Customers’ Prior Knowledge in the Servitization of Traditional Handicrafts
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Literature Review
2.1. The Servitization of Traditional Handicrafts
2.2. Customers’ Prior Knowledge
3. Methodology
3.1. Data Collection and Procedures
3.2. Questionnaire and Data Analysis
4. Results
5. Discussion
5.1. Theoretical Implications
5.2. Practical Implications
5.3. Limitations and Future Directions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Possessing Experience | No Possessing Experience | |
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Using experience | 74 1 | 9 2 |
No using experience | 13 2 | 15 3 |
Average (Standard Deviation) | p-Value | |||||
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High (n = 74) | Medium (n = 22) | Low (n = 15) | All (n = 111) | Kruskal–Wallis Test | Mann–Whitney U Test | |
Information search from clerks | 3.34 (1.19) | 3.95 (0.95) | 3.31 (1.03) | 3.73 (1.14) | 0.175 | 0.105 |
Information search from the flyer | 3.23 (1.32) | 2.59 (1.30) | 2.77 (1.01) | 3.05 (1.30) | 0.111 | 0.181 |
Information search from organic foods | 3.76 (1.13) | 3.77 (1.19) | 3.15 (1.07) | 3.69 (1.14) | 0.127 | 0.041 |
Information search from Kutaniyaki plates | 3.81 (1.19) | 3.82 (1.26) | 3.38 (1.12) | 3.76 (1.19) | 0.277 | 0.115 |
SENSE experience | 4.45 (0.99) | 4.27 (1.24) | 4.62 (0.65) | 4.44 (1.01) | 0.779 | 0.690 |
FEEL experience | 3.86 (1.25) | 3.77 (1.11) | 4.17 (0.84) | 3.88 (1.18) | 0.670 | 0.586 |
THINK experience | 3.60 (1.12) | 3.41 (0.96) | 2.25 (1.14) | 3.41 (1.16) | 0.002 | 0.001 |
ACT experience | 4.34 (0.96) | 4.27 (0.70) | 4.23 (0.83) | 4.31 (0.89) | 0.527 | 0.454 |
RELATE experience | 3.74 (1.40) | 3.77 (1.15) | 4.00 (0.82) | 3.78 (1.29) | 0.939 | 0.876 |
Cognitive change of organic foods | 3.67 (1.21) | 3.55 (1.10) | 2.92 (1.19) | 3.56 (1.20) | 0.093 | 0.033 |
Cognitive change of Kutaniyaki | 3.54 (1.22) | 3.82 (1.05) | 3.38 (0.87) | 3.58 (1.15) | 0.269 | 0.411 |
Cognitive change of lifestyle | 3.84 (1.23) | 3.91 (0.75) | 3.38 (0.96) | 3.80 (1.12) | 0.167 | 0.074 |
Satisfaction with menu selection | 3.91 (1.23) | 4.05 (1.07) | 3.83 (1.03) | 3.93 (1.17) | 0.805 | 0.609 |
Satisfaction with choosing Kutaniyaki plates | 4.37 (1.10) | 4.23 (1.15) | 4.08 (1.00) | 4.31 (1.09) | 0.274 | 0.153 |
Satisfaction with the meal | 4.46 (0.86) | 4.59 (0.50) | 3.83 (0.94) | 4.42 (0.83) | 0.024 | 0.010 |
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Ho, B.Q. Customers’ Prior Knowledge in the Servitization of Traditional Handicrafts. Businesses 2024, 4, 53-63. https://doi.org/10.3390/businesses4010004
Ho BQ. Customers’ Prior Knowledge in the Servitization of Traditional Handicrafts. Businesses. 2024; 4(1):53-63. https://doi.org/10.3390/businesses4010004
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