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Customer perception measures driving financial performance: theoretical and empirical work for a large decentralized banking group

Jan Eklof (Handelshogskolan i Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden)
Katerina Hellstrom (Handelshogskolan i Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden)
Aleksandra Malova (Saint-Petersburg State University, Saint Petersburg, Russia)
Johan Parmler (EPSI Research Services, London, UK)
Olga Podkorytova (Saint-Petersburg State University, Saint Petersburg, Russia)

Measuring Business Excellence

ISSN: 1368-3047

Article publication date: 21 August 2017

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Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to assess the usefulness and efficiency of customer-based measures such as customer satisfaction (CSI) and perceived loyalty for monitoring and enhancing the financial performance in corporations.

Design/methodology/approach

General financial data for the empirical modeling is compiled from national and international databases (Alla Bolag, IMF/IFS, Bloomberg, Eurostat, etc.) and company-specific data from the studied corporation. Customer perception data (like CSI and loyalty) are taken from the Extended Performance Satisfaction Index-initiative database (annual observations for the period 2001-2014 and quarterly for 2008-2014). A hierarchy of structural models is devised on a combined time-series and cross-section (panel and multi-level) approach. The results are based on models estimated by Arellano–Bond procedures (Arellano and Bond, 1991).

Findings

The core findings are two. First, there is a strong positive relationship between customer-based measures and financial performance. Second, it is effective to regularly monitor CSI as a forward- looking indicator for understanding future financial performance.

Practical implications

Customer-based measures are highly useful as leading indicators of companies’ future performance and should be incorporated even more into corporate decisions.

Originality/value

According to this survey of contemporary research, very little is academically documented for the full-circle from corporate to branch level. Thus, the prevailing study should be of potential value for companies in general.

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Citation

Eklof, J., Hellstrom, K., Malova, A., Parmler, J. and Podkorytova, O. (2017), "Customer perception measures driving financial performance: theoretical and empirical work for a large decentralized banking group", Measuring Business Excellence, Vol. 21 No. 3, pp. 239-249. https://doi.org/10.1108/MBE-12-2016-0059

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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