An Empirical Investigation of the Impact of Communication Timing on Customer Equity

This research examines the impact of communication frequency on customer retention and spending and thus,ultimately,on a firms Customer Equity CE. We conduct an empirical study in the context of permissionbased email marketing in the entertainment industry and find that intercommunication timing has...

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Main Authors: Bonfrer, Andre, Dreze, Xavier
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spelling sg-smu-ink.lkcsb_research-23902010-09-23T06:24:04Z An Empirical Investigation of the Impact of Communication Timing on Customer Equity Bonfrer, Andre Dreze, Xavier This research examines the impact of communication frequency on customer retention and spending and thus,ultimately,on a firms Customer Equity CE. We conduct an empirical study in the context of permissionbased email marketing in the entertainment industry and find that intercommunication timing has a dramatic impact on customer behavior. Message scheduling affects both attrition and the customer response and thus has a critical impact on the value of ones customer base. The impact of intercontact duration is asymmetric in that too long intercommunication time is less problematic than too short intercommunication time. 2008-01-01T08:00:00Z text https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/1391 info:doi/10.1002/dir.20105 Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University Marketing
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Bonfrer, Andre
Dreze, Xavier
An Empirical Investigation of the Impact of Communication Timing on Customer Equity
description This research examines the impact of communication frequency on customer retention and spending and thus,ultimately,on a firms Customer Equity CE. We conduct an empirical study in the context of permissionbased email marketing in the entertainment industry and find that intercommunication timing has a dramatic impact on customer behavior. Message scheduling affects both attrition and the customer response and thus has a critical impact on the value of ones customer base. The impact of intercontact duration is asymmetric in that too long intercommunication time is less problematic than too short intercommunication time.
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author Bonfrer, Andre
Dreze, Xavier
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title An Empirical Investigation of the Impact of Communication Timing on Customer Equity
title_short An Empirical Investigation of the Impact of Communication Timing on Customer Equity
title_full An Empirical Investigation of the Impact of Communication Timing on Customer Equity
title_fullStr An Empirical Investigation of the Impact of Communication Timing on Customer Equity
title_full_unstemmed An Empirical Investigation of the Impact of Communication Timing on Customer Equity
title_sort empirical investigation of the impact of communication timing on customer equity
publisher Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
publishDate 2008
url https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/1391
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