Personalization in B2B marketing leveraging artificial intelligence for customer insights and data-driven decision-making

This thesis investigates how business-to-business (B2B) companies leverage artificial intelligence (AI) to personalize the B2B customer journey and enhance data-driven decision-making in marketing. While the adoption of AI-powered personalization is widespread in business-to-consumer (B2C) context...

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Main Author: Rammeya, Youssef
Other Authors: Kauppakorkeakoulu, School of Business and Economics, Taloustieteet, Business and Economics, Jyväskylän yliopisto, University of Jyväskylä
Format: Master's thesis
Language:eng
Published: 2025
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