{"title":"A comparative analysis of contactless e-service encounters in online platforms","authors":"Sang M. Lee, Soon Goo Hong, DonHee Lee","doi":"10.1007/s11628-024-00554-2","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p>This study examines the importance of customer-centered e-service encounter activities in online platforms for enhancing customer value in different service sectors. To identify and evaluate the key factors that contribute to 3Ts (task, e-tangible, treatment) of e-service encounter activities, the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) was applied. The study results identified the following priority factors: for retail and food services—product diversity was rated the highest (30.1% and 28.5%, respectively), and brand reliability (26.6% and 25.8%, respectively) the second; for accommodation service—brand reliability was rated the highest (27.4%) and then product diversity (26.6%). The results of this study provide useful insights to service organizations for designing effective e-service encounter activities based on 3Ts. Thus, this study contributes to the literature through its theoretical and practical implications.</p>","PeriodicalId":51576,"journal":{"name":"Service Business","volume":"28 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.4000,"publicationDate":"2024-03-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Service Business","FirstCategoryId":"91","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11628-024-00554-2","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"BUSINESS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
This study examines the importance of customer-centered e-service encounter activities in online platforms for enhancing customer value in different service sectors. To identify and evaluate the key factors that contribute to 3Ts (task, e-tangible, treatment) of e-service encounter activities, the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) was applied. The study results identified the following priority factors: for retail and food services—product diversity was rated the highest (30.1% and 28.5%, respectively), and brand reliability (26.6% and 25.8%, respectively) the second; for accommodation service—brand reliability was rated the highest (27.4%) and then product diversity (26.6%). The results of this study provide useful insights to service organizations for designing effective e-service encounter activities based on 3Ts. Thus, this study contributes to the literature through its theoretical and practical implications.
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The mission of Service Business is to be an outlet for the most advanced research in business related to the service sector. The journal is designed to be international and multidisciplinary. Service Business focuses on business research for the service sector and provides a means of communication for those working in the business field of service and service industries irrespective of discipline, functional area, sector or nationality. Service Business is a journal for issues related to business in the service sector of the economy, focusing on both the profit and non-profit areas of the sector. Authors share their experiences in developing, implementing, and evaluating their business decisions and strategies and explore not only the latest research and methodologies in the field, but also examine the theoretical and managerial implications, and future research opportunities in service sector. An editorial review board of leading international scholars and practitioners assures content which encompasses rigorous conceptual and empirical papers, practice-oriented papers, teaching-oriented papers, special issues, case studies, book reviews, and conference reports. Every article published in the SB is subject to a double blind review process to ensure its relevance and quality.