Title: Conceptualisation of customer experience: the case of mobile telecoms services in Morocco

Authors: Ikrame Belabbes; Mourad Oubrich; Fabio Fiano; Beatrice Orlando; Demetris Vrontis

Addresses: Data Analytics, Operations and Decision Research Team, National Institute of Post and Telecommunications, Avenue Allal Al Fassi, Madinat Al Irfane, Rabat, Morocco ' Data Analytics, Operations and Decision Research Team, CIEMS, National Institute of Post and Telecommunications, Avenue Allal Al Fassi, Madinat Al Irfane, Rabat, Morocco ' Link Campus University, Via del Casale di S. Pio V, 44, 00165 Roma RM, Italy ' Department of Economics and Management, University of Ferrara. Via Voltapaletto, 11 – 44121 Ferrara, Italy ' School of Business, University of Nicosia, Seven Stars Tower, 6th Floor, 603a, Cyprus

Abstract: The mobile telecommunications industry in Morocco has undergone rapid evolution supported by globalisation and liberalisation. Mobile operators have embraced customer experience as a way to achieve sustainable competitive advantages. The purpose of this paper is to identify and analyse the drivers of customer experience as described by users in their own words. Our study explores a new conceptual approach for customer experience based on a literature review aiming to define the concept, identify the relevant dimensions and give insight into the most common methods of measurement. The research design consists of a qualitative study based on interviews and discussion with experts and practitioners and supported by focus groups conducted within mobile telecoms services' users in Morocco. The findings suggest that the most relevant determinants of customer experience in the Moroccan mobile telecoms market are the brand image, the pricing, the customer relation, the promotion and the usage tracking.

Keywords: customer experience; measurement; telecom industry; operators; mobile telecoms services; Morocco.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMFA.2020.107003

International Journal of Managerial and Financial Accounting, 2020 Vol.12 No.1, pp.89 - 118

Received: 14 Aug 2019
Accepted: 04 Jan 2020
Published online: 30 Apr 2020 *

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