DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION AND ITS INFLUENCE ON CHANGING THE MARKETING ORIENTATION OF BUSINESS STRUCTURES AND CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR

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Published: Mar 26, 2021

  Yuliia Radzikhovska

Abstract

Purpose of scientific research. The purpose of the research is to present the features of digital transformation and its impact on changing marketing orientation of business structures and consumer behaviour in particular, and to determine main value in digital economy, which is the customer, as well as to indicate marketing initiatives to enhance consumer behaviour Y, Z. The object of scientific research. The object of the scientific research is the process of digital transformation of business structures and changes in marketing orientation, which can be traced and understanding consumer behaviour in terms of generations of baby boomers, X, Y, Z. Methodology. Based on dialectical, systemic and matrix methods, the influence of digital transformation on consumer preferences and behaviour, as well as the change in marketing orientation, which determines new quality and format of business structures, has been studied. A comparative analysis of the types of generations of consumers that determine the further content of marketing initiatives in business is used. The result of the article. Marketing initiatives to enhance consumer behaviour are presented, taking into account the preferences and behaviour of online consumers. It is determined that the advantages of digital transformation for business structures are the improvement of the customer base, increased flexibility and acceleration of business processes, innovative opportunities for business development. Practical implications. Digital transformation of business structures and the changes traced in them in three stages are revealed, namely: automation (transfer of business processes to electronic systems for storage and exchange of data in the existing form and in the way in which they work at the enterprise); digitalization (optimization of individual business processes with adaptation to tools and technologies of digital economy); digital transformation (involves a qualitative change of the entire business model of the enterprise, starting from the strategy and ending with the digitalization of all (management, core and supporting) business processes). Marketing initiatives influencing values, priorities, ways of communication of different generations of consumers are specified. Value/originality. Matrix structure of preferences and behaviour as online consumers, representatives of generations of baby boomers, X, Y, Z in terms of priorities in online shopping, frequent purchases, reasons for buying online, reasons for dissatisfaction with purchases, additional information is proposed. Key directions of strategic transformations are defined, among which there are customer service, values, work with data, introduction of innovations.

How to Cite

Radzikhovska, Y. (2021). DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION AND ITS INFLUENCE ON CHANGING THE MARKETING ORIENTATION OF BUSINESS STRUCTURES AND CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR. Baltic Journal of Economic Studies, 7(2), 200-209. https://doi.org/10.30525/2256-0742/2021-7-2-200-209
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Keywords

digital transformation, marketing orientation, business structures, consumer behaviour, generations of people, millennials, buzzers

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