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From December 5th to 7th, I had the incredible opportunity to participate in the 6th edition of ICMarkTech in the beautiful São Miguel, Azores 🌊🌿. It was an honor to present our article, "Logistics 4.0 and Digital Supply Chain: A Systematic Review," to such an engaging and knowledgeable audience. Beyond the professional growth, what truly stood out were the amazing people I met and the warm, collaborative environment of the event. The discussions, insights, and connections made during those days were inspiring, and I will forever cherish the memories we created together. A big thank you to everyone who made this event so special! 🙏

I am truly honored to have had the opportunity to develop and present an article, written in collaboration with my esteemed professor Ana Estima , at this year's ICMarkTech conference. This experience has been a significant milestone in my academic journey, and I am incredibly grateful for the professor's guidance, which has profoundly contributed to my growth as a researcher. A special thank you as well to my dear friend Adriana Cardoso for the invaluable companionship throughout our Master’s degree journey. Your support and shared experiences made this path even more rewarding. To everyone who has supported me on this journey, thank you for being part of this exciting chapter of my life!

📣 Dr Danijela Stojanović, naučna saradnica u Institutu ekonomskih nauka, učestvovala je na Međunarodnoj konferenciji o marketingu i tehnologijama 2024 (ICMarkTech 2024), koja je od 05. do 07. decembra 2024. godine održana u Ponta Delgadi, San Migel, u Portugaliji, u organizaciji Univerziteta Azora. 🎤📊 Danijela Stojanović je predsedavala jednom od ukupno 26 sesija, koliko ih je održano tokom ove međunarodne konferencije. Sesija je obuhvatila inovacije u marketingu i tehnologiji, analizirajući teme kao što su motivacija potrošača u programima lojalnosti, eko-inicijative u turističkom sektoru, izazovi u maloprodaji povezani sa tehnološkim kvarovima, uticaj marketinga zasnovanog na podacima na donošenje odluka i primena veštačke inteligencije u proceni kvaliteta usluga u upravljanju odnosima sa kupcima. 📌 Tokom trodnevne konferencije predstavljeno je preko 120 naučnih i stručnih radova. Dr Danijela Stojanović bila je i koautor jednog od radova prezentovanih na ovoj konferenciji. Reč je o radu „Application of Open Innovations in Railway Transport and Their Importance for the Improvement of Railways“. U radu je analizirano kako razvoj IoT tehnologija i koncept otvorenih inovacija omogućavaju brže, racionalnije i isplativije rešavanje problema u železničkom transportu, posebno u oblasti bezbednosti saobraćaja i pametnog transporta. Pored Danijele Stojanović, koautori ovog rada su Nenad Stanisavljević, iz Infrastrukture železnice Srbije, i Dijana Stojanović, studentkinja specijalističkih studija Fakulteta organizacionih nauka Univerziteta u Beogradu.

Doctoral Researcher Tiina Paananen presented the paper "Enhancing #Customer #Immersion in #Online #Shopping" at the ICMarkTech conference in São Miguel, Azores. The paper is co-authored with Tiina Kemppainen, Jenni Ström & Lauri Frank. The purpose of this study is to explore how customer immersion can be enhanced in online stores. Immersion means deep absorption into activity or experience, leading even to dissociation from the physical world’s existence. Immersion is a common term in gaming research, but with the development of digital technologies and online stores, it is increasingly being adopted in marketing research as well. In this study, we seek an understanding of the customer-centric perspective of immersion in online shopping using a qualitative approach. The data was collected by interviewing eight 20-29-year-old Finnish adults who had made clothing-related online purchases within the last three months. The data analysis was conducted with inductive coding, which led to four main ways to enhance customer online shopping immersion, with ten sub-categories; the four ways of how customer immersion can be improved in online shopping are using captivating online store characteristics, providing online store discounts, engaging online shoppers in calm physical surroundings and, lastly, stimulating online shopper’s imagination. It is interesting for companies that already exist and have well-adopted online store solutions that may enhance customer online shopping immersion, but more research is needed from different settings. Conference proceedings will be updated to the conference website: https://lnkd.in/g_WVcdsj Keywords: Immersion, Online Shopping, Clothing, E-Commerce University of Jyväskylä #CustomerBehavior #Immersion #ICMarkTech #ICMarkTech2024

