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Measuring and comparing service quality metrics through social media analytics: a case study

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  • Wu He

    (Old Dominion University)

  • Xin Tian

    (Old Dominion University)

  • Andy Hung

    (Boise State University)

  • Vasudeva Akula

    (VOZIQ Company)

  • Weidong Zhang

    (Jilin University)

Abstract

This paper proposes a framework of using social media analytics to help study service quality. A case study was conducted to collect and analyze a data set which included nearly half million tweets related to two of the largest supermarkets in the United States: Walmart and Kmart. The results illustrate how businesses can leverage external open data to complement the traditional survey-based approaches in order to better understand and measure their service quality metrics by studying the online opinions of their customers.

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  • Wu He & Xin Tian & Andy Hung & Vasudeva Akula & Weidong Zhang, 2018. "Measuring and comparing service quality metrics through social media analytics: a case study," Information Systems and e-Business Management, Springer, vol. 16(3), pages 579-600, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:infsem:v:16:y:2018:i:3:d:10.1007_s10257-017-0360-0
    DOI: 10.1007/s10257-017-0360-0
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