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What company characteristics are associated with the adoption of social media?

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  • Heli Koski
  • Mika Pajarinen
  • Petri Rouvinen

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In just one decade, social media have moved from being marginal phenomena to having three billion active monthly users globally in 2017. We use a large representative sample to study which company characteristics are associated with the early adoption of social media. Our findings suggest that digital orientation (outside social media), innovativeness, external collaboration in marketing and sales, and orientation towards consumer markets all increase a company’s probability of adopting social media. In addition, larger and younger companies are more likely to be early movers. Overall, business use of social media has only reached its early maturity; thus, it still has plenty of room to grow.

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  • Heli Koski & Mika Pajarinen & Petri Rouvinen, 2019. "What company characteristics are associated with the adoption of social media?," Industry and Innovation, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 26(8), pages 880-897, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:indinn:v:26:y:2019:i:8:p:880-897
    DOI: 10.1080/13662716.2019.1566054
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    1. Martina Aronica & Rubinia Celeste Bonfanti & Davide Piacentino, 2021. "Social media adoption in Italian firms. Opportunities and challenges for lagging regions," Papers in Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 100(4), pages 959-978, August.

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