• 한국경영과학회지
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• 제39권4호
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• pp.115-136
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• 2014

The game industry has grown steadily and the online game has become one of the most attractive game segments for its remarkable growth. Customer management in the online game industry, however, has received little attention from the academic field. The purpose of this study is to analyze the drivers of customer defection in the online game setting and suggest not only theoretical but also managerial insights into increasing customer retention rates. Prior to empirical analysis, the authors hypothesized that 3 variables of interests (Learning, Playing, Achievement) would explain the customer defection according to preceeding researches. To demonstrate these hypotheses, the authors obtained data from one of the biggest game publishers in Korea, and the empirical analysis model was developed considering context of research settings. The results of analyses provide the following insights. First, the key behavioral variables of Learning, Playing, and Achievement play substantial roles in explaining the customer defection. Next, the effects of these variables vary between customer types: novice and experienced customers. The defection decisions by novice customers are predicted by all key behavioral variables and Playing serves as the most influential indicator of the defection decisions. However, experienced customers are influenced by Playing and Achievement, while Learning has no impact on the defection decisions. Finally, the authors investigated hypothetical customer retention strategies, using the empirical results. The market outcomes indicate that the customer retention strategies work well with novice customers and it is hard-to-impossible to prevent experienced customers from defection using their behavioral data. These findings together deliver several meaningful insights to management as follow. First, the management should support customers to get involved in Learning activities at the very first stage. Second, customer's Achievement and appropriate compensation for it would work as defection barriers. Last, to optimize the outcomes of firm's marketing investments, it is better to focus on retention of novice users not experienced ones.

• Asia Marketing Journal
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.121-147
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• 2009

This research attempts to investigate differences in past experiences of using internet in repurchasing. In doing so, the authors identify online consumer characteristics, particularly one-time and repeat users comparison across geographical borders of Korean and Taiwanese teenage customers. Results show that there are significant differences in online shopping typologies between Korean and Taiwanese customers. While attitude serves as a distinguishing factor for both data sets along the other two dimensions, trust does not. Since researchers have focused on comparisons between Western cultures and Asian cultures' online purchase behavior or Internet use, the current study provides a valuable comparison for this niche population of young customers at least in a Korean-Taiwanese context. The authors also make a brief argument that these findings can influence marketing practitioners and site developers in their strategies.

• 한국IT서비스학회지
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.103-118
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• 2021

With the advancement of technology, the market size of online bookstores is constantly increasing in Korea. Despite the importance of the quality of services provided by online bookstores as many customers use online bookstores, many existing studies have approached only from a linear perspective that satisfying service quality factors will lead to customer satisfaction. In addition, the service quality of online bookstores has only been addressed in general and universal service situations, such as SERVQUAL and e-SERVQUAL and WebQual, or online situations. This study was conducted to consider the specificity of online bookstores and to establish specific strategies for improving service quality. In this study, we present six higher dimensions of service quality for online bookstores and 25 lower dimensions to measure it, and we confirm strategic direction for service quality elements through IPA analysis. As a result of the analysis, a total of 12 factors were included in the first quadrant, which required maintenance of service quality due to the high importance and satisfaction perceived by customers. Next, the importance of customers is high, but their satisfaction is low, so the second quadrant that should be improved first had a total of two factors. Third, the third quadrant was an area where customers perceived low importance and satisfaction, and a total of nine factors were involved. Finally, the fourth quadrant was an area where the customer was satisfied but perceived low importance, with a total of two factors. The results of this study can be used as basic data for strategic use of online service quality factors.

• 한국유통학회지:유통연구
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.69-90
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• 2007

본 연구는 소비자의 구매과정을 정보탐색 및 구매결정 단계로 나누어 각각의 단계에서 소비자가 온라인 또는 오프라인 채널을 선택하는 행동에 영향을 주는 요인을 분석하였으며 어떤 요인이 채널 전환(온라인 탐색$\rightarrow$오프라인 구매, 오프라인 탐색$\rightarrow$온라인 구매)을 가져오는지 검증하였다. 영향 요인으로는 소비자 개인 특성, 제품 특성, 구매 상황과 관련된 10개 변수를 고려하였으며, 순차적 로짓(sequential legit) 기법을 사용하여 실증 분석한 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 정보탐색 단계에서는 소비자의 채널에 대한 지식이 채널 선택에 영향을 미쳤으며 쇼핑에서 재미를 추구하거나 제품에 대한 관여도가 높은 경우 오프라인 채널을 선택할 가능성이 높게 나타났다. 반면에 온라인으로 쇼핑한 경험이 많은 소비자들은 온라인에서 정보를 탐색하는 경향이 높았다. 구매 단계의 검증결과는 탐색 채널에 따라 다르게 나타났다. 소비자가 온라인에서 정보를 탐색한 경우, 온라인 쇼핑경험이 많거나 가격추구의 쇼핑 가치를 크게 느끼거나 시간적 여유가 없는 소비자일수록 온라인에서 구매하는 경향이 높았던 반면에, 필요한 정보의 양이 많거나 제품에 대한 관여도와 인지된 위험이 높은 소비자는 구매 단계에서 오프라인 채널로 전환하였다. 한편 소비자가 오프라인에서 정보를 탐색한 경우, 쇼핑에서 편의나 재미를 추구하는 소비자와 시간적 여유가 없는 소비자일수록 오프라인에서 구매할 가능성이 높았고, 온라인 쇼핑경험이 많은 소비자는 구매 채널을 온라인으로 전환하는 경향이 높았다. 본 연구의 분석결과는 정보탐색 및 구매 단계에서 채널 선택에 영향을 주는 요인이 서로 다름을 보여주었으며 두 개의 채널을 모두 제공하는 유통 업자에게 매우 유용한 실무적 시사점을 제공한다.

