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Promotional budget share out of the total marketing budget of companies activating on the Romanian market in 2008 and 2009
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This paper presents the results of an ample research regarding marketing communication in companies from the Romanian market. Its purpose is to identify a series of specific guidelines in the field and to track their development in time. It must be noted that marketing communication efforts are perceived as some of the most important ones by the la...
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... place held by communication within the marketing activities of a company could also result from the promotional budget share out of the total marketing budget of the organization. Table 2 shows the results obtained for this factor, in the two years taken into account. Therefore, the number of companies allocating less than 10% out of the marketing budget to promotion activities was considerably smaller, while the number of companies investing more in promotion underwent a significant increase. ...Similar publications
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... Consequently, in an increasingly dynamic business environment, the exclusive focus of businesses on launching excellent products is no longer a guarantee of long-term success. Nowadays, SMEs are competing more and more to create unique customer experiences by carefully managing interactions and supplying customized treatment [48]. In addition to the strategic customer relationship management (CRM) approach [49], SMEs also strive for social responsibility in planning their product portfolio, so as not to alter the natural environment and to be recognized for delivering green value products to the market [50]. ...
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