Buyers’ perceived switching costs and switching: a meta-analytic assessment of their antecedents
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Higher switching costs reduce the likelihood that customers leave the organization.
“Switching costs also are associated with customer loyalty: Higher switching costs reduce the likelihood that customers leave the organization (Blut et al. 2015; Lam et al. 2004; Pick and Eisend 2014).”
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Pick and Eisend (2014) propose a path from relationship quality to switching costs, suggesting that customers lose the benefits from their relationship with a firm when they leave.
“In contrast, Pick and Eisend (2014) propose a path from relationship quality to switching costs-suggesting that customers lose the benefits from their relationship with a firm when they leave.”
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B2B customers tend to invest more in long-term relationships once the relationship is established.
“These customers also tend to invest more in long-term relationships once the relationship is established (Pick and Eisend 2014).”
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- Authors
- Pick, D., & Eisend, M.
- Affiliations
- Freie Universität Berlin (DE)
- European University Viadrina (DE)
- Corresponding author
- Eisend, Martin
- Venue
- Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science
- Published
- 2013-07-16
- Volume
- 42
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 186-204
- ISSN
- 0092-0703 (ISSN-L)
- 1552-7824
- OpenAlex
- W2060396641
- Cited by
- 173
- References
- 82
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- FWCI
- 18.25
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Customer Service Quality and Loyalty
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Marketing › Consumer Market Behavior and Pricing
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Management Information Systems › Outsourcing and Supply Chain Management
- Keywords
- perceived switching costs, alternatives, competition, relationship quality, cultural differences, relationship marketing
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