Outsource marketing : efeitos na relação entre investimentos em ações de marketing digital e desempenho financeiro

Abstract

The relationship between digital marketing and financial performance based on an analysis of outsourcing effects in the field of marketing is still open for more studies in Brazil and represents an opportunity to develop deeper scientific researches. This dissertation presents a research that aims to analyze the effects of investing on digital marketing activities on the financial performance of the educational services of a company. It compares outsourced services versus not outsourced marketing services. The sales secondary data used refer to services (short-term courses) provided by the company analyzed between 2012 and 2015. Five hypotheses were treated, applying multiple regressions with moderation and analysis of variance. By controlling variables of fix costs, variable general expenditures and the average price, the prediction between independent variables of digital communication on the dependent variables of revenue and profit could be observed by testing the direct relation and the moderation of outsourcing marketing. The results give support that an option for outsourcing marketing services results in better outcomes for financial performance when the investments on digital actions increases as the outsource marketing is improved. Its theoretical and managerial implications lead to further development in the use of moderation tests in marketing studies and a closer relationship between the interest on business financial performance for both academy and the market.