Customer Satisfaction, Cash Flow, and Shareholder Value
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- 1 July 2005
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Marketing
- Vol. 69 (3) , 115-130
- https://doi.org/10.1509/jmkg.69.3.115.66364
Abstract
In this article, the authors strengthen the chain of effects that link customer satisfaction to shareholder value by establishing the link between satisfaction and two characteristics of future cash flows that determine the value of the firm to shareholders: growth and stability. Using longitudinal American Customer Satisfaction Index and COMPUSTAT data and hierarchical Bayesian estimation, the authors find that satisfaction creates shareholder value by increasing future cash flow growth and reducing its variability. They test the stability of findings across several firm and industry characteristics, and they assess the robustness of the results using multimeasure and multimethod estimation.Keywords
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