AI-powered marketing automation: exploring the factors affecting implementation in a large company

Marketing automation has firmly established itself as a necessary technology in marketing, and artificial intelligence (AI) seems to introduce novel opportunities to enhance the system even further. Integrating AI and marketing automation creates benefits for marketing, such as more efficient data p...

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Main Author: Vihavainen, Silja
Other Authors: Jyväskylä University School of Business and Economics, Jyväskylän yliopiston kauppakorkeakoulu, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylän yliopisto
Format: Master's thesis
Language:eng
Published: 2024
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