Marketing fortification of business through crowdsourcing and social responsibility: focus on South African SMEs
| Autor: | Solly Matshonisa Seeletse, Eunice Lebogang Sesale |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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lcsh:GE1-350
Focus (computing) Index (economics) business.industry 05 social sciences networking Scopus SMEs 06 humanities and the arts Public relations 0603 philosophy ethics and religion Crowdsourcing marketing 0502 economics and business crowdsourcing 060301 applied ethics Business business skills Marketing environment Social responsibility Publication lcsh:Environmental sciences 050203 business & management |
| Zdroj: | Environmental Economics, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 18-25 (2017) |
| ISSN: | 1998-605X 1998-6041 |
| DOI: | 10.21511/ee.08(1).2017.02 |
| Popis: | This paper investigates networking and related activities for marketing performance of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) for the sustainable development and the preservation of the environment. These SMEs have limited business skills and knowledge, and don`t have any marketing funds. As a clearly growing trend aspect in business, networking approaches were blended to find approaches to help these SMEs to take their market niche. Thirty-seven (37) SMEs were used as a convenience sample to experiment with the concepts. They were investigated on what could optimize marketing results and what could offset marketing benefits. The paper finds out that networking provides effective marketing when is modeled under crowdsourcing. Options for crowdsourcing could also involve local organizations in the marketing networks. SMEs should document their activities for proper accountability and transparency. They should also use incentives to volunteers and crowdsourcing participants by giving them shares and be proactive in their approaches. Further, SME practitioners should require them to learn business skills. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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