With the performance of service personnel often constituting a major element of a service per se, the customer orientation of service personnel is often regarded as a main determinant of service firms’ success. Drawing on a deductively derived four-dimensional conceptualization of the customer orientation of service personnel, consisting of employees’ technical skills, social skills, motivation...

In recent years, business literature has shifted its focus from customer to centricity, which is positioned as a fundamentally new concept, paradigm of doing business. The purpose this article understand the correlation these concepts for correct interpretation latter. A review scientific using built-in analysis option SCOPUS.com showed that main components concept (definition, genesis, prerequ...

Available online 22 January 2009 The firm's customer relationship management (CRM) system is frequently a central element of the knowledge management function of the firm. It integrates information from internal and external sources to guide managers and field personnel in the development and presentation of the firm's value proposition. But despite the widespread adoption of CRM systems by fir...

Aalto University, P.O. Box 11000, FI-00076 Aalto www.aalto.fi Author Heidi M. E. Korhonen Name of the doctoral dissertation Customer Orientation in Industrial Service Innovation Publisher School of Science Unit Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Series Aalto University publication series DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS 124/2016 Field of research Leadership and Knowledge Management Manus...

What motivates firms to develop Internet-enabled interfirm communication? We draw upon the work of Alavi et al. (2005–2006) and propose that the use of the Internet in interfirm communication is influenced by a firm’s firm orientation and its internal communities of practice. Based on data collected from 307 international trade firms in the Beijing area, we find that Internet-enabled interfirm ...