phones can support many additional services such as SMS for text messaging, email, packet switching for access to the Internet, and MMS for sending and receiving photos and video. The problem of Customer’s switching to other service providers have been the cause of intensive research .Due to the increased competition in the telecommunication industry in Ghana it has become extremely important for the companies to pay attention towards retaining of their customers .This research study particularly
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E Murphy Even Swaps - Shouldice Hospital 18 November 2007 1. How Successful is Shouldice Hospital? Shouldice Hospital is a highly successful business that maintains a focused service delivery system due to the success rate of its surgeries, its low employee turnover, its ability to maintain high quality standards, its ability to keep costs low and to remain profitable, and most especially the positive evaluations of its patients. Its strengths can be attributed to stringent policies
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regarding a brand, product, organization, or service; whereas electronic word-of-mouth (eWOM), includes online reviews, online recommendations or online opinions. The main differences between WOM and eWOM can be identified in the reach of the reviews’ impact in number of people who can be influenced and the speed of interaction. EWOM is better due to its speed, convenience, one-to-many reach, and its absence of face to face human pressure. For instance, customer chooses hotel not only based on the location
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to the study Although service quality in banking has been considered markedly important over the years, the topic has recently been afforded even more attention. (Crosby, 1979). Such interest may be the result of the reduced customer base and decreased market share affecting a portion of the banking industry. (Bowen and Hedges, 1993). The trend of world markets has changed noticeably from agricultural to service markets (Asian Development Outlook, 2007). All of the service businesses are trying their
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Customer satisfaction is an essential indicator of an organization's past, present, and future performance and as such, has long been a critical focus among marketing scholars and practitioners (Oliver, 1999). Understanding customer satisfaction has become vital to marketers since it often serves as a key driver of repeat purchase behavior (Wells and Prensky, 1996). It is evident that higher customer satisfaction results in higher than normal market share growth, the ability to charge a higher price
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The impact of corporate image and reputation on service quality, customer satisfaction and customer loyalty: testing the mediating role. Case analysis in an international service company Eman Mohamed Abd-El-Salam, Ayman Yehia Shawky and Tawfik El-Nahas Arab Academy for Science and Technology and Maritime Transport, College of Management and Technology, Alexandria, Egypt Keywords Corporate image, Service quality, Customer satisfaction, Customer loyalty, Egypt. Abstract The purpose of this
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Characteristics of Service Quality to Delight Customers A customer of The Container Store completed her purchase and headed for her car, children in tow. She placed her package on the ground as she put the children in the car and then drove off forgetting the package. Realizing her mistake just a few minutes late, she returned to the parking lot, but the package was gone. She re-entered the store hoping that someone had turned in her package, but no one had. Salesperson James Castleberry remembered
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determine the impact of occupational stressors on job satisfaction among human service providers specifically, though not exclusively, among those working at a housing agency. In this chapter, the research also examined the impact of occupational stressors on different personality types; how some providers may be temperamentally predisposed to this type of work more successfully than others. Data indicating the relationship between job satisfaction, personality type and quality of service were also provided
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IMPACT OF BRAND SWITCHING, BRAND CREDIBILITY, CUSTOMER SATISFACTION AND SERVICE QUALITY ON BRAND LOYALTY Idrees Akbar, waheed Naseer, Shoaib Ahmed Amin , Abdul Muqtadir , Hafsa Zia, Urooj Shafique Department of Management Sciences, the Islamia University of Bahawalpur Pakistan, Abstract: To be a leading company, it is a massive task to build brand loyalty. Brand is the only word that differentiates the goods and services from the other ones. Therefore the dominated companies spend a lot
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objectives. Research for this report includes evaluating the application on Lean and Total Quality Management (TQM) in logistics and supply chain networks to achieve Maritime Port Authority (MPA) objectives such as quality of service, competitiveness, reliability and efficiency. The major findings shows that lean implementation improves processing times achieving more work in less staff time and bringing services up to standard. (Radnor, Walley, Stephens, & Bucci, 2006). It also changes the focus of
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