Following the rapid growth of Groupon.com and of the other social couponing web sites, an increasing number of studies have examined the benefits that the customers can derive from this promotional tool. Nonetheless we register a scarcity of studies about the effectiveness of social couponing from the merchants’ perspective, i.e. from the perspective of those companies publishing their offerings on these sites. The purpose of this study is to fill this gap, by investigating the objectives that the merchants intend to achieve through social couponing and their satisfaction with the performance of this tool. Comparisons among merchants belonging to different industries are made, as well. Through a survey on a sample of 157 Italian merchants that have run their coupon campaigns through Groupon, this study shows that social couponing is not perceived as equally effective by all companies.
Sulla scia della rapida crescita di Groupon.com e degli altri siti di social couponing, un crescente numero di studi ha esaminato i benefici di tale forma promozionale per l’acquirente. Tuttavia si osserva una scarsità di contributi sull’efficacia di tale strumento nella prospettiva dei c.d. merchant, cioè delle imprese “inserzioniste” che scelgono di promuovere le vendite attraverso il social couponing. Il presente lavoro si propone di colmare tale lacuna, indagando gli obiettivi che i merchant perseguono tramite il social couponing e la loro soddisfazione rispetto ai risultati raggiunti per ciascun obiettivo, operando anche dei confronti in base ai settori di appartenenza dei merchant. Attraverso una ricerca su un campione di 157 merchant italiani che hanno pubblicato offerte su Groupon, l’analisi evidenzia che il social couponing non viene percepito come ugualmente efficace da parte delle imprese indagate.
L’efficacia delle campagne di social couponing: uno studio tra i merchant di Groupon
MAGNO, Francesca;CASSIA, Fabio;
2014-01-01
Abstract
Following the rapid growth of Groupon.com and of the other social couponing web sites, an increasing number of studies have examined the benefits that the customers can derive from this promotional tool. Nonetheless we register a scarcity of studies about the effectiveness of social couponing from the merchants’ perspective, i.e. from the perspective of those companies publishing their offerings on these sites. The purpose of this study is to fill this gap, by investigating the objectives that the merchants intend to achieve through social couponing and their satisfaction with the performance of this tool. Comparisons among merchants belonging to different industries are made, as well. Through a survey on a sample of 157 Italian merchants that have run their coupon campaigns through Groupon, this study shows that social couponing is not perceived as equally effective by all companies.File | Dimensione del file | Formato | |
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