Critical innovation characteristics influencing the acceptability of a new pharmaceutical product format

This paper investigates the Critical innovation characteristics that influence the acceptability of a new pharmaceutical product format as perceived by medical service providers. Professional service providers act as "surrogate adopters" as they decide about the adoption of a product intended for their clients' use. We employ a qualitative research approach to explore which product related characteristics physicians evaluate when assessing the acceptability of a new product format in the pharmaceutical market. The main results concern (1) the distinct nature of a distributed adoption decision-making, (2) the refinement of relevant innovation attributes in a medical service context, and (3) the contextuality of innovation adoption. The research results show that innovation characteristics cannot be feasibly studied without taking into account the adoption context, here the medical service encounter and its institutional environment. Managerial implications of these findings are discussed.     

Exploring different airport users’ service quality satisfaction between service providers and air travelers

This study investigates appropriate attributes— physical environment, outcome, and interactional quality—to measure users' satisfaction that influences airport users' satisfaction level. With these three attributes and users’ perspectives for air travelers and service providers, we generate a conceptual model of airport service quality and satisfaction. The findings indicate that different perceptions exist between airport service providers and air travelers. Air travelers are more concerned with interaction and outcome (convenience) quality attributes, while services providers reflect on interaction and physical environment (servicescape) quality attributes. The airport service quality is found to be significantly related to airport reuse, and destination revisits. An appropriate service-training program is needed to reduce the gap in the level of satisfaction.     

物流服务质量理论研究进展(1989-2020)--基于系统文献回顾法的研究述评

近年来,国内外物流产业发展迅速,有关物流服务质量的研究日益增多,但缺乏全面而系统地描述物流服务质量的比较普适的模型,物流服务质量应由哪些维度构成、研究中应如何在众多物流服务质量评价模型和评价方法中进行取舍成为困扰物流学术界的难题。为着力解决这些问题,弥补理论研究缺口,通过在国内外主要文献数据库中检索1989—2020年间关于物流服务质量的学术论文,并根据研究问题筛选确定67篇中文论文和73篇英文论文进行文献分析。借助系统文献回顾方法进行分析发现,最基础的物流服务质量评价维度主要包括时间性、可靠性、移情性、流程和误差;现有研究使用的物流服务质量评价模型及评价方法主要是SERVQUAL模型、LSQ模型、Kano模型和统计分析方法;对于物流服务质量的研究,国内外在研究内容、研究方法、研究主体等方面存在较大差异,国内研究尽管发展迅速,但与国际水平相比差距依然明显。鉴于此,为进一步提升未来物流服务质量理论研究水平,应注重从物流企业角度开展研究并提供令顾客满意的方案以改进服务质量,加强对冷链物流、众包物流、铁路物流等“小众”行业物流服务的研究以拓展物流服务质量的研究领域,注重结合不同情境对SERVQUAL模型、LSQ模型等基础物流服务质量模型加以改进,重视物流服务质量研究方法创新,通过对混合模型及多种实证方法的运用,提升研究结果的科学性和客观性。     

Competitive Positioning in International Logistics: Identifying a System of Attributes Through Neural Networks and Decision Trees

Abstract

Firms involved in international logistics must develop a system of service attributes that give them a way to be profitable and to satisfy customers' needs at the same time. How customers trade-off these various attributes in forming satisfaction with competing international logistics providers has not been explored well in the literature. This study explores the ocean freight shipping sector to identify the system of attributes that maximizes customers' satisfaction. Data were collected from shipping managers in Singapore using personal interviews to identify the chief concerns in choosing and evaluating ocean freight services. The data were then examined using neural networks and decision trees, among other approaches to identify the system of attributes that is connected with customer satisfaction. The results illustrate the power of these methods in understanding how industrial customers with global operations process attributes to derive satisfaction. Implications are discussed.     

