Winning strategies for customer loyalty in the sharing economy: A mixed-methods study
| Autor: | Anna Akhmedova, Frederic Marimon, Marta Mas-Machuca |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Marketing
Service quality Qualitative comparative analysis media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences Sample (statistics) Service provider Exploratory factor analysis Loyalty business model Sharing economy 0502 economics and business Loyalty 050211 marketing Business 050203 business & management media_common |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Business Research. 112:33-44 |
| ISSN: | 0148-2963 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jbusres.2020.02.046 |
| Popis: | Loyalty is key for sharing economy (SE) platforms, as their success depends on gaining and retaining a critical mass of users. Using a sequential design of quantitative (exploratory factor analysis) and mixed methods (qualitative comparative analysis), a sample of 208 users of SE platforms was analysed. The results indicate that loyalty is achieved at the intersection of website (app) organisation, platform responsiveness and reliability, and customer interaction with the peer service provider. Three strategies are proposed to achieve loyalty, each comprising two out of the three mentioned antecedents. Sensitivity analysis of the loyalty antecedents suggests specific customer segments (millennials versus baby boomers and males versus females). |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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