The importance of marketing research in the development of innovative integration structures in the context of the knowledge based economy

Abstract

The main objective of this paper is to assess the impact of marketing research on the development of various forms of integration links occurring in agribusiness in the context of the knowledge-based economy. A short presentation of the agro-industrial clusters has been presented as an example of innovative forms of trade integration. In developing a thesis emphasizing the strategic role of marketing research, both in the process of creating and managing a cluster, as well as the knowledge management process. The role and importance of marketing research in practical cluster management increases systematically under the influence of both, external and internal factors. In the process of creating or strengthening the competitiveness of the cluster structure, the role that marketing research is to play, has a very wide dimension. The theoretical-cognitive supported by the empirical data conducted in Podkarpacki Cluster Agri-Grocery implemented within the framework of their own research project. Marketing research, as it seems, may be for cluster managers valuable clue in making new decisions (operational, tactical and strategic), determining the direction of development and, above all, a source of new knowledge, strengthening the concept capital of the cluster.

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Roman Chorób

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Roman Chorób (2014). The importance of marketing research in the development of innovative integration structures in the context of the knowledge based economy. Zeszyty Naukowe Małopolskiej Wyższej Szkoły Ekonomicznej w Tarnowie, 24(2), 37-45. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-126964