VOIP has become very popular since Skype software was released in 2003. Due to the convenience and lower cost brought by unique P2P technology, Skype enters people¡¦s lives quickly. Skype changes the way people communicate and the way people think about VOIP. In Taiwan, PChome Online Inc. launched Skype business by Co- Branding in 2004. People tend to accept Skype very easily. As individual users became more and more, organizational user noticed this and started to use Skype. In addition to Skype, there are other competitors in Taiwan market like Mackay, APOL, and SaveCom. Taiwan Government opened the 070 VOIP business in 2007, many companies were eager to join this market. It¡¦s predictable that the opening of 070 VOIP will change the whole industry and affect VOIP, Telecommunication and Fixed Network companies a lot. This research chose VOIP as topic. First, this research analyzed the whole market and VOIP company¡¦s marketing strategy. Then this research used empirical analysis to study customer¡¦s satisfaction, loyalty and purchasing behavior in organizational buyer¡¦s view. The studies focusing on VOIP organizational buyer in Taiwan are rare, so this research reviewed literatures related customer¡¦s satisfaction and loyalty and design scale for VOIP organizational buyer. Finally, this research chose organizational buyers of leading service provider in this market, PChome & Skype and did a questionnaire survey. The result showed that 60% of Skype business users are located in north of Taiwan. The companies from manufacturing, wholesaling and retailing industries accounted for the mainly. 80% of Skype business users are small companies with less than 100 employees. About customer¡¦s satisfaction, the most satisfying items are ¡§software interface, convenience and channel, and good image.¡¨ The least diverse items are ¡§good image, safe online purchasing and redeeming, and convenience and channel. ¡¨ About the loyalty, each question is between ¡§slightly agree¡¨ and ¡§agree.¡¨ According to the correlation analysis, customer¡¦s satisfaction is positive correlated to customer¡¦s loyalty.

A presente tese visou contribuir com a literatura de comportamento do consumidor organizacional por meio de um estudo de compreensão da influência da utilização das novas tecnologias da informação no centro de compras de hospitais brasileiros. Para tanto, foi realizada uma revisão bibliográfica sobre a área de comportamento do consumidor organizacional e o centro de compras, desde os primeiros modelos conceituais propostos até as pesquisas publicadas na atualidade. A revisão bibliográfica realizada possibilitou o desenvolvimento de cinco hipóteses que foram verificadas na pesquisa. Para o atendimento ao objetivo a pesquisa foi dividida em duas partes, uma delas qualitativa, por meio de um estudo com múltiplas unidades de análise, e outra quantitativa, por meio de um questionário enviado a compradores hospitalares. Os resultados demonstraram que os modelos conceituais de comportamento do consumidor organizacional ainda são válidos na atualidade e o uso de tecnologia da informação tem feito a tomada de decisão do centro de compras ser menos participativa e menos influenciável pelo relacionamento entre vendedores e compradores. O trabalho apontou a importância de adequações do papel da venda pessoal no composto de marketing de empresas fornecedoras a este centro de compras. / This thesis aimed to contribute to the literature of organizational buying behavior through a study of understanding the influence of the use of new information technologies in Brazilian hospitals buying centers. It was conducted a literature review on the area of organizational behavior of consumers and the buying centers from the earliest conceptual models proposed to research published today. The literature review enabled the development of five hypotheses were tested in the research. To achieve the objective the work was divided into two parts, one qualitative, by a case study with multiple analysis units and other quantitative by questionnaire sent to hospital buyers. The results showed that the conceptual models of organizational buying behavior are still valid today and the use of information technology has made the decision making of the buying centers being less participatory and less influenced by the relationship between sellers and buyers. The work shows the importance of adaptations in the role of personal selling in the marketing mix of suppliers to these buying centers.