I could not be more grateful for the opportunity to collaborate with Professor Ana Estima and Professor Rúben Silva Pinhal in the development of the two articles presented at ICMarkTech. With their extraordinary dedication to teaching and scientific research, I sincerely thank both professors for being at my side throughout this journey, culminating in a conference that has enriched me immensely on a personal, scientific, and professional level. I would also like to thank my dear friend Inês Mesquita Montes Oliveira who has been by my side throughout my Master's degree and this amazing conference. Thank you.

ICMarkTech’24 International Conference on Marketing and Technologies Professores e Investigadores portugueses e estrangeiros das áreas do marketing e tecnologias na ICMarktech’24, conferência internacional de marketing e tecnologias que teve lugar em Ponta Delgada, nos Açores. Em 2025 realizar-se-á em Valência, Espanha 🇪🇸 #icmarktech #icmarktech24 #pontadelgada #iscap #politecnicodoporto

I was delighted to participate in a new edition of the ICMarkTech conference. The Academia Europea de Dirección y Economía de la Empresa (AEDEM), through the European Journal of Management and Business Economics, has endorsed the best paper award. Congratulations to Jose Luis Reis and his team for organizing this conference. See you next year in Valencia at the Facultat d'Economia, Universitat de València

Last week I had the priviledge, for the 6th consecutive year, to participate in the ICMarkTech 2024 Conference as part of the Advisory Comittee, as a Researcher, to present my new work in the field of SMEs” digital transformation journey with the help of EDIHs, and also as a Chair of one session. 🤝 I was so happy to see how the conference grow in importance, with high quality of papers (+250 articles submitted and only 120 accepted), written and presented by exceptional researchers coming from all over the world (Canada, Brasil, Australia, Iran and +10 other countries from Europe). 😍 It was amasing to meet again with my incredible friends: Sandrine Prom Tep, Foris Diana, José Luis Reis, Stefan Mang, Josef Harasser, Carlos Alves, Jiří Zelený, Pedro Malta, Artur Strzelecki, Azadeh Alavi, Elaine Grech, Karina Cicha, Marcelly Fuzaro Gullo, Paulina Rutecka, Jorge Esparteiro Garcia, Manuel Fonseca, Carlos Flavian, Luis Paulo Reis, Tiina Paananen, Tiina Kemppainen, Stéfani Reimann Patz, @Manuel Reis, @Prof. Dr. Darius Zumstein, Enrique Bigné and many more as we had the opportunity to network and discuss more about our academic work. 👏 Congratulations to the whole ICMarkTech team for the remarkable organisation of this conference in the iconic place of Azores, Portugal. 🥳 👩🏫 Also, as a chair of one session, I had the opportunity to coordinate and introduce the work of dedicated researchers from Czech Republic, Portugal, Poland and Spain:  💡 Instagram Wine Posts: Modelling Behavior of Instagram Users Based on Photograph Characteristics Authors: Jiří Zelený, Darina Svobodova, Jana Kalabisová, Anna Ulrichová, Dana Kolářová 💡 Agent-Based Modeling study on tourists’ decisions upon the sustainable tourism image of tourist destinations Authors: Justyna Majewska, Agnieszka Niezgoda, Szymon Truskolaski 💡 Knowledge Discovery from Urban Mobility Data in Guimarães Authors: Carlos Alves, José Costa, Luís Mendes Gomes, José Machado 💡 Navigating the realities: unpacking consumer behavior in Metaverse Retailing using virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR) Authors: Joaquim Monteiro Pratas, Jose Paulo Marques dos Santos, Pedro Quelhas Brito 💡 Exploring the Influence of Virtual Reality on Customer Sentiment Analysis: A Systematic Review Authors:Rogério Palma Leandro da Silva, Ivo Pereira, Susana Nicola, Ana Madureira Congratulations to you all!👏 👏 🙏 Thank you also for the wonderful experience! 👏 😍 My presented paper was intitled: 💡 Transforming SMEs’ digital potential through associative cooperation: the analyses of Romanian Digital Innovation Hubs Authors: Amalia Georgescu, Silvia Avasilcăi

