Bakgrund: Vi utsätts för reklam dagligen och det är svårt för produkter att differentiera sig. Då vi även lever i ett förväntningssamhälle tror vi alltid att nästa produkt kommer vara bättre än den förra. Inom teknikområdet är det väldigt tydligt då vi ofta väntar på nästa lansering. Vilket gör att företagen marknadsför produkten långt innan den kommer ut. Det finns inte mycket forskning om produkter som inte lanserats men vi ser att det blir allt vanligare att man marknadsför sin produkt innan lansering. Syfte: Vi vill undersöka om teorierna gällande köpbeteende och kundvärde även är tillämpliga för produkter som ännu inte finns att köpa men marknadsförs innan lanseringen. Metod: Vi har studerat de teorier som idag finns etablerade avseende köpbeteende och kundvärde på marknaden. Vi har sedan använt oss av semistrukturerade intervjuer för att samla in det empiriska materialet. Urvalet har gjorts med hjälp av det så kallade snöbollsurvalet och alla respondenter har anknytning till Högskolan i Jönköping. Vi analyserar vårt material utifrån hermeneutiken där vi använder vår egen förförståelse och kunskap i analysen. Teori: Vi utgår från teorier om köpbeteende och kundvärde i vår analys. Resultat: Det finns många olika bakomliggande faktorer till vad som påverkar konsumenten att köpa en produkt. Våra respondenter anger samma huvudsakliga faktorer som skäl till sitt köpbehov för den produkt som ännu inte fanns att köpa på marknaden, när studien påbörjades, som teorierna om köpbeteende och kundvärde anger för de produkter som redan har lanserats. Varumärket har lyckats kommunicera de värderingar som konsumenten uppskattar samt lyckats skapa lojalitet hos de flesta respondenterna. Vår slutledning är därför att teorierna gällande köpbeteende och kundvärde på marknaden även är tillämpliga för produkter som ännu inte finns att köpa men marknadsförs innan lanseringen. / Background: We are exposed to advertising on a daily basis and it is difficult for products to differentiate themselves. Since we also live in a expectation society, we believe that the next product will be better than the last. Within the technologic area, this is very clear: we often wait for the next launch. This leads to firms marketing their product long before it comes out on the market. There is not much former research on products that are not launched, but we see that it is increasingly common for people to advertise their product before launch. Objective: We want to examine if the theories regarding buying behavior and customer value are also applicable for products not yet available for purchase but are marketed before launch. Method: We have studied the theories that today are located on buying behavior and customer value in the market. We have then used the semi structured interviews to collect the empirical material. The selection was made using the so-called snowball sample, all respondents are related to Högskolan i Jönköping. We analyze our material on the basis of hermeneutics in which we use our own understanding and knowledge in the analysis. Theory: We start with the theories of buying behavior and customer value in our analysis. Results: There are many underlying factors that influence a consumer  to buy a product. Our respondents use the same main factors as reasons to their buying need for the product that was not yet available in the market, when the study began, that the theories of buying behavior and customer value indicates for the products that have already been launched. The brand has managed to communicate the values that consumers appreciate and managed to create loyalty among most respondents. Our conclusion is therefore that the theories concerning buying behavior and customer value in the market also apply to products that are not yet available for purchase but are marketed before the launch.

