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A Study on Influence of Smartphones Business Factors on Customer Satisfaction and Customer Loyalty

스마트폰 비즈니스의 구성요인이 고객만족과 고객충성도에 미치는 영향

  • Lee, Joong-Bae (Graduate School of Management Consulting, Hanyang University) ;
  • Baek, Dong-Hyun (Department of Business Administration, Hanyang University ERICA Campus)
  • Received : 2017.01.20
  • Accepted : 2017.04.10
  • Published : 2017.05.31
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Abstract

The core of the smartphone business environment is changing from H/W to S/W and with it the paradigm of an enterprise's base of competition is changing from H/W to service. In accordance with this paradigm, in this study we have determined H/W, S/W and telecommunication service as smartphone business factors. The purpose of this study is to first analyze the influence business factors has on consumer satisfaction and customer loyalty. Secondly, to analyze the influence switching cost has on customer loyalty. As a result, the factor that has a notable influence on customer satisfaction turned out to be the H/W factor. On the other hand S/W factor and communication service turned out to have very little influence. In addition, the factors influencing customer loyalty turned out to be H/W factor and S/W factor. Telecommunication service did not have much of an influence. Customer satisfaction turned out to act as mediation effect between H/W factor and customer loyalty. Like the result of other preceding researches, switching cost turned out to have a significant influence on customer loyalty. This study differs from other studies in that while other existing studies analyzed H/W, S/W and communication service separately, this study analyzed the influence H/W, S/W and communication service as a whole has on customer satisfaction and customer loyalty. We speculate that the results of this study would provide some insight both in an academic and practical level for stagnant smartphone industry.

스마트폰 비즈니스 환경이 H/W 중심에서 S/W 경쟁으로 변화하고 있고 기업의 경쟁기반도 H/W에서 서비스로 패러다임이 변화하고 있다. 이에 본 연구에서는 스마트폰 비즈니스 구성요인을 H/W, S/W, 통신서비스로 구성하였다. 본 연구의 목적은 비니지스 구성요인이 고객만족과 고객충성도에 미치는 영향관계를 파악하고, 전환비용이 고객충성도에 미치는 영향을 분석하는 것이다. 연구분석 결과, 고객 만족에 유의한 영향을 미치는 요인은 H/W 요인임이 밝혀졌고, S/W 요인과 통신서비스는 영향을 미치지 않는 것으로 확인되었다. 고객층성도에 영향을 미치는 요인은 H/W 요인과 S/W 요인임이 입증되고 통신서비스는 영향을 미치지 않는 것으로 분석되었다. 고객만족이 H/W 요인과 고객충성 간에 매개역할을 하는 것으로 나타났다. 전환비용은 선행연구와 동일하게 고객충성도에 유의한 영향을 미치는 것으로 분석되었다. 본 연구가 기존의 연구와의 차별점은 기존의 연구가 H/W, S/W, 통신서비스를 각각 나누어 분석하였으나, 본 연구에서는 H/W, S/W, 통신서비스의 통합된 3차원이 고객만족과 고객충성도에 미치는 영향을 규명하였다는데 의의가 있다. 본 연구 결과는 학술적, 실무적으로 성장이 정체된 스마트폰 산업에 시사점을 제공할 수 있으리라 본다.

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