Influencing factors on customer satisfaction: Empirical study on outsourced business in Ho Chi Minh City

Le Thanh Tiep1, Cao Thi Hoai1
1 Ho Chi Minh City University of Economics and Finance

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The purpose of the study is to determine the factors affecting customer satisfaction in the case of outsourcing enterprises in Ho Chi Minh City as well as to examine the impact to aspects of product and service prices on customer satisfaction. On the basis of qualitative research including expert discussions, group discussions, research models and research hypotheses are proposed. Formal quantitative research using SPSS software version 22.0 to analyze descriptive statistics, test scales, EFA, and multivariate regression. The author uses a sample set of 357 samples after surveying customers using outsourced products and services to conduct analysis. The research results show that the price of products and services has a negative impact on customer satisfaction. For customer satisfaction, the service quality factor has the greatest influence and at the same time, the price of products and services has a negative impact on customer satisfaction. The study provides managerial implications to help enterprises outsourced construction complete ODA and FDI factories in the strategy of setting selling prices of goods and services to help improve competitiveness in the market.

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