Choice criteria for mobile telecom operator: empirical investigation among Malaysian customers

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the choice criteria for a mobile phone operator in the Malaysian Mobile Telecom market by the customers. Structural equation models were applied to test the propositions by means of a survey of a random sample of 400 mobile telecom customers from major...

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Main Authors: Rahman, Sabbir, Haque, A. K. M. Ahasanul, Ahmad, Mohd Ismail Sayyed
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Language:English
Published: American Scholars Press, Inc. 2011
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spelling iium-38562011-12-20T07:00:52Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/3856/ Choice criteria for mobile telecom operator: empirical investigation among Malaysian customers Rahman, Sabbir Haque, A. K. M. Ahasanul Ahmad, Mohd Ismail Sayyed HF5001 Business. Business Administration HF5410 Marketing. Distribution of products The purpose of this paper is to investigate the choice criteria for a mobile phone operator in the Malaysian Mobile Telecom market by the customers. Structural equation models were applied to test the propositions by means of a survey of a random sample of 400 mobile telecom customers from major cities in Malaysia. It was found that the price and service quality hypothesis are more important than the brand image hypothesis. From this research, mobile telecom managers can learn and plan to offer attractive offer in the market that meet Malaysian customers’ needs. American Scholars Press, Inc. 2011 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en cc_by_nc http://irep.iium.edu.my/3856/1/Choice_Criteria_%28Int._Business_Review%29.pdf Rahman, Sabbir and Haque, A. K. M. Ahasanul and Ahmad, Mohd Ismail Sayyed (2011) Choice criteria for mobile telecom operator: empirical investigation among Malaysian customers. International Management Review, 7 (1). pp. 50-57. ISSN 1551-6849 http://news-business.vlex.com/source/international-management-review-3659 http://www.usimr.org/IMR-1-2011/v7n111-art6.pdf
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topic HF5001 Business. Business Administration
HF5410 Marketing. Distribution of products
spellingShingle HF5001 Business. Business Administration
HF5410 Marketing. Distribution of products
Rahman, Sabbir
Haque, A. K. M. Ahasanul
Ahmad, Mohd Ismail Sayyed
Choice criteria for mobile telecom operator: empirical investigation among Malaysian customers
description The purpose of this paper is to investigate the choice criteria for a mobile phone operator in the Malaysian Mobile Telecom market by the customers. Structural equation models were applied to test the propositions by means of a survey of a random sample of 400 mobile telecom customers from major cities in Malaysia. It was found that the price and service quality hypothesis are more important than the brand image hypothesis. From this research, mobile telecom managers can learn and plan to offer attractive offer in the market that meet Malaysian customers’ needs.
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author Rahman, Sabbir
Haque, A. K. M. Ahasanul
Ahmad, Mohd Ismail Sayyed
author_facet Rahman, Sabbir
Haque, A. K. M. Ahasanul
Ahmad, Mohd Ismail Sayyed
author_sort Rahman, Sabbir
title Choice criteria for mobile telecom operator: empirical investigation among Malaysian customers
title_short Choice criteria for mobile telecom operator: empirical investigation among Malaysian customers
title_full Choice criteria for mobile telecom operator: empirical investigation among Malaysian customers
title_fullStr Choice criteria for mobile telecom operator: empirical investigation among Malaysian customers
title_full_unstemmed Choice criteria for mobile telecom operator: empirical investigation among Malaysian customers
title_sort choice criteria for mobile telecom operator: empirical investigation among malaysian customers
publisher American Scholars Press, Inc.
publishDate 2011
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/3856/
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