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...

Loyalty is considered as a key concept in the establishment and maintenance of long term relationships. In this work in progress communication, a theoretical framework is proposed on the basis of the relationship marketing paradigm and commitment trust theory. Loyalty is conceived according to Oliver (1997) as a causal chain composed by cognitive loyalty, affective loyalty, conative loyalty and...

Purpose – This study discusses and tests the combined role of perceived risk, objective knowledge and certainty as moderators in the satisfaction–loyalty relationship. Design/methodology/approach – The authors use survey data of 387 Vietnamese consumers in a food context. A structural equation modelling (SEM) approach for moderator analysis with latent constructs is used to test the hypotheses....

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to explore the relationship of consumer personality trait, brand personality and brand loyalty. Design/methodology/approach – The convenience sampling method was used to collect primary data. A total of 400 adult consumers were interviewed who looked round or bought toys and video games in Taipei City Mall, and 387 effective questionnaires were collected; ...

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...

This study has been focused on finding the key determinants of customer loyalty and customer satisfaction in e-banking. The key factors of Customer loyalty are: customer retention; Security and Virtual Banking; and Technology invasion. Customer Retention emerges as an important factor influencing customer Loyalty with highest Eigen value and it explains maximum variation. This is followed by Se...

This research has proposed a conceptual framework to investigate the effects of customers’ perceived service quality, trust, and customer satisfaction on customer loyalty. To test the conceptual framework, structural equation modeling (SEM) has been used to analyze the data collected from 304 customers of a major private telecommunication company operating in Bangladesh. The results of the stud...

Considering the important role that personality traits and brand identity is playing in gaining advantage for companies against the competitors, these seem to be more important when customers be loyal to the brand. The purpose of this paper is to determine the relationship between personality traits of customers and personality and brand loyalty. The model of this research is presented based on...

The purpose of this study focuses on the role of Customer Perceived Value (CPV) in building Word of Mouth (WOM) and loyalty at the Business to Business (B2B) context. More specifically, we examine the proposition that customer perceived value in service providers with unique antecedents and consequences. Data were collected in the main study by measuring the participants through face-to-face in...

In order to be successful in the market it is not sufficient to attract new customers managers must concentrate on retaining existing customers implementing effective policies of customer satisfaction and loyalty. In hotel industry customer satisfaction is largely hooked upon quality of service. A management approach focused on customer satisfaction can improve customer loyalty, thus increasing...