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Upon completion of this chapter, you will be able to: 1. Describe the strategy-performance cycle and its major elements. 2. Describe the strategic planning process for social commerce. 3. Explain the issues involved in justifying social commerce projects. 4. Explain how market research is conducted to aid social commerce. 5. Describe the use of metrics and monitoring techniques for performance assessment. 6. Describe the process and tools for social media analytics and sentiment analysis. 7. Explain how competitive intelligence and innovations improve social commerce performance.
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Turban, E., Strauss, J., Lai, L. (2016). Strategy and Performance Management in Social Commerce. In: Social Commerce. Springer Texts in Business and Economics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17028-2_10
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