<p>This study has been conducted in cooperation with Fläkt Woods, an industrial supplier of ventilation systems. The study only concerned chilled beams which are an explicit group of ventilation products within Fläkt Woods’ product portfolio. The purpose of the study was to explore how Fläkt Woods’ customers perceive certain elements when choosing Fläkt Woods as a supplier of chilled beams and why they perceive them the way they do. The elements include quality, service, technical performance, technical knowledge, communication, time of delivery, installation, calculation program, flexibility, market adjustment, technical documentation, relationships and geographic distance. The study has been conducted employing a combination of both a quantitative and a qualitative approach in which a questionnaire has been sent out to Fläkt Woods’ customers in order to shed light on their opinions.</p><p>The results showed that most of Fläkt Woods’ customers are satisfied or even very satisfied with the elements that were investigated. The elements that the customers were most satisfied with concerning the chilled beams were quality, service and technical knowledge. They believe that Fläkt Woods’ products have a good finish, that they are easy to get in touch with, that they are able and willing to give quick answers and feedback and that they have great knowledge about their chilled beams. The element that the customers are least satisfied with and that Fläkt Woods need to improve is flexibility. Even if Fläkt Woods believe that their special solutions are flexible, their customers do not fully agree. The customers’ attitude towards the flexibility is that Fläkt Woods prefer to provide standard solutions of chilled beams rather than offering special solutions. The results also showed that Fläkt Woods’ competitors are one step ahead considering the design of chilled beams. Thus, design is an element of the marketing program that Fläkt Woods need to improve. Furthermore, the study showed that relationships and communication which represent the “soft” elements concerning human interaction are just as important as the rest of the elements. Thus, Fläkt Woods need to consider these elements as well as the others when outlining the marketing program.</p>

<p>Introduction: During the last years power have been passed from the producer to the consumer. Then, for any given firm, consumers play an increasingly important role. Firms sell not only within limits set by the price of competing products, but within limits set by buyers’ tastes as well. Both products and services have become more sophisticated and each individual customers value perception is important to recognize. In short, to stay competitive firms must put their main focus on the customer’s needs. When it comes to services producer and user must cooperate. Joint value creation process becomes a central part of the relationship between producer and user. The service production process in consulting-related services occurs during a relatively long period of time with various interchanges before the service ultimately is produced. </p><p>Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to understand how customers, in a business-to-business situation, perceive the value of a complex service over time. Focus will also be directed towards understanding how the producer can improve the knowledge of how the customers’ preferences change over time. </p><p>Method: A qualitative case study was conducted, in which the customers of the case firm were interviewed. </p><p>Conclusions: The major difficulty with the notion of value is that it is evaluated in the eyes of the beholder. That is, what it ultimately comes down to are subjective feelings and opinions of individuals. Nevertheless, this study shows that value perceived becomes more complex with time. That is, experiences from both the relationship and the joint value creation affect how customers perceive value. With time, customers are able to see more benefits, but at the same time more sacrifices. These tend to be relation-oriented.</p>

Background: Etiquette has become vital in business relationships. In today’s competitive business climate signs indicate that social competence affect whether a business deal is settled or not. This type of competence could be of crucial importance at a first business meeting and it also plays an important role for future business relationships. Business etiquette is therefore, within the world of business, an interesting area to study. Purpose: The purpose of this essay is to clarify what knowledge and understanding companies, listed on the Swedish stock exchange, possess towards business etiquette, their viewpoint on etiquette education and finally to ascertain whether or not those companies perceive business etiquette to be pivotal to success. Methodology: In order to attain our purpose of this essay we found it most suitable to utilize both a quantitative and qualitative research method. To obtain a deeper understanding, two personal interviews, with professionals within the field of business etiquette, were carried out. A questionnaire was sent out to 100 companies and four personal interviews, with representatives from two different banks, were also conducted. Conclusions: We have come to the conclusion that many business deals fail due to lack of appropriate etiquette. According to the respondents, business etiquette could be a suitable tool to achieve success in business. Our analysis shows that business etiquette is a collection of rules where common sense, judgment, humility and respect are important aspects that should pervade conduct toward colleagues and customers. According to our survey, the customer is imperative in business relations and the employees should therefore perform situational in accordance to the customer’s expectations. A conclusion could be drawn that if a company succeeds in offering the customer greater value, in comparison with its competitors, it will give the company a competitive advantage and result in profitability. / Bakgrund: Vett och etikett blir alltmer betydande i affärer. I dagens konkurrenskraftiga företagsklimat tyder allt fler tecken på att social kompetens kan påverka om ett affärsavtal sluts eller inte. Denna typ av kompetens kan vara helt avgörande vid ett första affärsmöte och även återspegla framtida affärsrelationer. Affärsetikett är alltså ett viktigt område i näringslivet, och därför intressant att studera. Syfte: Syftet med denna studie är att studera svenska börsbolags kunskap om affärsetikett och deras ställningstagande till utbildning i ämnet. Slutligen vill vi ta reda på om företagen ser affärsetikett som en framgångsfaktor i affärer. Metod: För att uppnå vårt syfte valde vi att kombinera en kvantitativ med en kvalitativ ansats. För att öka vår förförståelse utfördes först två djupintervjuer med kunniga i ämnet. En enkät skickades sedan ut till 100 stycken börsbolag och ytterligare fyra personliga intervjuer genomfördes med två svenska banker. Slutsatser: Vi har kunnat konstatera att alltför många affärer misslyckas på grund av dålig etikettkunskap. Enligt respondenterna kommer affärsetiketten in som ett lämpligt verktyg för framgång i affärer. Undersökningen visar på att affärsetikett utgör ett regelverk där sunt förnuft, omdöme, ödmjukhet och respekt är viktiga aspekter, som ska genomsyra uppförandet gentemot kollega och kund. Vidare har det framkommit att kunden är det centrala i affärsrelationer och personalens agerande bör därför situationsanpassas efter kundens förväntningar. Slutsatsen som kan dras är att om en organisation lyckas erbjuda kunden ett större värde, jämfört med konkurrenterna, kommer detta ge företaget konkurrensfördel som i längden utmynnar i lönsamhet.

