Assessment of service quality has been widely utilized in after-sales service, especially in the automotive industry. The purpose of the study was to determine factors affecting customer satisfaction in an automotive after-sales service at Toyota Dasmarinas-Cavite Philippines by utilizing the...

The aim of this study is to explore the human or employee-related factors that shape customer satisfaction in the context of call centres. The literature review draws from a range of disperse disciplines including Service Quality, Human Resource Management and Marketing. The empirical study...

This study reveals different types of self-service kiosk customer value and synthesizes the self-service kiosk customer value framework, which includes four value groups and three types of customer value elements. The study also reveals gaps which stem from the inconsistency and fragmented...

Purpose: Servitization is a rising trend as companies look for new revenue streams. This paper presents a study of customer care business model evolution in the smartphone industry. The paper identifies key changes in the business models during recent years and their implications for companies...

Research question: The present paper deals with the question of which consumers take advantage of the customer-friendly returns service and whether consumers are aware of the consequences of account blocking. Against the background of this question, it is of interest whether abuses are more...

In this paper, we study an e-grocer’s problem of differentiated slotting in last-mile logistics for attended home delivery. The purpose of differentiated slotting is to statically determine which time slots should be on offer throughout the selling horizon in each area of a delivery region on...

This paper investigates the price and service rate decisions in a customer-intensive service in an M/M/1 queue system under the influence of social interactions, where a higher value of the service is perceived if more customers purchase the service. The customer-intensive nature of the service...

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1 Introduction -- 2 Conceptual Background -- 3 Method -- 4 Study 1: A Service Robot Acceptance Model: Customer Acceptance of Humanoid Robots During Service Encounters -- 5 Study 2: A Cross-Country Comparison of Attitudes toward Humanoid Service Robots -- 6 Study 3: Beyond the Call of Duty: The...

Online shopping is gaining popularity in Pakistan but the research on its determinants is scarce. The main purpose of this study is to explore what factors are important in developing online purchase intention of Pakistani youth interested in shopping through the internet. The data were...