“Voting with their Feet?”: Satisfaction and Preferences of Quality of Life in Forty Districts in Tokyo, Japan

E-Commerce’s Marketing Strategy to Increase Customer Preference and Satisfaction

“…This means that the higher the brand preference, the higher the customer satisfaction. This result is in line with previous studies (Alamro & Rowley, 2011;Cao & Wang, 2024;Tajima, 2012).…”

“…It means that the higher the service quality, the higher the brand preference. This result is consistent with previous studies (Bahrampour et al, 2018;Chen & Lin, 2018;Giovanis et al, 2012;Shukla et al, 2023;Tajima, 2012). Hypothesis 2 shows that service quality positively affects satisfaction (t-stat 4.935> 1.65; p-value <0.05).…”

“…Previous research found that customer preference has a positive effect on satisfaction (Tajima, 2012). This is also supported by (Cao & Wang, 2024) on food delivery platforms in China and Alamro & Rowley (2011) in the context of mobile telecommunications service providers in Jordan.…”

“…Customer satisfaction has been shown in prior empirical research to be a crucial result of the quality of service, indicating that providing quality service was found to have a positive effect on preference critical for higher satisfaction (Giovanis et al, 2012). Service quality was found to have a positive effect on preference (Bahrampour et al, 2018; H. J. Chen, 2018; S. P. Tajima, 2012). Service quality was also found to have a positive effect on satisfaction with healthcare services in Greece (Giovanis et al, 2018), at restaurants in Lisbon (Ribeiro et al, 2024), at Islamic banking services in Tanzania (Khamis & AbRashid, 2018), at students in Italy (Gabbianelli & Pencarelli, 2023), and in the tourism industry in India (R. Singh & Jena, 2023).…”

New Emphasis on Water Transparency as Socio-Ecological Indicator for Urban Water: Bridging Ecosystem Service Supply and Sustainable Ecosystem Health

“…They became more and more attractive serving by a multitude of cultural ecosystem services beneficial for quality-of-life in the city (Kazmierczak and Carter, 2010;Völker and Kistemann, 2011;Keeler et al, 2012;Dou et al, 2017;Hozang, 2018). Aesthetic satisfaction with nature in green and blue space experienced an increasing popularity contributing to higher awareness of life quality in urban areas (e.g., Smith et al, 1991Smith et al, , 1995aVölker and Kistemann, 2011;Tajima, 2012;Kabisch, 2015;Kati and Jari, 2016;Dou et al, 2017;Lee, 2017;Angradi et al, 2018).…”