• CRM연구
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.19-28
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• 2010

최근 청소년들은 유통업의 많은 영역에서 주된 소비층으로 자리 잡아 가고 있다. 인터넷쇼핑몰 시장도 예외는 아니어서 청소년 고객의 구매가 날로 증가하는 추세에 있다. 따라서 인터넷쇼핑몰 기업들은 청소년 고객을 대상으로 한 고객관리의 필요성을 느끼고 있으며 효과적인 관리 방안에 대해 고민하고 있다. 이에 본 연구에서는 청소년 집단의 인터넷쇼핑몰 이용 현황을 살펴보고 이를 기반으로 청소년을 대상으로 한 효과적인 고객관계관리(CRM) 방향을 고찰하였다. 청소년 고객 집단을 인터넷쇼핑몰 이용 행태에 따라 세분화하고 각 세분 집단별 적합한 CRM 오퍼를 통해 고객 관리를 수행할 때 청소년 고객 집단에 대한 효과적인 CRM의 구현이 가능할 것이다.

• 지식경영연구
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.15-35
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• 2013

Nowadays, online shopping has become popular among consumers. As such, gaining loyal online shopping customers has become a rising concern for online shopping vendors. In this study, we investigated the hierarchical relationships among Lewicki and Bunker's three different types of trust, namely, calculus-based trust, knowledge-based trust, and identification-based trust, in the context of online shopping and their impacts on customer satisfaction and loyalty. A total of 104 responses from online shopping users were analyzed to test the proposed model and its hypotheses using Partial Least Squares (PLS). The results showed that, in the online environment, hierarchical relationships between different types of trust exist and that, among them, knowledge-based trust has the strongest impact on customer satisfaction. This finding implied that practitioners should focus on developing appropriate online strategies for building trust-based relationships with online customers.

• Asia pacific journal of information systems
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.21-43
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• 2013

Internet vendors are gradually realizing the importance of "locking-in" online customers in order to ensure profitability. Erection of switching barriers increases customers'lock-in and in turn may result in their willingness to pay price-premium for the same service. However, raising customer lock-in online is difficult because search costs are very low. Therefore, this study examines the effect of switching barriers (customer satisfaction, perceived value and relative advantage) on switching costs and the effect of switching costs on customer's willingness to pay more. Since switching costs and consequent relationships may depend upon the type of product therefore the research model in this study is examined for both search products and experience products. Data is collected through an online survey from two websites (one each for search product and experience product). The empirical results show the key role of switching costs in customers' willingness to pay more and the relationships among the four constructs. The theoretical and practical implications of this study are also discussed.

• 한국전자거래학회지
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.57-71
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• 1998

In this paper, we describe the approaches of shopping agents and directory services for online comparison shopping on the web, and propose an information indexing and retrieval system, named InfoEye, with a new method for automatic extraction of product information. The developed method is based on the knowledge about presentation of the product information on the Web. The method from the knowledge about presentation of the product information is derived from both the point that online stores display their products to customers in easy-to-browse ways and heuristics made of analyses of product information look-and-feel of domestic online stores. In indexing process, the method is applied to product information extraction from Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) documents collected by a mirroring robot from online stores. We have made InfoEye to a readily usable stage and transferred the technology to Webnara commercial shopping engine. The proposed system is a cutting-edge solution to help customers as a shopping expert by providing information about the reasonable price of a product from dozens of online stores, saving customers shopping time, giving information about new products, and comparing quality factors of products in a same category.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제8권9호
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• pp.131-141
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• 2021

With the rapid development of the Internet, online shopping has grown so fast that almost any good or service can be sold online today. The popularity and rapid growth of e-commerce signal a huge market opportunity for e-retailers. From the organizational perspective, it is necessary to evaluate and explore what drives customers to buy their products or to use their services. This study, therefore, aims to explain the online purchase intention and its determinants of Vietnamese customers for cosmetics and personal care products. Quantitative data was collected from an online survey conducted among university students, then was put into SPSS and AMOS for further analysis. Descriptive statistics, Cronbach's alpha test, exploratory factor analysis (EFA), regression analysis, and SEM were used to examine data from 434 valid answers. The research findings reveal that four factors positively affect purchase intention: Shopping enjoyment has the most significant impact, followed by trust, benefit, and website quality. On the other hand, perceived risk negatively influences purchase intention. While the cosmetics and personal care industry is thriving with a huge number of producers and consumers throughout the world, this study contributes to the existing literature in terms of capturing customers' needs and developing effective strategies to attract more online users.

• International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.193-197
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• 2021

Customers are increasingly attracted towards different e-commerce websites and applications for the purchase of products significantly. This is the reason the sellers are moving to different internet based services to sell their products online. The growth of customers in this sector has resulted in the use of big data analytics to understand customers' behavior in predicting the demand of items. It uses a complex process of examining large amount of data to uncover hidden patterns in the information. It is established on the basis of finding correlation between various parameters that are recorded, understanding purchase patterns and applying statistical measures on collected data. This paper is a document of the bottom-up strategy used to manage the selling price of a first-time product for maximizing profit while selling it online. It summarizes how existing customers' expectations can be used to increase the sale of product and attract the attention of the new customer for buying the new product.