Denna uppsats består av en kvalitativ undersökning som antog en induktiv ansats. Detta föll sig naturligt för oss eftersom vårt intresse av bröllopsindustrin och bröllopskoordinatorer gjorde att vi ville komma vårt problemområde nära och få en mer djupgående inblick, hellre än en bred bild. Den empiriska studien består av nio intervjuer med bröllopskoordinatorer runtom i Sverige och två nygifta par som har använt sig av en bröllopskoordinator vid planeringen av deras bröllop. Genom den teoretiska och empiriska analysen har vi kommit fram till att bröllopsplanering är en komplex och tidskrävande process som består av många detaljer. Bröllopskoordinatorer arbetar mycket med kundanpassning och behöver brudparens medverkan, mest i form av information om önskemål, för att kunna utföra sitt arbete och på så sätt ge bra servicekvalitet. På grund av att de arbetar nära med brudparen skapas nära och intensiva relationer till brudparen som dock oftast bryts efter bröllopet. Tack vare detta kan bröllopskoordinatorerna generera värden för dem vilket även leder till att god kundtillfredsställelse. / This essay is based on a qualitative research and presumes an inductive approach. Our interest in the wedding industry and wedding coordinators made us want to come closer to our subject area and get a more profound insight, rather than a wider picture of it. The empirical study consists of interviews with nine different wedding coordinators all across Sweden as well as two newlywed couples that have gotten help by wedding coordinators when planning their own weddings. The empirical and theoretical analysis has shown that planning a wedding is a complex and time-consuming process that consists of many details. Wedding coordinators work a lot with customization and need the bridal couple’s contribution of information and desires, in order to be able to perform their job and give great service quality. Because they are working so close together with the bridal couple, close and intense relations are established with the couple, but are however more often than not broken up after the wedding. Because of this the wedding coordinators are able to generate value to the bridal couple, which also leads to good customer satisfaction.

「家」是人類生活的重心，居家影像監控設備的需求來自於家庭用戶想要掌握居家環境安全現況。相對於商業影像監控的應用，居家影像監控設備安裝的複雜度需要較低。因此居家影像監控市場以簡易安裝、遠端監控為主要的發展趨勢。 網路攝影機(IP Camera)具有數位化及網路化的特色，掌握寬頻網路的電信業者積極為影像監控市場創造新興的居家應用情境。許多傳統影像監控產品製造商為因應居家影像監控的潮流，也紛紛推出產品因應。然而電信業者及傳統影像監控業者在居家影像監控的市場都沒有得到很大的成功。個案公司創立於2009年，在2012年所推出的第一代產品，一開始只在網路上銷售，卻在2012、2013席捲美國市場，成為美國居家影像監控產品的第一品牌。 本研究探討之研究問題包括: (一)數位化及網際網路的普及對影像監控產品設計之影響、(二)行動裝置的普及對影像監控產品設計之影響、(三)個案公司提升消費者認知價值之產品創新策略。 本研究採用個案研究方法，首先列出客戶所重視的產品要素，以產品關鍵要素為橫軸客戶對個案產品的認知價值為縱軸描繪出曲線圖，比較個案公司產品與競爭對手的產品價值曲線，可解讀出其策略上的差異點。最後運用藍海策略思維，重塑和創新價值曲線以產生新的策略意義。 本研究發現，數位科技進步及網際網路的普及降低了使用影像監控產品的門檻，因而使居家影像監控產品得以被大量採用。而移動裝置的普及改變了消費者使用影像監控產品的方式，使用者的體驗主要來自於手機App的操作經驗，與過去在個人電腦上的使用經驗完全不同。個案公司以解決使用者痛點作為提升消費者認知價值之產品創新策略，值得居家影像監控業者未來產品規劃參考。 / Home is the center of human life, home video surveillance equipment demand from home users want to master the security status of the home environment. With respect to the commercial video surveillance applications, home video surveillance equipment requires low complexity of the installation. Therefore, the main trend of home video surveillance is easy installation and remote monitoring. IP Camera has digitized and network-oriented features, Internet carriers create new application scenarios for home video surveillance market. Many traditional video surveillance equipment manufacturers to cope with the trend of home video surveillance have also introduced products in response. However, carriers and traditional video surveillance industry in the home video surveillance markets have not been very successful. Founded in 2009, Dropcam Inc. launched the first generation of products in 2012, selling only on the Internet at the beginning, became the top brand of home video surveillance products in United States in 2013. This study try to answer three questions: (1) The popularity of digital technology and the Internet's impact on the design of video surveillance products, (2) The impact of the popularity of mobile devices on the design of video surveillance products, (3) Dropcam’s product innovation strategy to enhance consumer perceived value of the product. This study used a case study approach. Comparing the product value curve of Dropcam's products and its competitor’s product can interpret difference of strategy. Finally, the use of blue ocean strategy thinking, remodeling and innovation to create a new value curve strategic importance. The study found that the popularity of digital technology and the Internet's progress reducing the threshold to use of video surveillance products, thus making home video surveillance products to be widely adopted. The popularity of mobile devices has changed the way consumers use video surveillance products. Dropcam to resolve user’s pain points to enhance consumer awareness of the value of a product. It is worth for coming home video surveillance maker’s reference.

