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Perception of Value
E-CRM Features
D. Sureshkumar and P. Palanivelu A b s t r a c t
The purpose of this research study is to give a better understanding of customers' p e r c e p t i o n o f v a l u e f r o m e -C R M f e a t u r e s o n a i r l i n e e - t i c k e t i n g We b s i t e s . M u l t i p l e c a s e study strategy was chosen and empirical data was collected from seven cases through in-depth interviews. Each customer who was a business man and used to buy airline etickets, was treated as a single case. Customers' responses were taken both after the adoption of a feature (post-adoption) and before the adoption of a feature (preadoption) to find the overall perceptions of customers. Findings of the study show that all the features were not important for customer satisfaction, at the same time, and websites were not providing all the features discussed by the theory where as customers showed their willingness to use those features if provided.
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