Innovation and Digital Marketing in Guadalajara, Mexico

Abstract

Purpose: The Innovation (INNOV) process is considered as a driver to increase the competitiveness in the Digital Marketing (DM) sector; however, many firms ignore how their own DM resources and capabilities affect the INNOV process. So, through a DM-INNOV proposed conceptual model, the aim of this study is to determine which are the main factors of INNOV are affected from DM, in Guadalajara, Mexico.Design/methodology/approach: The design is based on INNOV process model, construct published previously by Mejia-Trejo et al. (2014) and complemented with the DM model construct proposed here, with variables which are tested for validity and reliability through a pilot survey in order to get the final model. The study subjects were the most important customers of Monster Online (a mexican company, specialized in DM) and analysed by inferential statistics determining the Cronbach’s Alpha reliability in a pilot test and multiple linear regression (MLR) based on Stepwise Method using SPSS 20 program. The methodology is proposed as a descriptive, exploratory, correlational and a transversal study, based on documentary research to obtain a final questionnaire using the Likert scale applied to the total population: 900 Monster’s Online relevant CEO clients. So, we proposed:1. For DM: Web integration (WBI); Web Experience (WBE); Web Strategy (WBS) and Technological Resources (TRS)2. For INNOV process by Mejia-Trejo’s et al. (2014) conceptual model with: Innovation Value Added (IVADD); Innovation Income Items (IIIT); Innovation Process (INPROC); Innovation Performance (IPERF); Innovation Feedback Items (IFEED); Innovation Outcome Items or Results of Innovation (IOIT).The approach is based on the importance to relate the DM on INNOV process to determine their main factors that are affected and generate more innovation in the DM sector.Originality/Value: This article is aimed to determine the main factors that drive the DM on INNOV process to get more, about this, by mean of original theoretical models as a product of the principal related theories about DM and INNOV process. The Value of the study, is to obtain a first settlement for a generalized model able to be applied in other sectors in Mexico.Practical implications: The results obtained, will allow us measuring the level of correlation amongst the variables in study, and discover how the main factors of INNOV process are influenced for DM components.