Investigating the importance and cognitive satisfaction attributes of service quality in restaurant business - a case study of TASTy steakhouse in Taiwan

ABSTRACT

In this research, we proposed an effective approach to investigate the importance and satisfaction attributes of service quality of a restaurant business. For understanding the gaps of service quality cognition between consumers and servers, our work can be used as a reference for helping restaurants improve their service quality and reuse their resources effectively. We applied DINESERV scales and five-point Likert scales as quantitative research tools. The Kano model, customer satisfaction index, regression analysis, improvement effort index, and importance-performance analysis (IPA) were applied as measurement tools to examine the importance of various service attributes. Our approach was implemented in a famous restaurant in Taiwan: TASTy Steakhouse. The relative priority of service quality attributes for improving this chain restaurant and its competitiveness are ranked and discussed.     

Building loyalty with online financial services customers: Is there a gender difference?

This study proposes a research model of the determinants of customer loyalty in an online financial services context. The study examines the online service quality dimensions that influence e-trust and e-satisfaction, which in turn influence e-loyalty. The research assesses also the moderator role of gender in e-loyalty development. Using data collected from 376 users of a click-and-brick financial institution in Canada, the study finds that: (1) e-loyalty is positively related to e-satisfaction and e-trust; (2) e-satisfaction and e-trust are positively associated to perceived website efficiency and information quality; (3) gender does not moderate relationships between online service quality, e-satisfaction, e-trust, and e-loyalty; (4) women report higher levels of online service quality, e-satisfaction, e-trust, and e-loyalty than men. The study emphasises the role of website efficiency and information quality in developing loyalty for online financial services providers. Indeed, it suggests that online financial institutions do not need to segment their online market based on gender.     

Providing a critical service today for tomorrow's consumers: A relational model of customer evaluations and responses in the child care industry

Based on data collected in the important and rapidly expanding child care services industry, this study develops and tests a model that examines the relationships among customers’ evaluations of service performance dimensions, their satisfaction with and trust in the organization, as well as their word-of-mouth intentions and also investigates the role of social status in the proposed relationships. The results show that non-interpersonal (i.e., hard) service quality attributes have a greater impact on customer satisfaction while interpersonal (i.e., soft) service quality attributes have more influence on trust. Word-of-mouth intentions are primarily driven by trust and the hard dimension of service performance. Social status is shown to act as a moderator of many of the relationships in the model. The findings of the study offer important implications for providers of child care and other consumer services that are high in credence qualities.     

物流服务质量评价模型与方法研究综述

高质量的物流服务已经成为企业全球化的战略安排,如何通过评价进而改善企业的物流服务质量是实现此战略安排的重点。为更好地梳理物流服务质量评价模型与方法的研究现状,把握物流服务质量评价的未来研究方向,使用关键词“物流服务”“服务质量”和“物流服务质量”搜索Scopus and Web of Science(WoS),共获得发表于1992—2018年的76篇文献。在对相关文献的数量、时间、地区等进行简要统计性描述的基础上,运用文献分析法开展述评研究。其中,从服务提供商、客户、服务提供商和客户相结合三个维度评述物流服务质量评价模型及其指标体系,同时考虑供需双方的评价指标体系构建已成为学术界共识;物流服务质量评价方法重点评述了实证检验、确定指标权重以及将客户“声音”转化为质量属性的数理统计方法,发现将客户声音转化为质量属性的评价方法是重点关注领域。已有研究存在以下三方面的不足:一是在企业能力范围内考虑客户需求的物流服务质量评价模型及其指标的难题未解;二是集成各种评价方法对物流服务质量开展科学评价的难题还没有满意的答案;三是平衡评价模型及其指标的通用性与不同部门间的差异性的问题仍未得到有效解决。这三方面缺陷也是未来物流服务质量评价领域的重点研究方向。     

A Normative Model for Improving Services Quality

Abstract

As services businesses continue to proliferate, competition among professional and retail service providers rapidly intensifies. Amidst the competitive wars, service marketers are seeking new, innovative ways to improve services quality in order to maintain their competitive position. Many of the existing approaches are geared toward larger operations. This article proposes a normative model of services quality for service organizations of varying types and sizes with an emphasis on the small service provider. The utilization of this model can assist service providers in improving the quality of their service and overall customer satisfaction.     