The purpose of this study was to examine customer attitudes towards flagship stores and how they perceive them. To ascertain this, and obtain answers to the research questions covering the study's main issues, we decided to turn to the customers who recently visited a flagship store. Our background theory is based upon literature from previous research done on the subject in the form of scientific articles and books. We present the theoretical concept that explains how flagship stores are used as a marketing tool and what impact they have on the new market. These will be helpful in answering our questions when we evaluate our results.! A theoretical framework, consisting of three value dimensions, was used as a support throughout the implementation of the study. These three values; hedonic, practical and social, should give us a better idea of what customers experience and what they value when they visit the flagship stores.! The method used in our investigation is of quantitative form, so that it can be feasible on a large crowd to thus contribute to a quantitative result. A questionnaire consisting of closed questions with given answer options on a Likert-scale was distributed to a few selected stores, all located along Stockholm’s most fashionable shopping streets - Gant, H&amp;M Man, Asics and J. Lindeberg. ! The result that we have reached is that customers both value and experience the practical value dimensions more than the hedonic and social ones and that flagship stores are a successful marketing concept. This since the majority of the customers have a positive opinion about them as well as feeling that the experience in the stores have provided them with a more positive view of the brand - which is a direct contributor to the increasing CBBE of the company. / Syftet med den här uppsatsen var att undersöka kunders attityder gentemot flaggskeppsbutiker och hur de upplevde dessa som koncept. För att ta reda på detta valde vi att vända oss till de kunder som besökt just sådana butiker för att få svar på de frågor som kan vara till hjälp för att bemöta studiens huvudsakliga frågeställningar.! Teorin bygger på litteratur av tidigare forskning som gjorts i ämnet i form av vetenskapliga artiklar och böcker. Vi presenterar de teoretiska koncept som förklarar hur flaggskeppsbutikerna använts och vilken betydelse de har på den nya markanden. Dessa kom att vara till hjälp vid besvarandet av våra frågeställningar då vi på så sätt utvärderar våra resultat och ser vad dem säger oss. ! Som stöd under vårt genomförande av denna undersökning förhöll vi oss till ett teoretiskt ramverk bestående av de tre värdedimensionerna. Dessa tre värden, de hedoniska, praktiska och sociala, gav oss en bättre uppfattning och förtydligade vad kunderna upplevde och egentligen värdesätter när de besöker flaggskeppsbutiker.! Den metod vi använde oss av för att gå tillväga med vår undersökning var av kvantitativ form där vi lät respondenter svara på en enkät som vi själva distribuerade. Enkäten bestod av slutna frågor i form utav påståenden med svarsalternativ givna på en likertskala - detta för att kunna genomföra en effektiv undersökning på en stor skara och för att på så sätt få fram ett kvantitativt resultat. Följande butiker valdes ut särskilt till denna undersökning; Asics, Gant, H&amp;M Man och J.Lindeberg, då samtliga är belägna längs Stockholms finare shoppingstråk. ! De resultat vi kommer fram till är att kunder både värderar och upplever de praktiska värdedimensionerna mer än de hedoniska och de sociala och att flaggskeppsbutiker är ett fungerande marknadsföringskoncept. Detta kan bekräftas då majoriteten av kunderna var positiva till dem och upplevde att de har en mer positiv syn på varumärket efter besöket - något som genererar ett högre CBBE till företaget.

