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Convenience: a services perspective

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Jillian Dawes Farquhar *
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Jennifer Rowley
DOI:10.1177/1470593109346894delete
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This theoretical paper argues that the concept and construct of convenience is at the forefront of customer and user evaluation of service experiences and should play, therefore, a much more pivotal role in marketing theory than it does at present. With increasing evidence that convenience is important to customers, it is timely to revisit the concept with a view to developing a research agenda that delivers an improved understanding of the nature of convenience. Accordingly, the paper concludes by proposing a definition of convenience and offering questions for further research based on a critique of existing models of convenience, and on the positioning of convenience in relation to associated concepts such as customer value, co-production and experiential consumption.
Keywords:
convenience
co-production
customer value
services marketing

Journal

Journal of Marketing Theory and Practice cover
Journal of Marketing Theory and Practice
IF:
5.3
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911
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4.3K

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Manchester Metropolitan University
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University of Bedfordshire
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