This paper examines the links between service quality, customer satisfaction and loyalty in logistics outsourcing relationships. Besides service quality, also the role of inter-firm relationships and service provider’s image are examined. A theoretical model is developed and tested with structural equation modeling using survey data from industrial companies in Finland. It is shown that perceiv...

This paper aims to investigate customer perceptions of the concept of CRM and its relevance to customer satisfaction and loyalty in the UK retail banking industry. It also seeks to identify the critical factors that can impact on a consumer’s choice of bank. The main research instrument is a questionnaire. 240 questionnaires are randomly distributed. Two statistical modelling techniques namely ...

This research examines the exogenous antecedents of loyalty in the purchase of 3C products. In the proposed model, we assess how the direct effects of technology readiness, satisfaction, and electronic word-of-mouth on consumers’ loyalty and the indirect effects of technology readiness on loyalty via satisfaction and electronic word-of-mouth. Data was collected via online survey from experience...

The aim of this paper is to investigate the impact of individual dimensions of perceived service quality on customer satisfaction, trust and loyalty in e-commerce settings. Empirical results indicate that the perceived service quality has positive direct effects on both customer satisfaction and trust. The results also show that customer satisfaction appears to have a positive direct effect on ...

The purpose of this study is to test s structural equation model which aims to explore the extent to which customer lifetime value (CLV) is impacted by customer perceptions of value, satisfaction, and loyalty. A series of examinations revealed that (1) customer value (CV) impacts customer satisfaction and loyalty directly and positively; (2) customer satisfaction is directly and positively rela...

BACKGROUND Previous research has addressed the relationship between customer satisfaction, perceived quality and customer loyalty intentions in consumer markets. In this study, we test and compare three theoretical models of the quality-satisfaction-loyalty relationship in the Chinese healthcare system. METHODS This research focuses on hospital patients as participants in the process of healt...

Literature has stressed the importance of customer retention (loyalty) as it is considered to be a vital source in attaining not only competitive advantage but also improved business performance. A number of studies on online shopping behavior have indirectly related customer satisfaction to repurchase intention. But very few studies have explicitly studied the relationship between customer sat...

In this study we examine the driving forces of customer loyalty in the broadband market in Hong Kong. We developed and empirically tested a model to examine the antecedents of customer loyalty towards Internet service providers (ISPs) in Hong Kong. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to evaluate the proposed model. A total of 737 valid returns were obtained through a questionnaire surve...

in today’s competitive world, customers are at the main focus of organizations and the customer loyalty is the main reason of acquiring competitive advantage of organizations. the aim of present research is to investigate the relationship between customer loyalty and one of its key variables, service quality. trust and satisfaction have been investigated here as intermediate variables. this res...

Many studies have found that the perceived authenticity of cultural and religious events affects event satisfaction and loyalty. Little is currently known about how perceived authenticity is affected by the facilities, such as food and the availability of information, which are independent determinants of satisfaction and loyalty. This study aims to examine the antecedents of event loyalty. Que...