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Relationship Between Customer Expectations And Financial Performance Of Food Industry Businesses In A Customer Satisfaction Model, Petr Suchanek, Maria Kralova Jun 2023

Relationship Between Customer Expectations And Financial Performance Of Food Industry Businesses In A Customer Satisfaction Model, Petr Suchanek, Maria Kralova

Economic and Business Review

Research on customer satisfaction in repeat purchases shows that the relationship between customer expectations and customer satisfaction can be inverse to what is commonly reported. This also has an impact on the financial performance of an enterprise, which is therefore directly influenced by customer expectations. The goal of this paper is to determine whether customer satisfaction affects customer expectations and whether these expectations have a direct impact on the financial performance of an enterprise. The variables representing factors of customer satisfaction, including customer expectations, are measured using a customer survey. Business financial performance (BFP) was measured using the ROA, ROE, …


Customer Satisfaction And Stock Returns Risk, Kapil R. Tuli, Sundar G. Bharadwaj Nov 2009

Customer Satisfaction And Stock Returns Risk, Kapil R. Tuli, Sundar G. Bharadwaj

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

Over the past decade, several studies have argued that customer satisfaction has high relevance for financial markets because it has a significant impact on stock returns. However, little attention has been given to understanding the impact of customer satisfaction on the risk of stock returns. The finance literature suggests that investors that judge performance only in terms of returns place more resources than warranted in risky opportunities, forgo profitable opportunities, and apply misguided performance evaluations. Accordingly, this study develops, tests, and finds empirical support for the hypotheses that positive changes (i.e., improvement) in customer satisfaction result in negative changes (i.e., …