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Service Quality of Online Shopping Platforms: A Case-Based Empirical and Analytical Study

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  • Tsan-Ming Choi
  • Pui-Sze Chow
  • Bowood Kwok
  • Shuk-Ching Liu
  • Bin Shen

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Customer service is crucially important for online shopping platforms (OSPs) such as eBay and Taobao. Based on the well-established service quality instruments and the scenario of the specific case on Taobao, this paper focuses on exploring the service quality of an OSP with an aim of revealing customer perceptions of the service quality associated with the provided functions and investigating their impacts on customer loyalty. By an empirical study, this paper finds that the “fulfillment and responsiveness” function is significantly related to the customer loyalty. Further analytical study is conducted to reveal that the optimal service level on the “fulfillment and responsiveness” function for the risk averse OSP uniquely exists. Moreover, the analytical results prove that (i) if the customer loyalty is more positively correlated to the service level, it will lead to a larger optimal service level, and (ii) the optimal service level is independent of the profit target, the source of uncertainty, and the risk preference of the OSP.

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  • Tsan-Ming Choi & Pui-Sze Chow & Bowood Kwok & Shuk-Ching Liu & Bin Shen, 2013. "Service Quality of Online Shopping Platforms: A Case-Based Empirical and Analytical Study," Mathematical Problems in Engineering, Hindawi, vol. 2013, pages 1-9, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:hin:jnlmpe:128678
    DOI: 10.1155/2013/128678
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