Features of food industry on the Internet: A case of Lithuania

The objective of this paper is to identify and present the current situation of Lithuanian food industry sector in terms of online presence, use of e-marketing tools and internet strategy implementation, paying attention to food manufacturers, marketers, and food delivery (including fast food and re...

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Main Authors: Vida Davidavičienė, Jolanta Sabaitytė, Sigitas Davidavičius
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Krakow University of Economics 2017-02-01
Series:International Entrepreneurship Review
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Online Access:https://ier.uek.krakow.pl/pm/article/view/1243
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author Vida Davidavičienė
Jolanta Sabaitytė
Sigitas Davidavičius
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description The objective of this paper is to identify and present the current situation of Lithuanian food industry sector in terms of online presence, use of e-marketing tools and internet strategy implementation, paying attention to food manufacturers, marketers, and food delivery (including fast food and restaurants). The following methods as comparative analysis of the scientific literature, secondary data analysis, data comparison and logical grouping, graphical representation of data, and descriptive statistics employed. For empirical study, it was decided to investigate online activities of the food industry sector of Lithuania using structured observation technique. Following assumptions were formed after study: companies of food industry are more oriented to Russia than to European market, and Baltic market is really important for this sector. It is necessary to investigate food industry sector activities and strategies in other regions, and to develop model of Internet strategy forming for food industry by online presence decisions. The originality of this work lies in studying some aspects of strategic and tactical decisions related to online presence of food industry companies of Lithuania.
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spelling doaj.art-6c7526d6fcbf47258c3b5a512cc844502024-04-27T12:42:17ZengKrakow University of EconomicsInternational Entrepreneurship Review2658-18412017-02-0131Features of food industry on the Internet: A case of LithuaniaVida Davidavičienė0Jolanta Sabaitytė1Sigitas Davidavičius2Vilnius Gediminas Technical UniversityVilnius Gediminas Technical UniversityVilnius Gediminas Technical UniversityThe objective of this paper is to identify and present the current situation of Lithuanian food industry sector in terms of online presence, use of e-marketing tools and internet strategy implementation, paying attention to food manufacturers, marketers, and food delivery (including fast food and restaurants). The following methods as comparative analysis of the scientific literature, secondary data analysis, data comparison and logical grouping, graphical representation of data, and descriptive statistics employed. For empirical study, it was decided to investigate online activities of the food industry sector of Lithuania using structured observation technique. Following assumptions were formed after study: companies of food industry are more oriented to Russia than to European market, and Baltic market is really important for this sector. It is necessary to investigate food industry sector activities and strategies in other regions, and to develop model of Internet strategy forming for food industry by online presence decisions. The originality of this work lies in studying some aspects of strategic and tactical decisions related to online presence of food industry companies of Lithuania.https://ier.uek.krakow.pl/pm/article/view/1243e-commercee-marketplaceLithuaniainternet usagefood industryweb marketing
spellingShingle Vida Davidavičienė
Jolanta Sabaitytė
Sigitas Davidavičius
Features of food industry on the Internet: A case of Lithuania
International Entrepreneurship Review
e-commerce
e-marketplace
Lithuania
internet usage
food industry
web marketing
title Features of food industry on the Internet: A case of Lithuania
title_full Features of food industry on the Internet: A case of Lithuania
title_fullStr Features of food industry on the Internet: A case of Lithuania
title_full_unstemmed Features of food industry on the Internet: A case of Lithuania
title_short Features of food industry on the Internet: A case of Lithuania
title_sort features of food industry on the internet a case of lithuania
topic e-commerce
e-marketplace
Lithuania
internet usage
food industry
web marketing
url https://ier.uek.krakow.pl/pm/article/view/1243
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