Journal of Distribution Research (한국유통학회지:유통연구)
- Volume 11 Issue 3
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- Pages.23-53
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- 2006
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- 1226-9263(pISSN)
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- 2383-9694(eISSN)
Buyer Trust in a Supplier Brand and the Link to Brand Loyalty in the Business-to-Business Markets
산업재 시장에서 조직구매자의 공급자 브랜드에 대한 신뢰 및 충성도에 관한 연구
- Han, Sang-Lin (School of Business, Hanyang University) ;
- Sung, Hyung-Suk (School of Business, Hanyang University)
- Published : 2006.07.31
Abstract
Brands are important in the consumer market. They are the interface between consumers and the company. And consumers may develop loyalty to brands. Also, the late development of industrial marketing explains the near absence of research on brand equity in business to business. With recent change, Industrial companies have shifted from a production focus to a customer focus. Industrial brand is fast developing. The basic purpose of this study is to investigate industrial brand trust and loyalty affecting the result of business relationship between industrial buyers and suppliers. Factors hypothesized to influence trust in a brand include a number of brand characteristics, company characteristics and consumer-brand characteristics. This research presented a comprehensive constructive model consisting of components of industrial brand trust and loyalty, and then propose the research model base on prior researches and studies about relationships among components of industrial brand loyalty Data were gathered from respondents who work in industrial buying center. For this study, Data were analyzed by AMOS 4.0. The results of this research analysis were as fallow. Industrial brand trust and loyalty were positively related with a number of industrial brand characteristics, supplier characteristics and buyer-brand characteristics, relationship commitment. This research newly proposed the concept of industrial brand trust and loyalty affecting the result of business relationship between industrial buyers and suppliers.
본 연구는 최근 산업재 시장에서 조직구매자와 공급업체간의 장기적인 거래관계의 중요성이 크게 부각됨에 따라 서로간의 관계의 구축 및 강화에 매우 중요한 역할을 하는 산업재 브랜드에 대한 연구를 진행하였다. 특히, 산업재 시장에서 구매자의 공급자 브랜드에 대한 신뢰 및 충성도에 영향을 미치는 9가지의 영향요인들에 초점을 두고 있다. 산업재 시장에서 공급자와 구매자의 거래 시 브랜드 신뢰의 증가는 브랜드 충성도의 증가로 이어지며 이것은 공급자-구매자의 장기적 관계를 강화시킬 것으로 예상하였다. 실증분석 결과, 브랜드 특성요인, 공급자 특성요인, 구매자 특성요인들 대부분이 비교적 브랜드 신뢰에 중요한 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났으며 브랜드 신뢰는 브랜드 충성도에 유의한 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다.