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Final Purchasers’ Cooperation with Offerors in Online and Offline Environments

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|Mar 2024

Figures & Tables

Figure 1.

Dendrogram showing clusters of advantages of the online environment for cooperation with offerors. Letters as in Table 2.Source: own study.
Dendrogram showing clusters of advantages of the online environment for cooperation with offerors. Letters as in Table 2.Source: own study.

Figure 2.

Dendrogram showing clusters of advantages of the offline environment as a place of cooperation with offerors. Letters as in Table 3.Source: own study.
Dendrogram showing clusters of advantages of the offline environment as a place of cooperation with offerors. Letters as in Table 3.Source: own study.

Figure 3.

Dendrogram showing clusters of types of services respondents would like to co-create. Letters as in Table 4.Source: own study.
Dendrogram showing clusters of types of services respondents would like to co-create. Letters as in Table 4.Source: own study.

Advantages of the online environment for cooperation with offerors in preparing marketing offers, as indicated by respondents

Advantages of the online environment for cooperationSymbolIndications (%)Average scoreStandard deviation
54321
Possibility to quickly submit one’s opinions to offerorsA86.212.01.00.40.34.830.473
Possibility to quickly receive feedback from offerorsB81.515.02.30.90.34.760.567
Possibility to submit one’s opinions to offerors at any time and placeC84.113.51.50.60.34.800.513
Possibility to learn about marketing offers from different offerors at the same timeD77.319.02.50.80.54.720.599
Possibility to learn opinions of many other purchasers about a given offer and/or offerorE72.522.73.41.00.44.660.636
Possibility for a purchaser to co-create non-material products, e.g. soundtrack used in the advertisement of a given productF54.827.312.63.81.54.300.935
Possibility to share one’s opinions with many other purchasers simultaneouslyG70.922.64.61.20.84.620.699

Advantages of the offline environment as a place for cooperation with offerors in preparing marketing offers, as indicated by respondents

Advantages of the online environment for cooperationSymbolIndications (%)Average scoreStandard deviation
12345
Possibility to submit one’s opinions to offerors in a more detailed way than onlineA43.431.112.610.92.04.031.084
Possibility to submit one’s opinions to offerors by people who do not like the Internet and prefer more traditional forms of communicationB53.334.87.03.51.34.350.861
Possibility to submit one’s opinions to offerors in the form of personal communication, i.e. conversation with a particular employeeC57.429.98.03.31.44.390.874
Possibility of direct participation in the preparation of a marketing offer, e.g. at the offeror’s premisesD45.132.913.56.22.34.121.015
Possibility to recognise offeror’s true intentions through his/her personal contact with a purchaserE57.427.39.63.91.74.350.926
Possibility to personally meet other purchasers participating in the creation of a marketing offer of a particular offerorF48.331.912.05.92.04.190.992
Possibility to submit one’s opinions to offerors in situations when the Internet is not accessibleG54.829.39.34.32.34.300.968

Results of analysis of significance of differences between indicated the types of services which respondents would like to co-create with offerors, taking into account the criterion of the preferred environment of such cooperation

Analysed variablesPreferred environment of cooperation with offerorsAverage rangeKW test valueLevel of significance ‘p
Banking (bank offers, etc.)Online574.652.3350.311
Offline593.77
Both608.33
Tourist (offers from travel agencies, etc.)Online586.772.2600.323
Offline545.65
Both606.48
Cultural (offers from theatres, cinemas, orchestras, etc.)Online574.007.0710.029
Offline513.14
Both613.62
Gastronomy (offers of restaurants, cafes, etc.)Online588.022.4460.294
Offline540.09
Both606.33
Design concerning real estate (offers of offices designing houses, gardens, etc.)Online593.910.1110.946
Offline592.78
Both600.69
Design concerning the Internet (offers of agencies designing websites, etc.)Online611.250.8850.642
Offline571.20
Both595.11
Transport (offers of companies offering coach, air, rail transport, etc.)Online576.142.3420.310
Offline579.32
Both608.63

