Title : ( Evaluating Customer Satisfaction Using Derrige & Suich General Utility Function: The Case of Sahand Iranian Carpet Manufacturing )
Authors: Shamsodin Nazemi , batool rajabi , Mohammad Moqaddasi ,Access to full-text not allowed by authors
Abstract
This research investigates customer satisfaction from the products of a regional carpet manufacturing firm using Derrige&Suich general utility function. For this purpose, relative factors were identified based on literature and expert’s contribution and tested utilizing descriptive survey research. Data was collected from two distinctive populations consisting of a team of experts in carpet industry as well as customers of Sahand manufacturing firm that were randomly selected on proportional basis. Findings of our study revealed that: product quality and price, contribute most to the customer satisfaction. Moreover, analysis of data collected by questionnaire showed that, customers are generally less satisfied with brand image and customer services. It was further noticed that firm’s silk-design carpet is the most favorable product from the viewpoint of customers.
Keywords
, customer satisfaction, utility function, AHP, machine made carpet@article{paperid:1030182,
author = {Nazemi, Shamsodin and Rajabi, Batool and Mohammad Moqaddasi},
title = {Evaluating Customer Satisfaction Using Derrige & Suich General Utility Function: The Case of Sahand Iranian Carpet Manufacturing},
journal = {Interdisciplinary Journal of Contemporary Research in Business},
year = {2012},
volume = {4},
number = {4},
month = {August},
issn = {2073-7122},
pages = {934--945},
numpages = {11},
keywords = {customer satisfaction; utility function; AHP; machine made carpet},
}
%0 Journal Article
%T Evaluating Customer Satisfaction Using Derrige & Suich General Utility Function: The Case of Sahand Iranian Carpet Manufacturing
%A Nazemi, Shamsodin
%A Rajabi, Batool
%A Mohammad Moqaddasi
%J Interdisciplinary Journal of Contemporary Research in Business
%@ 2073-7122
%D 2012