Code:21290
Deposited By: Symplectic RT2
Deposited On:23 Jun 2014 14:34
Last Modified:14 Mar 2022 13:49

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