A presente tese visou contribuir com a literatura de comportamento do consumidor organizacional por meio de um estudo de compreensão da influência da utilização das novas tecnologias da informação no centro de compras de hospitais brasileiros. Para tanto, foi realizada uma revisão bibliográfica sobre a área de comportamento do consumidor organizacional e o centro de compras, desde os primeiros modelos conceituais propostos até as pesquisas publicadas na atualidade. A revisão bibliográfica realizada possibilitou o desenvolvimento de cinco hipóteses que foram verificadas na pesquisa. Para o atendimento ao objetivo a pesquisa foi dividida em duas partes, uma delas qualitativa, por meio de um estudo com múltiplas unidades de análise, e outra quantitativa, por meio de um questionário enviado a compradores hospitalares. Os resultados demonstraram que os modelos conceituais de comportamento do consumidor organizacional ainda são válidos na atualidade e o uso de tecnologia da informação tem feito a tomada de decisão do centro de compras ser menos participativa e menos influenciável pelo relacionamento entre vendedores e compradores. O trabalho apontou a importância de adequações do papel da venda pessoal no composto de marketing de empresas fornecedoras a este centro de compras. / This thesis aimed to contribute to the literature of organizational buying behavior through a study of understanding the influence of the use of new information technologies in Brazilian hospitals buying centers. It was conducted a literature review on the area of organizational behavior of consumers and the buying centers from the earliest conceptual models proposed to research published today. The literature review enabled the development of five hypotheses were tested in the research. To achieve the objective the work was divided into two parts, one qualitative, by a case study with multiple analysis units and other quantitative by questionnaire sent to hospital buyers. The results showed that the conceptual models of organizational buying behavior are still valid today and the use of information technology has made the decision making of the buying centers being less participatory and less influenced by the relationship between sellers and buyers. The work shows the importance of adaptations in the role of personal selling in the marketing mix of suppliers to these buying centers.

Purpose: This study aims to advance the organizational buying literature, by examining buyer burnout and its consequences. Specifically, the sequencing of multi-faceted organizational buyer burnout is established and the impact of each dimension on job satisfaction, job performance, affective organizational commitment and turnover intentions is accessed. The current research is accomplished through the development and examination of competing models and hypothesis testing. Design/methodology/approach: A sample of 125 business-to-business buyers were surveyed using established scale items. The study examines a series of competing models and outcomes of the facets of burnout through the use of covariance-based structural equation modeling. In addition, indirect, direct and total effects were examined. Findings: First, this study supports that researchers should examine burnout, as a multi-faceted construct within the organizational buyer context, using the Lewin and Sager model. Second, findings strongly indicate that gaps exist in the current boundary spanner research, given that the majority of this research stream only examines a single aspect, emotional exhaustion, of burnout and fails to account for the impact of both the personal accomplishment and depersonalization facets of burnout. Further, the impact of personal accomplishment is highlighted, given its total effects on examined outcomes. Originality/value: This study extends the Lewin and Sager model beyond a sales context and finds that each facet of burnout impacts the outcome variables to varying degrees. The total impact of personal accomplishment is highlighted, given that researchers often omit this facet from their investigations.

A Comunicação, dos “Ps” do Marketing, Promotion, trata do intercâmbio de informações entre sujeitos. No caso da Comunicação entre Empresas (B2B), os sujeitos, ditos emissor e receptor, têm papéis e necessidades diferentes daqueles que possuem em suas vidas cotidianas, como consumidores finais de um produto. Quando se comunicam dentro de um ambiente corporativo, compradores e vendedores vêem-se diante de desafios importantes, como os de comprar/vender bens de alto valor para um processo industrial complexo e, normalmente, com grandes riscos envolvidos. O ambiente dessas relações entre empresas chama-se Marketing Industrial. Entender como funciona o comportamento de um vendedor e de um comprador organizacional pode ser estratégico para uma organização. Mais ainda, identificar potenciais ruídos de comunicação entre o que é dito/visto por um vendedor X (versus?) o que é percebido por um comprador de uma empresa cliente pode aproximar ainda mais as duas partes, diminuir gaps de entendimento e aumentar a eficiência da máquina produtiva. É para isto que foi feito este estudo. Para identificar potenciais ruídos de comunicação entre uma empresa vendedora de produtos e serviços da cadeia de celulose e papel e dois de seus clientes, e sugerir ações que possam melhorar o fluxo de comunicação entre as partes estudadas. / The Communication, the "Ps" of Marketing, Promotion, addresses the exchange of information between subjects. In the case of communication between companies (B2B), the subjects, so called communicator and receiver, play different roles and needs from those performed by both in their daily lives, as final consumers of a product. When they communicate within a corporate environment, buyers and sellers face major challenges, such as those related to the purchasing/selling of goods with high added value to a complex industrial process and, normally, with high added value and major risks involved. The relationship environment between the two companies involved is called Industrial Marketing. To understand what the organizational behavior of a seller and a buyer is like may be strategic for an organization. Furthermore, to be able to identify the potential noises in the communication between what is said / perceived by a seller X, and that that is perceived by a purchaser of a client company can increasingly draw near the two parties involved, reducing the understanding gaps and, with that, increase the efficiency of the productive machine. This is the aim of the current study: identify potential noises in communication between a company which sells products and services from a chain of cellulose and paper and two of its clients and, with that, recommend actions that can enhance the flow of communication between the studied parties.

