DECISION-MAKING FACTORS IN THE CONTAINER SHIPPING MARKET
Keywords:
decision-making factors, container shipping, service quality, customer preferencesAbstract
The survey analyzes the factors of customer decision-making process by choosing Third-Party Logistics (3PL) in the Czech Republic market. While applying factors by other relevant research studies dealing with the decision-making process of customers in non-European markets, the research examines factors‘ characteristic for the Czech customers. Questionnaires and interviews as qualitative research methods are applied in the research project. Within the research, a new service quality instrument TARRQUAL was developed. The TARRQUAL as service quality measurement is seeked to be applied particularly in logistics business field. The project aims at providing input for empirical research in the field of service quality in container shipping, which is lacking in the Central and East European (CEE) countries.
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(3) ANDERSON, E. J., COLTMAN, T., DEVINNEY, T. M., KEATING, B. What drives the
choice of a third-party logistics provider? Journal of Supply Chain Management, 2011,
roč. 47, č. 2, s. 97-115. ISSN 1523-2409.
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scale for measuring consumer perceptions of service quality. Journal of Retailing, 1988
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commitment and loyalty behavior among retailers: What are the roles of service quality
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ISSN 0092-0703.
(6) HUNT, S., D., DAVIS, D., F. Grounding Supply Chain Management in Resource-
Advantage Theory. Journal of Supply Chain Management, 2008, roč. 44, č. 1, s. 10-21.
ISSN 1745-493X .
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marketingu ve firmách. Zlín: Radim Bačuvčík – VeRBuM, 2014. 106 s. ISBN 978-80-
87500-56-9.
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Service Quality. Journal of Academy of Marketing Science, 1997, roč. 25, č. 1, s. 31-44.
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(9) RAFIQ, M., JAAFAR, H., S. Measuring customers' perceptions of logistics service
quality of 3PL service providers. Journal of Business Logistics, 2007, roč. 28, č. 2, s. 159
– VIII. ISSN 2158-1592 .
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supply chains. MIT Sloan Management Review. 2010, roč. 51, č. 2, s. 33-38. ISSN 1532-
9194.
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a customer-based performance measure: An empirical examination of organizational
barriers using an extended service quality model. Human Resource Management (1986-
1998), 1991, roč. 30, č. 3, s. 335-364.
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improving service quality measurement. Journal of Retailing, 1993, roč. 69, č. 1, Spring,
s. 140-7.
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expectations as a comparison standard in measuring service quality: implications for
future research. Journal of Marketing, 1994, roč. 58, January, s. 111-24.
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SERVQUAL model. Services Industries Journal, 1992, roč. 11 č. 3, s. 324-43.
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industry: building and testing an instrument. International Journal of Service Industry
Management, 1992, Vol. 3 No. 4, pp. 4-16.
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criteria and their perceived importance in the indian environment: A shipperonly study.
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case study. Benchmarking: An international journal, 2012, roč. 19, č. 6, s.709-729.
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Marketing, 1994, roč. 30, č. 1, s. 8-32.
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customer loyalty, and market share. Journal of business logistics. Oak Brook, Ill.: Council
of Logistics Management, 1994, roč. 15, č. 1, s. 1-27.
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Shippers/Carriers Differences. International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics,
1999, roč. 29, č. 6, s. 398-408.
(25) BHATTI, R. S., KUMAR, P. AND KUMAR, D. Analytical modeling of third party
service provider selection in lead logistics provider environments. Journal of Modelling in
Management, 2010, roč. 5, č. 3, s. 275-286.
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the China pearl river delta. Maritime Policy & Management, 2008, roč. 35 č. 1, s. 27-52.
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customer loyalty, and market share. Journal of business logistics. Oak Brook, Ill.: Council
of Logistics Management, 1994, roč. 15, č. 1, s. 1-27.
(29) WEN, C.H., HUANG, J.Y. A discrete choice model of ocean carrier choice. Journal
of the Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies, 2007, roč. 7, s. 795-807.
(30) CRUM, M. R., JOHNSON, D. A., ALLEN, B. J. A longitudinal assessment of EDI
use in the U.S. motor carrier industry. Transportation Journal, 1998, roč. 38, č. 1, s. 15-
28.
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selection - a case study of the industry investing in southeast Asia. International Journal
of Electronic Business Management, 2011, roč. 9, č. 1, s. 24-36.
(32) STANK, T. P., GOLDSBY, T. J., VICKERY, S. K. Logistics service performance:
estimating its influence on market share. Journal of Business Logistics, 2003, roč. 24, č. 1,
s. 27-55.
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