Abstract
Customer-to-customer (C2C) know-how exchanges occur in a variety of contexts, including virtual environments of Internet mediated communities. Exchange of know-how that takes place among the customers of an organization's offering has the potential to create customer value and result in positive outcomes for organizations. This study proposes a model that examines key factors that drive C2C exchanges as well as the outcomes of these exchanges. The model shows how C2C exchanges create value for the marketing organization – that is, value over and above the value that the customer receives directly through exchanges with the organization. C2C exchanges are also proposed to enhance loyalty intentions. Viewing C2C know-how exchange as an information source to the customer, the model adapts and applies the motivation, opportunity, and ability (MOA) theory to explain levels of C2C know-how exchange.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 33-49 |
| Number of pages | 17 |
| Journal | Marketing Theory |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2005 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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Keywords
- ability
- associations
- brand communities-loyalty
- customer-to-customer, C2C exchange
- intentions
- Internet
- loyalty
- members
- MOA
- motivation
- opportunity
- relationship marketing
- value
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Marketing
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How e-communities extend the concept of exchange in marketing : An application of the motivation, opportunity, ability (MOA) theory. / Gruen, Thomas W.; Osmonbekov, Talaibek D; Czaplewski, Andrew J.
In: Marketing Theory, Vol. 5, No. 1, 2005, p. 33-49.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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