A Comunicação, dos “Ps” do Marketing, Promotion, trata do intercâmbio de informações entre sujeitos. No caso da Comunicação entre Empresas (B2B), os sujeitos, ditos emissor e receptor, têm papéis e necessidades diferentes daqueles que possuem em suas vidas cotidianas, como consumidores finais de um produto. Quando se comunicam dentro de um ambiente corporativo, compradores e vendedores vêem-se diante de desafios importantes, como os de comprar/vender bens de alto valor para um processo industrial complexo e, normalmente, com grandes riscos envolvidos. O ambiente dessas relações entre empresas chama-se Marketing Industrial. Entender como funciona o comportamento de um vendedor e de um comprador organizacional pode ser estratégico para uma organização. Mais ainda, identificar potenciais ruídos de comunicação entre o que é dito/visto por um vendedor X (versus?) o que é percebido por um comprador de uma empresa cliente pode aproximar ainda mais as duas partes, diminuir gaps de entendimento e aumentar a eficiência da máquina produtiva. É para isto que foi feito este estudo. Para identificar potenciais ruídos de comunicação entre uma empresa vendedora de produtos e serviços da cadeia de celulose e papel e dois de seus clientes, e sugerir ações que possam melhorar o fluxo de comunicação entre as partes estudadas. / The Communication, the "Ps" of Marketing, Promotion, addresses the exchange of information between subjects. In the case of communication between companies (B2B), the subjects, so called communicator and receiver, play different roles and needs from those performed by both in their daily lives, as final consumers of a product. When they communicate within a corporate environment, buyers and sellers face major challenges, such as those related to the purchasing/selling of goods with high added value to a complex industrial process and, normally, with high added value and major risks involved. The relationship environment between the two companies involved is called Industrial Marketing. To understand what the organizational behavior of a seller and a buyer is like may be strategic for an organization. Furthermore, to be able to identify the potential noises in the communication between what is said / perceived by a seller X, and that that is perceived by a purchaser of a client company can increasingly draw near the two parties involved, reducing the understanding gaps and, with that, increase the efficiency of the productive machine. This is the aim of the current study: identify potential noises in communication between a company which sells products and services from a chain of cellulose and paper and two of its clients and, with that, recommend actions that can enhance the flow of communication between the studied parties.

A Comunicação, dos “Ps” do Marketing, Promotion, trata do intercâmbio de informações entre sujeitos. No caso da Comunicação entre Empresas (B2B), os sujeitos, ditos emissor e receptor, têm papéis e necessidades diferentes daqueles que possuem em suas vidas cotidianas, como consumidores finais de um produto. Quando se comunicam dentro de um ambiente corporativo, compradores e vendedores vêem-se diante de desafios importantes, como os de comprar/vender bens de alto valor para um processo industrial complexo e, normalmente, com grandes riscos envolvidos. O ambiente dessas relações entre empresas chama-se Marketing Industrial. Entender como funciona o comportamento de um vendedor e de um comprador organizacional pode ser estratégico para uma organização. Mais ainda, identificar potenciais ruídos de comunicação entre o que é dito/visto por um vendedor X (versus?) o que é percebido por um comprador de uma empresa cliente pode aproximar ainda mais as duas partes, diminuir gaps de entendimento e aumentar a eficiência da máquina produtiva. É para isto que foi feito este estudo. Para identificar potenciais ruídos de comunicação entre uma empresa vendedora de produtos e serviços da cadeia de celulose e papel e dois de seus clientes, e sugerir ações que possam melhorar o fluxo de comunicação entre as partes estudadas. / The Communication, the "Ps" of Marketing, Promotion, addresses the exchange of information between subjects. In the case of communication between companies (B2B), the subjects, so called communicator and receiver, play different roles and needs from those performed by both in their daily lives, as final consumers of a product. When they communicate within a corporate environment, buyers and sellers face major challenges, such as those related to the purchasing/selling of goods with high added value to a complex industrial process and, normally, with high added value and major risks involved. The relationship environment between the two companies involved is called Industrial Marketing. To understand what the organizational behavior of a seller and a buyer is like may be strategic for an organization. Furthermore, to be able to identify the potential noises in the communication between what is said / perceived by a seller X, and that that is perceived by a purchaser of a client company can increasingly draw near the two parties involved, reducing the understanding gaps and, with that, increase the efficiency of the productive machine. This is the aim of the current study: identify potential noises in communication between a company which sells products and services from a chain of cellulose and paper and two of its clients and, with that, recommend actions that can enhance the flow of communication between the studied parties.