Although researchers have begun to recognize commitment as a multi-component construct, they missed examining profitability-related effects. We contribute to this research field by succeeding in linking a four-component model - consisting of affective, calculative, locked-in, and normative...

Purpose - In the internet economy, the business model of web portals has spread rapidly over the last few years. Despite this, there have been very few scholarly investigations into the services andcharacteristics that transform a web site into a portal as well as into the dimensions that...

In this article, the authors propose that in a multichannel environment, evaluative conflicts (dissynergies) between service channels exist. Building on status quo bias theory, they develop a model that relates offline channel satisfaction to perceptions about a new self-service channel. Data...

The paper offers an analytical approach for an integrated treatment of market partitioning and benchmarking within a Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) framework. Based on an empirical example from the automotive industry we measure product efficiency from the customer's perspective. This is...

We offer an efficiency-based approach to derive market partitions and respective benchmarks using Data Envelopment Analysis. Product efficiency is measured as an output to input value from the customer's perspective. Products offering a maximum customer value relative to alternatives represent...

Existing e-service quality scales mainly focus on goal-oriented e-shopping behavior excluding hedonic quality aspects. As a consequence, these scales do not fully cover all aspects of consumer's quality evaluation. In order to integrate both utilitarian and hedonic e-service quality elements, we...

Product failures are critical incidents in customer relationships. Here, managers often focus on recapturing satisfaction through resolving the problem. It is largely neglected so far that there is a chance to lift secondary satisfaction (i.e., satisfaction after a failure and recovery...

Recently, firms started to gamify conversational artificial intelligence (AI) agents, such as chatbots, to improve purchase outcomes. This article explores strategies for incorporating gamification into AI systems by investigating the impact of utilitarian and hedonic motivations facilitated by...

Consumers’ food preferences have led to a worldwide overweight rate of 35% in 2008. It is a matter of fact that overweight is closely linked to unhealthy eating habits. Most existing nutrition labels contain reference information in the form of aspirational levels such as the Percentage Daily...