The impact of technology on the quality-value-loyalty chain: A research agenda |
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Authors: | A Parasuraman Dhruv Grewal |
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Institution: | (1) University of Miami, Miami, USA |
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Abstract: | In this article, the authors first propose a simple model summarizing the key drivers of customer loyalty. Then, on the basis
of this model and drawing on key insights from the preceding articles in this issue, they outline a set of issues for further
research related to the quality-value-loyalty chain. Next, the authors develop a conceptual framework that integrates the
quality-value-loyalty chain with the “pyramid model,” which emphasizes the increasing importance of technology-customer, technology-employee,
and technology-company linkages in serving customers. Using this integrated framework as a spring-board, they identify a number
of avenues for additional inquiry pertaining to the three types of linkages.
A. Parasuraman (D.B.A, Indiana University) is a professor and holder of the James W. McLamore Chair in Marketing at the University of Miami.
He teaches and does research in services marketing, service-quality measurement, and the role of technology in marketing to
and serving customers. He has received many distinguished teaching and research awards, including, most recently, the “Career
Contributions to the Services Discipline Award” given by the American Marketing Association's (AMA) SERVSIG. He has written
numerous articles in journals such as theJournal of Marketing, theJournal of Marketing Research, theJournal of Retailing, andSloan Management Review. He is the author of a marketing research text and coauthor of two books on service quality and services marketing. In addition
to being the editor of theJournal of the Academy of Marketing Science (JAMS), he serves on the editorial review boards of five other journals.
Dhruv Grewal (Ph.D., Virginia Tech) is Interim-Chair and a professor of marketing at the University of Miami. He has published more than
40 articles in journals such as theJournal of Marketing, theJournal of Consumer Research, theJournal of Marketing Research, theJournal of the Academy of Marketing Science, and theJournal of Retailing. His research interests focus on retailing, pricing, international marketing, and consumer behavior issues. He currently
serves on the editorial review boards of theJournal of Marketing, theJournal of the Academy of Marketing Science, theJournal of Retailing, and theJournal of Public Policy & Marketing. He has won awards for both his teaching and research. He has coedited a special issue of theJournal of Public Policy & Marketing and of theJournal of Retailing. He was recently elected to the AMA Academic Council—VP Research and Conferences (1999–2001). He is currently writing a book
onMarketing Research (publisher: Houghton Mifflin). |
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