This article examines the impact of customer reward programs on the competitive outcome in duopolistic markets. We argue that loyalty discounts for repeat customers constitute a commitment device beneficial to suppliers rather than customers. Analyzing a two-period Bertrand model we show that...

Modern hotel business models tend to split ownership of the property and its business operations. It can be assumed that a good-quality hotel facility per se can easily achieve high customer satisfaction. The purpose of this research was to investigate the effect of customer perception of hotel...

Die vorliegende Arbeit stellt eine Metaanalyse von 42 zwischen 1985 und 2010 publizierten empirischen Studien bereit, die Beziehungen zwischen Mitarbeiterzufriedenheit (MiZu) und Kundenzufriedenheit (KuZu) statistisch für insgesamt 52.966 Beschäftigte von Wirtschaftsorganisationen untersucht...

Das Ombudsmannverfahren des Bundesverbandes deutscher Banken feiert am 1. Juli 2002 sein zehnjähriges Jubiläum. Das Jubiläum liefert eine willkommene Gelegenheit zur kritischen Bestandsaufnahme. Zudem soll der tiefergehenden Frage nachgegangen werden, ob sich die mit der Einführung des...

This paper shows that the correlation between the Net Promoter Score and consumers' Willingness To Pay in five European mobile markets is very strong. The Net Promoter Score is provided by a survey and the Willingness To Pay is calculated using the Spokes Model which is an economic model based...

The continued decline of voice revenues is pushing mobile operators in Taiwan turn into data and content services for exploring new revenue opportunities and raising ARPU. This study aims to discuss the critical determinants of the internet user's adoption of 3.5G mobile broadband services in...

Not only the horse as a living creature, but also equestrian sport, has a positive influence on the general upbringing and development of young people. Although equestrian sport still exerts a strong fascination, it is becoming more difficult to inspire young people to take part in this...

El objetivo del presente trabajo es presentar las relaciones entre imagen de marca corporativa (CBI), satisfacción y lealtad en el contexto de una Escuela de Negocios de la Argentina. Se proponen y validan tres hipótesis en este estudio: (1) la imagen de marca es un antecedente de la...

Swedish public transport organizations have set an objective to double usage of the public transport during the next coming five years. This study attempts to investigate if the current ticket solutions support the goal of the public transport companies, and if the available mobile phone...

There has been a recent debate in the marketing literature concerning the possible mispricing of customer satisfaction. While earlier studies claim that portfolios with attractive out-of-sample properties can be formed by loading on stocks whose firms enjoy high customer satisfaction, later...