Title :
Marketing Intelligence on Customer Experiential Values: An Structural Equation Model Approach
Author :
Zhou, Fang ; Lai, Kin Keung
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Bus. Adm., Hunan Univ., Changsha, China
Abstract :
This paper is aimed at studying the marketing intelligence that affect customerpsilas experiential value in the restaurant chain industry. A structural equation model is proposed, incorporating customer characteristics, productspsila features, service quality, environmental ambience, traffic profile, and reputation as antecedents and components of consumer experience, to measure experiential value. Results of analysis of empirical data of a domestic restaurant chain show that product quality, service level, and dining environment are the main factors that impact experiential value. Customerspsila utilitarian orientation and convenient transportation options also affect consumer experience and have a direct positive effect on experiential value. Based on these conclusions, recommendations about enterprise marketing practices are provided, and further research directions are pointed out.
Keywords :
catering industry; marketing; customer characteristics; customer experiential values; customers utilitarian orientation; enterprise marketing practices; environmental ambience; marketing intelligence; products features; restaurant chain industry; service quality; structural equation model; traffic profile; Atmosphere; Cognition; Data analysis; Educational institutions; Equations; Intelligent structures; Investments; Psychology; Traffic control; Transportation; Marketing Intelligence; Structural Equations;
Conference_Titel :
Business Intelligence and Financial Engineering, 2009. BIFE '09. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Beijing
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3705-4
DOI :
10.1109/BIFE.2009.149