We live in a society that is constantly developing. New challenges and new opportunities emerge all the time. Fortunately, human beings have a fantastic ability to adapt and find new solutions in new situations, i.e. to be innovative. Not just individuals but also organizations need to make room for innovative development. Organizations need to work on how to develop new products, services and processes. At the same time, each organization needs to work on improving the quality of existing activities. Previous research has shown that high value for the customer, i.e. that which often constitutes the goal of quality work, is achieved by the organization working in parallel on developing existing products, services and processes while at the same time driving innovative development forward. How organizations cope with the balance between these two perspectives has been researched and written about considerably when it comes to manufacturing companies. On the other hand, however, there is a lack of documented knowledge regarding how best to balance these two perspectives in the service sector in general and the public sector in particular. This thesis has been written with a view to contributing to existing knowledge about how innovation can be understood as a possible way of increasing customer value within the public sector. It seeks to create insight into how innovation is perceived as a phenomenon in order to increase value for the customer and into how innovation work relates to other aspects of current quality practices within the Swedish public sector. It has also been written with a view to contributing greater understanding to how some of the quality movement’s tools can increase innovation capacity in the public sector.             To fulfil this aim, a literature study and case studies have been performed. The case studies have been performed in Sweden at Lantmäteriet (Swedish Land Survey) and The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, (Sida). One of the case studies also included the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs and the Swedish Government. Three research reports have been written between 2012 and 2014, and these form the basis of the thesis.   The research findings give examples of organizations whose quality work focuses closely on systematic measurement and control of the work process and much less on innovatively developing new ways of increase customer value. The findings also show that there are a number of obstacles which the public administrations studied face to combine quality work with a greater ability to work innovatively. Given that innovative development is an important strategy for increasing customer value, the study indicates that some of the existing quality work is an obstacle to achieving greater customer value in the public sector.     At the same time, there are tools and values in the quality movement that can improve the organization’s ability to innovate. The quality movement’s core values and tools, such as systematic cyclical learning, can constitute important tools with which to create favourable conditions to improve innovative ability. This underlines the need for identifying where quality work strengthens and hinders innovation processes respectively. The research findings also stress the need to radically improve the work on innovative processes in the public sector in order to achieve the overarching goals of public administration more effectively. / Vi lever i ett samhälle som ständigt utvecklas. Nya utmaningar och nya möjligheter dyker hela tiden upp. Som tur är har människan en fantastisk förmåga att anpassa sig och finna nya lösningar i nya situationer, d.v.s. vara innovativ. Inte bara individer utan även organisationer behöver ha utrymme för innovativ utveckling. Organisationer behöver arbeta med hur man skall utveckla nya varor, tjänster och processer. Samtidigt behöver varje organisation också arbeta med att utveckla kvalitén i befintlig verksamhet. Tidigare forskning har