Customer journey management capability in business‑to‑business markets: Its bright and dark sides and overall impact on firm performance


Homburg, Christian ; Tischer, Moritz


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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11747-023-00923-9
URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11747-0...
URN: urn:nbn:de:bsz:180-madoc-640867
Dokumenttyp: Zeitschriftenartikel
Erscheinungsjahr: 2023
Titel einer Zeitschrift oder einer Reihe: Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science
Band/Volume: 51
Heft/Issue: 5
Seitenbereich: 1046-1074
Ort der Veröffentlichung: New York, NY
Verlag: Springer Science + Business Media LLC
ISSN: 0092-0703 , 1552-7824
Sprache der Veröffentlichung: Englisch
Einrichtung: Fakultät für Betriebswirtschaftslehre > Business-to-Business Marketing, Sales & Pricing (Homburg 1998-)
Lizenz: CC BY 4.0 Creative Commons Namensnennung 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Fachgebiet: 650 Management
Freie Schlagwörter (Englisch): customer journey management , dynamic capabilities , bright side , dark side , firm performance , business-to-business
Abstract: Business-to-business (B2B) practitioners are increasingly interested in capabilities to holistically manage touchpoints along B2B customer journeys (CJs) to remain competitive. Research in the B2B context, however, has investigated neither what constitutes such a customer journey management capability (CJMC) nor how, whether, or when it creates value. Taking a mixed-methods approach, we conceptualize and operationalize B2B CJMC as a supplier's ability to achieve superior customer value along the B2B CJ by strategically creating value-anchored customer touchpoints characterized through the implementation of consistent resource usage across internal organizational boundaries and by continuously monitoring value creation toward the individual members of the buying center. Analyzing a multisource dataset, we provide evidence that B2B CJMC has an indirect effect on firm performance (i.e., return on sales) through two opposing mechanisms (i.e., customer loyalty and customer-related coordination costs). Importantly, using survey and archival data, we show that, overall, B2B CJMC has a significant and positive impact on firm performance through the two mechanisms. Finally, these underlying mechanisms are also prevalent when testing for the moderating factors switching costs, number of touchpoints, and product versus service.




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