Review and Critique on Customer Satisfaction LIU Huiqun1‚ ZHAO Xin2 1. School of Economics‚ Tianjin University of Commerce‚ Tianjin‚ China‚ 300134 2. Department of Economics and Management‚ Dezhou Vocational and Technological College‚ Dezhou‚ China‚ 253000 huiqunliu@tjcu.edu.cn Abstract: The concept of customer satisfaction has attracted much attention in recent years. Organizations that try to analyze this concept should begin with an understanding of various customer satisfaction models. In this paper
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The Relationship between Customer Loyalty and Satisfaction Introduction In the past decades‚ there was a controversial issue about the relationship between customer loyalty and satisfaction. Actually‚ it is still a heated debate nowadays. Some people said that customer satisfaction bring customer loyalty‚ while some people believed that customer loyalty affect customer satisfaction. Interestingly‚ very few executives and managers understand the critical difference. The purpose of this paper is
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COMPARATIVE OF CONSUMER SATISFACTION BETWEEN AIRTEL 1 AND VODAFONE CONSUMER A consumer is an individual who purchase or has the capacity to purchase goods and services offered for sale by marketing institutions in order to satisfy personal or household needs‚ wants or desires. According to a statement made by Mahatma Gandhi‚ ‘consumer refers to the following‚ “A consumer is the most important visitor on our premises. He is not dependent on us. We are dependent on him. He is not an outsider
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relax for the same time. Measuring and managing customer satisfaction is important for the survival‚ development and success of the tourism business (Sirakay‚ 2003). Customer’s satisfaction is the main concern for every resort and hotel in order to keep the customers loyal to the resort and make them permanent visitors. It is believed that higher level of customer satisfaction may result in higher levels of repurchase. When measuring customer satisfaction‚ the basic premise is that consumers reflect
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DV 1. Customer satisfaction 1. Customer satisfaction is a key factor in formation of customer’s desires for future purchase (Mittal & Kamakura‚ 2001). 2. Furthermore‚ the satisfied customers will probably talk to others about their good experiences. This fact‚ especially in the Middle Eastern cultures‚ where the social life has been shaped in a way that social communication with other people enhances the society‚ is more important (Jamal & Naser‚ 2002). 3. Customer satisfaction leads to repeat
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Customer satisfaction survey: Outback Steakhouse Customer Satisfaction Survey Customer satisfaction survey: Outback Steakhouse Overview Outback Steakhouse is a multinational restaurant chain operating throughout the United States and in 18 other countries including Australia‚ Malaysia‚ Singapore and many more countries worldwide‚ (Outback Steakhouse‚ 2013). In most basic terms‚ Outback Steakhouse could be described as an Australian themed steakhouse
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the application of the various strategic analysis models. He has provided tremendous help to me in the course of the research and writing this paper. Project Outline Brief of Company Nokia Corporation is a Finnish multinational corporation headquartered in Finland. Nokia is engaged in the manufacturing of mobile devices and in converging Internet and communications industries. With over 132‚000 employees in 120 countries and global annual revenue of over €42 billion and operating
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As the Chief Executive Officer of Sierra Lighthouse Hotel Freetown‚ I’ve been provided with an Organisational Performance and Customer Satisfaction equation: Consumer Expected Quality - Organisational Actual Quality = Customer Perceived Quality EQ > AQ => Dissatisfaction EQ = AQ => Mere Satisfaction AQ > EQ => Delighted Customer An Organization Performance includes multiple activities‚ that help in establishing the goals of the organization‚ and monitor the progress towards the target
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customer’s satisfaction has been the main concern for every hotel and resort. Customers are now more valued and every effort is being made to keep them loyal to the hotel and make them permanent visitors. The hotel industry believes that higher level of customer satisfaction may result in higher levels of repurchase. Repeat purchasing is essential to a continued stream of profitability through achieving higher levels of customer satisfaction (Oliver‚ 1997). The customers’ satisfaction can be defined
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Strategic Quality Management and Customer Satisfaction University of Phoenix MGT/449 Total quality management (TQM) affects conducting business in the global marketplace. Companies must focus on improving processes they currently use to become more efficient. In the trucking business‚ Huffman Trucking competition is Federal Express (FedEx) and UPS. Huffman Trucking strives for quality service while exploring ways to reduce operating costs to increase profits. To achieve this goal Huffman
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