visat att ett högt värde för kunden, d.v.s. det som ofta utgör målet för kvalitetsarbete, uppnås genom att organisationen parallellt arbetar med utveckling av befintliga produkter, tjänster och processer samtidigt som man driver en innovativ utveckling. Hur organisationer hanterar balansen mellan dessa två perspektiv har det forskats och skrivits en hel del om för varuproducerande företag. Däremot saknas det dokumenterad kunskap om hur man balanserar dessa perspektiv på bästa sätt inom den tjänsteproducerande sektorn i allmänhet och den offentliga sektorn i synnerhet. Denna avhandling skrivs i syfte att bidra till befintlig kunskap om hur innovation kan förstås som en möjlig väg att öka kundvärdet inom den offentliga sektorn. Avhandlingen söker skapa insikt om hur innovation uppfattas som fenomen i syfte att öka värde för kunden samt hur det innovativa arbetet förhåller sig till andra moment av pågående kvalitetsarbete inom den svenska offentliga sektorn. Avhandlingen har även skrivits i syfte att bidra till ökad förståelse av hur vissa av kvalitetsrörelsens verktyg kan öka innovations-kapaciteten inom offentlig sektor.             För att svara upp mot syftet har en litteraturstudie samt fallstudier genomförts. Fallstudierna har genomförts i Sverige på myndigheterna Lantmäteriet samt på biståndsmyndigheten Sida. I en fallstudie ingick även utrikesdepartementet samt den svenska regeringen. Tre forskningsrapporter har under åren 2012 till 2014 skrivits och dessa utgör underlag för denna avhandling.   Resultatet av forskningen ger exempel på organisationer som i sitt kvalitetsarbete har ett stort fokus på systematisk mätning och kontroll av arbetsprocesser och betydligt mindre på att innovativt utveckla nya sätt att öka värdet för kunden. Resultatet av forskningen visar också att det finns ett antal hinder för de studerade offentliga förvaltningarna att kombinera det pågående kvalitetsarbetet med en ökad förmåga att arbeta innovativt. Givet att innovativ utveckling är en viktig strategi för att öka kundvärdet indikerar studien att delar av befintligt kvalitetsarbete utgör hinder för att nå ökat kundvärde inom offentlig sektor.     Samtidigt finns det inom kvalitetsrörelsen verktyg och värderingar som kan öka organisationens förmåga till innovation. Kvalitetsrörelsens kärnvärden och verktyg som exempelvis systematiskt cykliskt lärande kan utgöra viktiga verktyg för att skapa gynnsamma förutsättningar för ökad innovationsförmåga. Detta understryker behovet av att identifiera var kvalitetsarbete stärker respektive hindrar innovationsprocesser. Resultatet av forskningen understryker samtidigt behovet av att radikalt utveckla arbetet med innovativa processer inom offentlig förvaltning för att därigenom bättre nå den offentliga förvaltningens övergripande mål.

本研究分別從理性層面與感性層面探討品牌愛慕對品牌關係的影響，前者由品牌愛慕與顧客滿意在顧客品牌關係架構中扮演的角色切入，探討如何藉由功能、體驗與象徵價值增進品牌愛慕與顧客滿意，以及品牌愛慕與顧客滿意對依賴與行為忠誠的相對影響。後者探討人際關係中的正向幻覺（情人眼裡出西施）現象是否也會出現在品牌關係，藉由驗證品牌愛慕者對品牌評價的理想化，說明品牌愛慕的感性影響機制。 研究一透過質化研究發掘維繫品牌關係的關鍵，兩階段研究共訪談27位受訪者，分析結果發現要讓消費者忠於品牌，光靠顧客滿意是不夠的，還要讓消費者對品牌產生愛慕，方能維繫品牌關係。研究二藉由量化研究驗證品牌愛慕與品牌關係的關聯性，藉由調查法蒐集北、中、南三所大學共130位學生對誠品書店的消費經驗，實證結果顯示：（1）品牌愛慕是功能與象徵價值對依賴與行為忠誠的完全中介變數，顧客滿意則是體驗價值對行為忠誠的完全中介變數。（2）品牌愛慕取代顧客滿意成為影響依賴與行為忠誠的主要變數。（3）功能與象徵價值對品牌愛慕有顯著的正向影響，體驗價值則對顧客滿意有顯著的正向影響。研究三以實驗法操弄品牌愛慕與行銷刺激，探究其對智慧型手機品牌評價的影響，以大學生為受測對象，得到315份完整樣本，研究發現：（1）過去研究認為正向幻覺僅存在於人際關係中，本研究發現正向幻覺可適用於顧客品牌關係。（2）相較於低品牌愛慕者，高品牌愛慕者對品牌的評價存在理想化的現象。（3）高品牌愛慕者會放大正向事件的認知重要性與頻率，並淡化負向事件的頻率。最後，參考研究結論提出品牌管理的研究與管理意涵及未來研究方向。

