Proposição de valor, configuração de recursos, facilitação e cocriação de valor e valor de uso como determinantes da retenção de clientes

Abstract

Customer retention is an imperative for competitiveness of organizations, with important effects on market share, profitability and profitability. Although studies, both theoretical and empirical, related to the determinants of customer retention and its impact on business performance will be carried out for at least three decades, the constructs used in the preparation of the theoretical models used have undergone relatively little change over this period. In this sense, it was developed and tested an original theoretical model, which includes the constructs Value Proposition, Operated Resources, Operants Resources, Value Facilitation Co-creation of Value and Use Value as determinants of Customer Retention. The study was conducted through a quantitative research, specifically with the completion of a survey, carried out among a sample of 273 customers of a financial institution (retail banking). The analysis was based on multivariate statistics, using structural equation modeling to analyze and understand the elements and relationships that make up the proposed theoretical model. The results showed that the proposed Theoretical Model presented satisfactory fit indexes, considering its originality. The most prominent contribution is the validation of significant and positive relationships between the constructs tested, showing that value proposition influences significant and positively operand and operant resources; operand resources influence significant and positively value facilitation; operant resources influence significant and positively the value co-creation; value proposition influences significant and positively the value facilitation and value co-creation; value facilitation and value co-creation influence significant and positively the value-in-use; and the value-in-use influences significant and positively the customer retention in the context of a retail bank. Furthermore, this study shows that the client profile positively moderates the relationship bertween value proposition and operand resources. Thus, the study contributes to the evolution of the understanding of the concepts tested, increasing the understanding of each individual construct and providing empirical evidence of their relationship as determinants of customer retention.