Comparative analysis of experience-oriented customer needs based on the Kano model: an empirical study

Based on the concept of experience economy, this study starts off by proposing that goods, services, and experiences are dimensions of experience-oriented service functions, illustrating an integrated approach which adopts the basic Kano model and customer satisfaction coefficients matrix to categorize and prioritize experience-oriented service functions. An empirical study was then conducted to explore customer need attributes for digital television (DTV) applications. As a result, 445 samples in Taiwan are collected and analyzed, showing different segments have different need attributes. In addition, a comparative analysis of experience-oriented customer needs for experienced and inexperienced users was applied in order to provide differentiated and continuous competitiveness during different stages of the product life cycle; then the result was used as a reference for future development of experience-oriented service functions.     

第四方共享物流解决方案综合评价分析方法——基于香农熵与变精度粗糙集

传统共享物流服务模式主要关注供应链局部环节物流设施设备的共用共享,所得出的往往是相对于供应链端到端视角的局部最优解。从全局优化角度寻找能够满足终端客户时效、经济、质量目标要求的共享物流解决方案,对实现供应链服务各参与方利益最大化具有重要价值。为避免先验知识与主观因素影响,确保共享物流解决方案选择的客观性,有效指导货主、收货人和物流服务提供商实现多赢,可从第四方物流视角出发,构建共享物流端到端多因素评价指标体系,进而基于变精度粗糙集、香农熵和遗传算法进行端到端共享物流解决方案综合评价分析。案例研究结果显示,在一级指标中,仓储运输资源整合共享能力、服务可靠性及一致性、国际化及智慧化水平的相对重要性程度更高;在二级指标中,跨主体物流系统集成能力、为客户提供增值服务的能力、可使用的仓储资源等相对重要性程度更高。为制定适合企业需要的共享物流解决方案,相关货主企业可利用上述综合评价模型和算法编制大数据分析软件,并结合不同物流服务提供商的时间序列数据和截面数据,对各潜在物流服务提供商综合能力进行评价,对有效决策规则进行筛选和挖掘。     

EFFECTS OF ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING IN THIRD‐PARTY LOGISTICS

Logistics service providers operate in an intense competitive environment that requires continuous improvement in logistics service quality and firm performance. Key organizational resources may contribute toward the improvement in performance of logistics service providers. This paper investigates the effect of organizational learning within logistics service providers on client relationship orientation, logistics service quality and firm performance. The study proposes and examines an original concept in logistics research that contributes to theory in the area, provides the opportunity for further research and addresses how organizational resources can contribute to performance in logistics.     

基于第四方物流的物流园区互联互通问题研究——双边市场视角

基于4PL的现代物流园区是典型的双边市场经营平台,为解决物流园区间物流服务供给与需求的外部不均衡性,利用双边市场结构模型分析物流服务水平不对称的两个物流园区双边市场经营平台的互联互通,并研究物流服务水平较低的物流园区的物流服务创新、物流园区双边市场交叉网络外部性对互联互通的综合影响。求解发现低物流服务水平的物流园区进行物流服务创新,在交叉网络外部性的综合作用下,会对两个物流园区双边市场经营平台互联互通后的利润、交易费、市场份额产生复杂的交叉影响。     

物流企业实现创新效益途径的研究

随着我国服务市场对外的进一步开放和一些先进的物流理念及物流模式的引进,我国物流企业将会面临更为严峻的挑战,要想在竟争激烈的物流市场求得更好的发展,必须创新服务观念,创新服务方式,创新服务内容,要围绕服务创新做文章。     

略论计划生育服务网络的发展前景

在市场经济条件下,不能简单地将计划生育服务机构视为医疗卫生条件的重复建设.作为一种特殊的卫生资源,计划生育服务机构应积极、主动适应市场经济体制和新的形势,改革现行管理体制,尽快引入竞争机制,逐步形成计划生育服务机构之间、计划生育服务机构与医疗卫生机构之间、国内机构与国际机构之间在避孕节育、优生优育、妇幼保健等相关领域全方位竞争的格局,进一步落实"控制人口增长,提高人口素质"的基本国策.     

