An approach for capturing unobserved customer heterogeneity in structural equation modeling is proposed based on partial least squares. The method uses a modified finite-mixture distribution approach. An empirical analysis using quality, customer satisfaction and loyalty data for convenience...

1 An Introduction to Quality, Satisfaction, and Retention-Implications for the Automotive Industry -- 2 Linking Satisfaction to Design-A Key to Success for Volvo -- 3 Improved Customer Satisfaction Is Volvo Priority -- 4 Design of Lines as a Product-Policy Variant to Retain Customers in the...