Customers are savvier and more demanding than ever. Competition is increasing and competitive advantage is fleeting. Once-strong relationships have weakened, customers faced with an exploding array of choices, are easily swayed by competitive offerings at lower prices. How can you possibly stay ahead of this juggernaut? The answer lies in a clear and concise customer strategy, led by a Chief Cu...

A number of recent marketing studies examine the stock market's response to the release of American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) scores. The broad purpose of these studies is to investigate the stock market's valuation of customer satisfaction. However, a key focus is on whether customer satisfaction information predicts long-run returns. We provide evidence on the market's pricing of ACS...

This study aims to determine the effect of dependent and independent variables partially simultaneously. The research methodology used a quantitative method by collecting data through distributing questionnaires, population in this were users Gojek application Ternate City, sampling technique purposive snowball with 125 respondents. Data obtained using multiple linear regression analysis SPSS 2...

Many Customer-to-Customer (C2C) online auction providers still do not have a good understanding of Customer-to-Customer trade in Taiwan. The Customer-to-Customer online auction providers still do not have a good understanding of Customer-to-Customer trade behavior and are unable to provide satisfied and effective outcomes for an online auction trade. It is difficult to propose a standard trade ...

Abstract We document systematic differences in bitcoin prices across 11 different markets representing 26% of global bitcoin trade volume. These differences must — due to the identical nature of all bitcoin — result from characteristics of markets themselves. We examine differences across the markets and find that those which do not require customer identification for establishing an account ar...

a r t i c l e i n f o The importance of the customer's role in the management of a firm has been increasing for the last twenty years. A firm's organizational capabilities, both internally and externally oriented, are essential for increasing customer value creation and the focus of this paper is on market orientation, knowledge management and customer relationship management. The aim of the st...

Customer reviews contain opinions of the customers who purchased products and expressed opinions concerning their satisfactions and criticisms. Due to vast availability of product reviews in the web, it is extremely time-consuming and at times confusing for a new customer to manually analyze the reviews prior to buying a product. Reviews generally involve the presence of product feature specifi...

eBay has integrated Skype (a public voice over IP application) chat and voice into hundreds of categories on eBay sites globally. By integrating Skype in the marketplace, eBay sellers have the option of including Skype functionality to their eBay listings. This fosters more consumer to consumer (c2c) communication, in which eBay sellers can provide better customer care and build trust with buye...

Integrating customers into the innovation process is gaining popularity among companies as means of addressing competitive and market pressures. At the same time, companies are faced with the challenge of selecting appropriate customer integration methods to sustain customers’ engagement and elicit contributions that are useful. We draw from previous research in consumer behaviour to identify c...

One of the basic concepts in marketing is the concept of meeting customers’ needs. Since customer satisfaction is essential for lasting survival and development of a business, screening and observing customer satisfaction and recognizing its underlying factors must be one of the key activities of every business. The purpose of this study is to recognize the drivers that effect customer satisfac...