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Prof. dr hab. Krystyna Mazurek-Łopacińska
ORCID: 0000-0002-0034-8344

Professor of economic sciences at Wroclaw University of Economics and Business. She specializes in the field of marketing research, consumption economics and consumer market behavior. Her scientific and research interests also concern marketing strategies, customer orientation in the enterprise, intercultural marketing communication, and marketing in culture. Her scientific contribution includes over 300 items, including many monographs and scientific articles. Author of the Consumer Behavior in the Modern Market. Marketing perspective, monograph published in 2021 by PWE. External examiner at Nottingham Trent University (2007–2013) and chairwoman of the Accreditation Committee of the Foundation for the Promotion and Accreditation of Economics (2005–2016). As an expert, she was a member of the Permanent Team of the National Science Center (2012–2015). Member of the Organization and Management Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences (2015–2020). She was vice-president and is currently a member of the scientific council of the Polish Scientific Marketing Society, as well as a member of the Reseau des Pays du Groupe de Visegrad Association and the international CEDIMES Institute.

 
DOI: 10.33226/1231-7853.2025.11.1
JEL: M15, M31, O33

The aim of this article is to explore how enterprises apply different forms of digital communication with customers, the perceived benefits of these practices, and the factors that facilitate or hinder the digital transformation of marketing communication. The research methodology combines a critical literature review with a quantitative empirical study (CATI) in the in the B2C market conducted on a nationwide sample of 150 companies of varying sizes, including small, medium, and large enterprises. The results of the study allow us to conclude that most companies do not have a digital technology implementation strategy that is consistent with their business development strategy. The digitization of processes is progressing at different rates in different areas of the company’s operations, most notably in sales and marketing processes. The level of artificial intelligence use in Polish companies is far from sufficient, although they recognize the significant benefits of implementing this technology, particularly in customer service. An important condition for the digital transformation of customer communication processes in companies is to give digital technologies their rightful place in marketing strategies, especially in market communication strategies.

Keywords: digital transformation; marketing; customer communication processes; digital technology
DOI: 10.33226/1231-7853.2022.12.1
JEL: M2, M3, M5

The goal of the article is to present scope and conditions of the social media use in the internal communication of enterprises operating on the Polish market, as well as what benefits and negative effects of using these media in this communication they notice. Moreover, the article is to present the conditions indicated by the surveyed companies, the fulfillment of which will increase the effectiveness of communication activities based on social media. The research procedure used in the article included literature studies and the analysis of the results of a survey conducted in 2022 using the CATI technique on a sample of 152 companies operating on the Polish market. The respondents were people responsible for the use of Internet technology in marketing activities of their companies, in particular in internal and external communication of these companies. Based on the obtained results, it can be concluded that the level of using social media in internal communication, especially in small and medium-sized enterprises, is still insufficient, but the prospects for using these media are promising, as evidenced by the benefits perceived by the surveyed companies. Enterprises also notice barriers in the use of these media, related to the lack of a social media management strategy developed by the company and related to the lack of integration of social media activities with other communication channels used. Employees' competences to manage communication in social media are also insufficient. The results of the research made it possible to determine the directions of actions, that are necessary in order to increase the effectiveness of the social media use in the enterprise's management of internal and external communication processes.

Keywords: social media; internal communication; enterprise; management