Made available in DSpace on 2010-04-20T20:48:42Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 3 166815.pdf.jpg: 22231 bytes, checksum: 05dc610aedf210f4be6b23efe4fbe2f1 (MD5) 166815.pdf: 1470969 bytes, checksum: bd39991c397493712240206a46d81b74 (MD5) 166815.pdf.txt: 498847 bytes, checksum: cc7765645aad075debcf0b507bfee522 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007-02-02T00:00:00Z / Esta tese tem como tema central o valor para o cliente, e como finalidade principal explorar a relação entre valor e comportamentos de reclamação e de boca a boca. O trabalho justificou-se pela necessidade de uma análise conjunta dos três temas, como forma de viabilizar uma melhor compreensão destes temas como elementos relevantes do paradigma de marketing de relacionamento. Foi desenvolvida uma revisão da literatura sobre cada um dos temas, com maior extensão sobre o valor para o cliente. Em cada um destes foram apontados: uma visão geral dos temas; a discussão conceitual e a relevância teórica e prática de cada assunto; os principais desafios para pesquisa; aspectos relacionados à mensuração; e os desenvolvimentos dos temas no contexto brasileiro. Foi elaborado a partir desta revisão um total de cinco proposições, que geraram dois modelos estruturais aos quais foram agregadas as proposições conceituais associadas aos construtos de benefício e de sacrifício como dimensões de valor para o cliente. Para avaliar os dois modelos, decidiu-se proceder a um levantamento de dados, por meio de um questionário estruturado, junto a estudantes de cursos de pós-graduação lato sensu da área de gestão, na cidade de Fortaleza. Foram coletados 261 questionários, dos quais 248 foram utilizados nas análises. Os modelos foram avaliados a partir da técnica de Modelagem de Equações Estruturais, tendo-se destacado os seguintes resultados: com relação à reclamação, identificou-se que, quanto mais os clientes percebem valor nos serviços, mais se tornam predispostos a reclamar, e mais efetivamente reclamam; quanto ao comportamento de boca a boca, verificou-se que quanto mais valor os clientes percebem, mais são predispostos a tais comunicações, e efetivamente falam mais intensamente e mais favoravelmente. Adicionalmente, foram identificadas algumas dificuldades com as proposições conceituais, e com os antecedentes do valor. Com base nos resultados, são apontadas algumas recomendações para outras pesquisas envolvendo os temas em questão, como forma de superar as limitações identificadas, e de avaliar os problemas identificados em cada um dos temas. / This dissertation has the customer value as the main subject, and the main purpose was to analyze the relationship of value with complaining and word-of-mouth behaviors. The research is justified for the necessity of a scientific analysis putting the three subjects together, in order to make possible a better comprehension of them as elements of the marketing relationship paradigm. This way, it was done a research on the academic literature of each subject, more extensively on customer value. For each subject, it was appointed: an overall analysis; a discussion about the concepts and the theoretical and practical relevance; the main challenges for academic research; aspects of measurement; and the development of researches on the subject in the Brazilian context. From the literature evaluation, five propositions were developed, what generated two different structural models. Conceptual propositions related to the benefits and sacrifices dimensions related to customer value concept were also put in the models. In order to evaluate the two models, a questionnaire was prepared, and the data collected with students of management lato sensu post graduate courses from Fortaleza. A total of 261 questionnaires were collected, and 248 were used in the analysis. Structural Equation Modeling were used to evaluate the models, and the main results were: related to complaining behavior, it was identified that value perceived influences positively the complaining intention, and the action of complaining; related to word-of-mouth, it was identified that value perceived influences positively the word-of-mouth intention, and also the behavior intensity and favorability. In addition, some difficulties were found relating the value conceptual propositions, both with the benefits and the sacrifices dimensions. From the results, some research recommendations involving the subjects were suggested, as a way to solve the limitations of this research, and to evaluate the problems identified in each one of the subjects.