Management of perceptions of information technology service quality

The present study evaluates the perception gaps of service quality between information technology (IT) service providers and their clients. IT services require high investments, which make analyzing its effectiveness increasingly important. To do this analysis, this study uses the instrument SERVPERF of the SERVQUAL model. The research took place in a large Brazilian retail bank, which identified gaps in perceptions between IT service providers and its clients. The findings suggest opportunities for improvement in the quality of IT services from a strategic alignment perspective, particularly in the following dimensions: tangibles, reliability, responsiveness, assurance, and empathy. The study also indicates some enhancements for the SERVQUAL model.     

论金融的物流服务职能与产品设计要点

现代金融对物流的服务职能包括业务保障、市场扩张和强化供应链结合。在金融对物流服务的过程中,正确区分服务对象及其金融需求是实现金融服务职能、设计与推广融资产品的前提。大型物流公司需要的是套餐式服务,包括融资安排、融资项目顾问、资本运作顾问、投资中介、常年财务顾问、金融咨询、代客理财和电子商务等,小型物流公司对服务与产品的需求差异大。在仓单质押贷款中,要考虑相关人的利益,确定规范的融资程序,充分考虑融资的风险及其防范措施。     

The behavioural sequence of the financial services industry in Taiwan: Service quality,relationship quality and behavioural loyalty

This study develops and empirically tests a model for examination of the relations among service quality scales, relationship bonding tactics, customer satisfaction, trust and commitment, and customer behavioural loyalty in a relationship marketing system. This paper aims to test the relationship between perceived service quality satisfaction and relationship intentions, or, in other words, whether or not consumers will consider building long-term relationships with service providers on the basis of a single instance of perceived service quality. Based on three groups of samples from XYZ bank, one of the most famous banks providing merchant banking services in Taiwan, the findings suggest that financial products with different product attributes need different kinds and levels of service and relationship investment. The findings also suggest that there does exist a positive relationship between service quality satisfaction and perceived relationship investment.     

中国电子商务物流发展现状与趋势

我国电子商务物流起步较晚,发展较快,不足之处明显。不足之处主要表现在电子商务物流企业规模依然较小,信息化水平较低,物流人才供给严重不足等方面。我国应加快电商物流信息化的进程:积极推动信息标准化建设、完善信息网络平台及相关的协同平台、加快云技术的应用等等。电子商务物流企业必须有全球化的战略思维和战略高度,在网点布局、服务设计等方面需要超前的目光,给予足够的发展空间;改变劳动密集型行业特点,大力推进自动化设备和自动化管理模式,增强服务能力,从而提升服务质量。     

Service providers’ sustainable service innovation: service-dominant logic

This study examined the service innovation in different service providers with multiple case-study approach. From the perspective of service-dominant logic, four service innovation development models can be distinguished in Technology Development Program companies in Taiwan, including service system integrator and niche market, innovative service solution provider and niche market, innovative service solution provider and mass market, and service system integrator and mass market. Service providers develop ICT platforms, customer relationship management systems, community commerce services, and multi-channel services that are appropriate for a specific industry. On the one hand, active improvement of ICT service system integration extends company capabilities toward external cooperative partners through the provision of integrated product services and comprehensive solutions. On the other hand, innovative service solutions optimize consumer experience and customer relationship management and improve business effectiveness and reduce operations costs due to an important role assigned to services and experience in product sales.