Understanding the customer value of an on-line newspaper

With the advent of Internet, a subject seems peculiar to marketing: understanding the “brand new” on-line consumer behavior. Oneway of doing such thing is to explore the customer value as means to comprehend what consumers valorize and than deliver it. Customer value is ...

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Autores: Leão, André Luiz Maranhão de Souza, Mello, Sérgio Carvalho Benício de
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2003
País:Brasil
Institución:Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV)
Repositorio:Revista de Administração de Empresas
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.periodicos.fgv.br:article/37421
Acceso en línea:https://periodicos.fgv.br/rae/article/view/37421
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:On-line consumer
customer value
means-end chains
laddering
competitive advantage
Consumidor on-line
valor do cliente
cadeias de meios-fim
vantagem competitiva
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Sumario:With the advent of Internet, a subject seems peculiar to marketing: understanding the “brand new” on-line consumer behavior. Oneway of doing such thing is to explore the customer value as means to comprehend what consumers valorize and than deliver it. Customer value is the consumer’s perception of product attributes and how these can provide benefits that help him reach his goals. The theory of means-end chains is a way of thinking systematically about this representation. The method most widely used to reach means-end chains is called laddering. A sample of 78 readers of a mainstream on-line newspaper was assessed. Its users’ main customer values offered important conclusions. It wasidentified that readers are mainly concerned about their personal objectives, interaction with others as well as interested in social matters. Based on this, managerial implications are discussed. Suggestions for future researches are also presented.