Provide a Framework to Explain the Components of Sustainable Marketing Using the Meta-Synthesis and Delphi Method in Knowledge-Based Companies
Subject Areas : Jounal of Marketing ManagementSiyamak Azadi 1 , farshid namamian 2 , Fakhraddin Maroofi 3 , Alireza moradi 4
1 - Ph.D student of Business Administration, Kermanshah Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kermanshah, Iran
2 - Assistant Professor, Department of Business Administration, Kermanshah Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kermanshah, Iran
3 - Associate Professor, Department of Business Administration, University of Kurdistan, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran
4 - Assistant Professor, Department of Economic Sciences, Kermanshah Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kermanshah, Iran
Keywords: Meta-synthesis, Delphi, student companies, Sustainable Marketing,
Abstract :
Today, attention to the concept of sustainable marketing is the need for all new millennium. In fact, its value is one of its advantages and disadvantages. The purpose of this study is to provide a framework to explain the components of sustainable marketing using the information available in reputable scientific databases and expert opinions. The present study is based on purpose of the type of exploratory research, on the basis of achievement or result, an applied study and in terms of data type is considered a qualitative research. To conduct this research in the first stage and to analyze the research literature, the meta- synthesis method was used. then, using the two - step Delphi method in the first round of 14 people and in the second round of 11 of them, experts ' opinions were based on the foundations of knowledge firms in the west of the country and were classified into 10 categories and 31 concepts. The results show that the components of sustainable marketing in knowledge-based companies from 10 categories of customer value management, sustainable brand development, environmental sustainability, sustainable product development, environmental and social capital, sustainable business, sustainable innovation, green marketing management, Sustainable strategic management and integrated change management have been formed.
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