This study investigates brand equity dimensions and customer retention of the Nigerian telecommunications industry. Cross-sectional research design was adopted to survey 368 postpaid subscribers. The respondents were selected through multistage sampling techniques. The four dimensions of brand...

Using the DART (dialogue, access, risk, and transparency) model as a core framework of value co-creation (VCC), and in the context of hospitality services, this study explores the role VCC might have in customers' perceived value (PV). The study delineates two characteristics of PV - perceived...

The onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic has had a critical impact on the travel and tourism sector. Tourist destinations in developing countries are even more susceptible to negative trends of this sort due to the importance of tourism in emerging economies and the peculiarities of their...

Forschungsgegenstand des Projekts sind so genannte Kundenerfahrungen. Ziel des Projekts war es aus einer Perspektive des Marketing Verständnis darüber zu erlangen, wie Erfahrungen von Kunden beim Konsum von Produkten oder Dienstleistungen sowie aus der Interaktion mit einem konkreten Anbieter...

Der Beitrag diskutiert Kundenerfahrung als Bezugsrahmen, der die beiden Konstrukte Kundenerlebnis und Kundenvertrautheit umfasst. Kundenerfahrung wird konzeptionalisiert als Kundenerlebnis im Sinne eines Maßstabs für die Qualität der Kundenerfahrung (positiv/negativ). Die Einflussstärke der...

The recent developments in information technology (IT) have enabled firms to employ personalized pricing. Should all firms employ personalized pricing even though the adaptation costs of such pricing strategies are not high? This paper theoretically demonstrates a situation in which all firms do...

To explore how occurring critical incidents affect customer-brand relations, this study measures the impact on the basis of an online experiment. For this purpose, 1,122 usable responses are gathered considering the smartphone brands of Apple and Nokia as well as different scenarios. The...

Customer Relationship Management concept is tendency of banking sector to establish and maintain long-term relationships with customers in order to provide value for customers and banks. This concept allows bank to identify, segment, communicate and build long-term relationships with customers...

This study uses the Markov chain and agency theory to demonstrate a link between a salesperson's perceived attributes with customer retention and both optimal effort and commission, using a relational perspective. The purpose is to show sales managers that, with a customer survey, they can use...

The measurement of loyalty is a topic of great interest for the marketing academic literature. The relation that loyalty has with the results of organizations has been tested by numerous studies and the search to retain profitable customers has become a maxim in firm management. Tourist...