Does quality differentiation strategies enhance competitive advantage and customer satisfaction? a strategic management perspective / Arawati Agus and Za'faran Hassan

This study examines the impact of competitive quality differentiation strategies of Malaysian manufacturing companies and its impact on the enhancement of customer satisfaction. The findings demonstrate that consumer satisfaction can be influenced substantially by the product attribute structure, pr...

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Main Authors: Agus, Arawati, Hassan, Za'faran
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institute of Quality & Knowledge Advancement (InQKA) 2005
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Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/16173/
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description This study examines the impact of competitive quality differentiation strategies of Malaysian manufacturing companies and its impact on the enhancement of customer satisfaction. The findings demonstrate that consumer satisfaction can be influenced substantially by the product attribute structure, price and personnel differentiations. It also suggests that richer theories of competitive advantage may be constructed by formally integrating the "behavioral" view of consumer decision-making into concepts of marketing strategy.
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spelling uitm-161732017-03-10T09:19:05Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/16173/ Does quality differentiation strategies enhance competitive advantage and customer satisfaction? a strategic management perspective / Arawati Agus and Za'faran Hassan Agus, Arawati Hassan, Za'faran Job satisfaction Manpower planning This study examines the impact of competitive quality differentiation strategies of Malaysian manufacturing companies and its impact on the enhancement of customer satisfaction. The findings demonstrate that consumer satisfaction can be influenced substantially by the product attribute structure, price and personnel differentiations. It also suggests that richer theories of competitive advantage may be constructed by formally integrating the "behavioral" view of consumer decision-making into concepts of marketing strategy. Institute of Quality & Knowledge Advancement (InQKA) 2005 Article PeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/16173/1/AJ_ARAWATI%20AGUS%20MJQ%2005.pdf Agus, Arawati and Hassan, Za'faran (2005) Does quality differentiation strategies enhance competitive advantage and customer satisfaction? a strategic management perspective / Arawati Agus and Za'faran Hassan. (2005) Malaysian Journal of Quality <https://ir.uitm.edu.my/view/publication/Malaysian_Journal_of_Quality.html>, 1. pp. 1-17. ISSN 1823-7347
spellingShingle Job satisfaction
Manpower planning
Agus, Arawati
Hassan, Za'faran
Does quality differentiation strategies enhance competitive advantage and customer satisfaction? a strategic management perspective / Arawati Agus and Za'faran Hassan
title Does quality differentiation strategies enhance competitive advantage and customer satisfaction? a strategic management perspective / Arawati Agus and Za'faran Hassan
title_full Does quality differentiation strategies enhance competitive advantage and customer satisfaction? a strategic management perspective / Arawati Agus and Za'faran Hassan
title_fullStr Does quality differentiation strategies enhance competitive advantage and customer satisfaction? a strategic management perspective / Arawati Agus and Za'faran Hassan
title_full_unstemmed Does quality differentiation strategies enhance competitive advantage and customer satisfaction? a strategic management perspective / Arawati Agus and Za'faran Hassan
title_short Does quality differentiation strategies enhance competitive advantage and customer satisfaction? a strategic management perspective / Arawati Agus and Za'faran Hassan
title_sort does quality differentiation strategies enhance competitive advantage and customer satisfaction? a strategic management perspective / arawati agus and za'faran hassan
topic Job satisfaction
Manpower planning
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/16173/