Results of analysis of significance of differences between indicated advantages of the online environment for cooperation with offerors, taking into account the criterion of the preferred environment of such cooperation

Analysed variablesPreferred environment of cooperation with offerorsAverage rangeKW test valueLevel of significance ‘p
Possibility to quickly submit one’s opinions to offerorsOnline612.2574.0500.000
Offline355.11
Both608.18
Possibility to quickly receive feedback from offerorsOnline615.2437.8170.000
Offline403.66
Both603.96
Possibility to submit one’s opinions to offerors at any time and placeOnline607.7226.6810.000
Offline443.58
Both604.47
Possibility to learn about marketing offers from different offerors at the same timeOnline585.7933.5750.000
Offline408.37
Both615.44
Possibility to learn opinions of many other purchasers about a given offer and/or offerorOnline609.2734.7860.000
Offline381.00
Both607.75
Possibility for a purchaser to co-create non-material products, e.g. soundtrack used in the advertisement of a given productOnline605.0116.8080.000
Offline423.56
Both606.80
Possibility to share one’s opinions with many other purchasers simultaneouslyOnline598.5030.0880.000
Offline393.88
Both611.26

Environment preferred by respondents for participation in the preparation of marketing offers jointly with offerors (%)

Environment of cooperationIndications (%)
Online27.3
Offline4.3
Both environments are equally suitable to cooperate with offerors68.4

Results of analysis of significance of differences between indicated advantages of the offline environment as a place of cooperation with offerors, taking into account the criterion of the preferred environment of such cooperation

Analysed variablesPreferred environment of cooperation with offerorsAverage rangeKW test valueLevel of significance ‘p
Possibility to submit one’s opinions to offerors in a more detailed way than onlineOnline417.39142.1160.000
Offline733.24
Both662.50
Possibility to submit one’s opinions to offerors by people who do not like the Internet and prefer more traditional forms of communicationOnline447.87107.1720.000
Offline696.05
Both652.63
Possibility to submit one’s opinions to offerors in the form of personal communication, i.e. conversation with a particular employeeOnline429.44138.4590.000
Offline702.10
Both659.62
Possibility of direct participation in the preparation of a marketing offer, e.g. at the offeror’s premisesOnline452.2295.4050.000
Offline724.82
Both649.10
Possibility to recognise offeror’s true intentions through his/her personal contact with a purchaserOnline436.68125.3580.000
Offline676.29
Both658.34
Possibility to personally meet other purchasers participating in the creation of a marketing offer of a particular offerorOnline464.1479.9330.000
Offline636.67
Both649.83
Possibility to submit one’s opinions to offerors in situations when the Internet is not accessibleOnline475.3374.9490.000
Offline557.53
Both650.29

Types of services that respondents would like to co-create with offerors

Advantages of the online environment for cooperationSymbolIndications (%)Average scoreStandard deviation
54321
Banking (bank offers, etc.)A17.125.820.521.914.63.091.320
Tourist (offers from travel agencies, etc.)B38.237.513.07.04.23.991.082
Cultural (offers from theatres, cinemas, orchestras, etc.)C40.133.215.76.74.33.981.103
Design concerning real estate (offers of offices designing houses, gardens, etc.)D38.836.313.36.94.73.981.105
Design concerning the Internet (offers of agencies designing websites, etc.)E25.330.222.014.48.13.501.238
Cultural (offers from theatres, cinemas, orchestras, etc.)F20.225.325.018.111.43.251.279
Cultural (offers from theatres, cinemas, orchestras, etc.)G16.724.725.720.412.53.131.268
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/minib-2024-0002 | Journal eISSN: 2353-8414 | Journal ISSN: 2353-8503
Language: English
Page range: 21 - 52
Submitted on: Oct 11, 2023
Accepted on: Feb 6, 2024
Published on: Mar 20, 2024
Published by: ŁUKASIEWICZ RESEARCH NETWORK – INSTITUTE OF AVIATION
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

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