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Internet of Things in Marketing: Opportunities and Security Issues Cover

Internet of Things in Marketing: Opportunities and Security Issues

Open Access
|Mar 2018

Abstract

Internet of Things (IoT) affects different areas of human activities: everyday life of ordinary citizens, work style of marketing teams, factories and even entire cities. Large companies try to implement the technology in their marketing strategy that reshapes not only communication style and product promotion but consumers’ expectations, perceptions and requirements towards companies. IoT is expected to become a huge network that will encompass not only smart devices but significantly influence humans’ behavior, in this particular case - decision making style in different phases of purchase process. Therefore, the need for comprehensive scientific research is necessary. The issue needs to be reviewed from various points of view, such as opportunities, advantages, disadvantages, legal and technical considerations. The paper is an attempt to review different aspects of using Internet of Things for marketing purposes, identify some of the major problems and present possible ways of solution.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mspe-01-04-2016 | Journal eISSN: 2450-5781 | Journal ISSN: 2299-0461
Language: English
Page range: 217 - 221
Submitted on: May 1, 2016
Accepted on: Jul 1, 2016
Published on: Mar 15, 2018
Published by: STE Group sp. z.o.o.
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2018 Irakli Abashidze, Marcin Dąbrowski, published by STE Group sp. z.o.o.
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