The growth of application service providers has been phenomenal in application service industry worldwide. Application service providers usually provide service which is comprised with modularized and standard components. Customers can easily switch to another supplier based on the comparison between cost and benefit if their service is comprised with modularized and standard components. So, ke...

BACKGROUND Service quality is perceived as an important factor for developing patient's loyalty. The aim of this study was to determine the hospital service quality from the patients' viewpoints and the relative importance of quality dimensions in predicting the patient's loyalty. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted in 2010. The study sample was composed of 943 patients selected fro...

the aim of this research was to investigate the satisfaction and loyalty of female bodybuilders towards domestic and foreign sport garments considering garments characteristics. in other words, this research attempted to answer this question that which characteristics rise female athletes' satisfaction from sport garments with special brands and consequently their loyalty so that the obtai...

The air cargo terminals (ACTs) recently focus on developing relationship with customers to meet their requirements and enhance loyalty in the competitive environments in Taiwan. The purpose of this study is to explore the effects of service quality, innovation capability and corporate image on customer’s satisfaction and loyalty of ACTs. After reviewing the literatures, the structural equation ...

This study is aimed at providing an insight into the effects of competition on customer value delivery for customer loyalty. Data were collected using a questionnaire on dyads of service employees and customers. The techniques of ANOVA, ordinary least squares, and logistic regression were used to analyze the dyad data in terms of research purposes. Results show that competition is a moderator o...

A key challenge to brand managers is how to gain a better understanding of the relationship between brand and customer loyalty constructs. Researchers have recognized that brand identity plays a key role in brand management. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of brand identity and brand identification on brand loyalty through perceived value, customer satisfaction, and trust...

The online merchant of an e-marketplace consists of an intermediary, providing the market infrastructure, and the community of sellers conducting business within that infrastructure. Typically, consumers willingly buy from unknown sellers within an e-marketplace, despite the apparent risk, since they trust the institutional mechanisms furnished by the relatively well-known intermediary. Consume...