Benjamin Krischan Schulte

Staying the Consumption Course (eBook, PDF)

Exploring the Individual Lock-in Process in Service Relationships

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Produktbeschreibung

Benjamin Krischan Schulte develops a process-model of consumer lock-in in service relationships by connecting three areas of research: path dependence, consumer behavior and service relationship marketing. He defines consumer lock-in as a situation of a potentially unaware inability to switch from or exit a consumption process due to entrenchment with increasing barriers on the individual and/or social level. Switching barriers are elaborated as consumer lock-in mechanisms. The resulting process model is outlined and empirically examined in an explorative panel study of a service relationship process in higher education. The author¿s findings support the presence of consumer lock-in in services as an idiosyncratic process of gradual entrapment. The phenomenon has relevance for researchers and practitioners in complex service relationships, where lock-in was found to be a likely occurrence but difficult to grasp.

Contents

• Theoretical Foundation: Path Dependence, Consumer Behavior and Service Relationship Research
• Model of the Consumer Lock-in Process
• Longitudinal Study with Service Consumers in a Higher Education Service

Target Groups

• Researchers, teachers and students of business with a focus on consumer behavior and relationship-marketing, particularly the process in complex service relationships
• Executives and consultants in services companies with the core areas strategy, CRM, and customer retention

TheAuthor

Benjamin Krischan Schulte obtained a Doctoral Degree in Business from Freie Universität Berlin in 2014.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden
• Seitenzahl: 228
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Januar 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783658087883
• Artikelnr.: 44620885

Autorenporträt

Benjamin Krischan Schulte obtained a Doctoral Degree in Business from Freie Universität Berlin in 2014.

Inhaltsangabe

Theoretical Foundation: Path Dependence, Consumer Behavior and Service Relationship Research.-Model of the Consumer Lock-in Process.- Longitudinal Study with Service Consumers in a Higher Education Service.