Last week I had the opportunity to take part in the 6th edition of the ICMarkTech 2024, together with my colleague Inês Veiga Pereira, with the theme “Corporate Social Responsibility and Purchase Intention: A Systematic Literature Review”. It was a great time to share and discuss some current issues. Congratulations to the organizing committee and all the participants.

I🇵🇹 [PT] 🏆 I C M a r k T e c h ' 2 4 🏆 Este ano tive o privilégio de participar novamente no ICMarkTech'24, que se está a tornar um habitué no meu percurso académico. Além de integrar a conferência como autor, tive a honra de assumir o papel de Chair da Comunicação, contribuindo para a organização deste evento que reúne investigadores com o intuito de apresentarem os seus trabalhos de investigação sobre as principais tendências no marketing e tecnologias de todo o mundo, quer fisicamente, quer em formato virtual. Partilho convosco os três artigos nos quais estive envolvido este ano: 📄 Impacts of Augmented Reality in E-commerce: Advances and Trends in 2024 – A Literature Review Autores: Carlos Alves, JOSE MACHADO, José Luis Reis 📄 Knowledge Discovery from Urban Mobility Data in Guimarães Autores: Carlos Alves, José Costa, Luís Mendes Gomes, JOSE MACHADO 📄 Applied Technologies in Virtual Tourism for Older People: Benefits, Challenges, and Well-Being Autores: José Luis Reis, Carlos Alves, Marianna Sigala, Bárbara Neves Gostaria de expressar a minha profunda gratidão aos meus orientadores de doutoramento, Professor JOSE MACHADO e Professor José Luis Reis, pelo apoio incansável e pelos valiosos conhecimentos que me transmitem, que moldam o meu percurso académico. Um dos momentos mais gratificantes desta conferência foi ver as minhas alunas do mestrado em Transformação Digital da Universidade da Maia - UMAIA a apresentarem os seus posters, reflexo dos projetos de investigação que tenho desenvolvido com elas tendo o papel de co-orientador. Estes trabalhos destacam-se pela criatividade e impacto social: 🎓 Proposal for a structure and guidelines for creating Digital Transformation plans for Football Clubs – Structure and Strategy for defining a Digital Roadmap Autores: Margarida Direito, Rui Humberto Pereira, Carlos Alves 🎓 FestConnect – Implementation Study of a Universal Digital Wristband for Music Festivals in Portugal Autores: Inês Neiva, José Luis Reis, Carlos Alves 🎓 Monitoring system as an aid to refereeing in roller field hockey modality Autores: Joana Santos, @Vera Carlos, Carlos Alves, Eduardo Peixoto O ICMarkTech'24 foi também uma oportunidade para reencontrar colegas e amigos que tanto admiro e cujo trabalho continua a inspirar-me. É sempre um privilégio aprender e conversar com o Carlos Flavián, Enrique Bigné, Amalia Georgescu, Artur Strzelecki, José Paulo Marques dos Santos, Luis Paulo Reis, Samuel Anjos, Luís Mendes Gomes, Bráulio Alturas, Luís Cascalho, Joaquim Monteiro Pratas, Sandrina Teixeira, Beatriz Casais, Pedro Malta, Jorge Esparteiro Garcia, entre outros. O vosso impacto no campo académico é verdadeiramente notável! 🙌 Por fim, um obrigado especial a todos os participantes e organizadores que tornam esta conferência uma referência no avanço da tecnologia e no marketing. Até ao próximo ICMarkTech'25 em Valência! 🌍 #ICMarkTech24 #AugmentedReality #ECommerce #DataScience