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Is it time for marketing to reappraise B2C relationship management? The emergence of a new loyalty paradigm through blockchain technology

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  • Treiblmaier, Horst
  • Petrozhitskaya, Elena

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Blockchain technology is predicted to become a powerful driver of marketing transformation. At present, most envisioned use cases are in an early stage with an uncertain industrial impact and an immature theoretical integration in academic research. To help close this research gap, we investigate how blockchain-based loyalty programs transform B2C relations through innovative customer services that bear important properties of a sharing economy. Specifically, we identify-five potential advantages of blockchain-based programs over traditional loyalty programs pertaining to usage, accrual, relevance, expiration, and transferability. We then apply expectancy theory to assess consumers’ perceptions in two empirical studies, both of which reveal an overall preference for blockchain-based loyalty programs over traditional models: an analysis of 5,059 Twitter tweets detects more positive feedback for the blockchain-based program, and a survey of 206 consumers reveals a significantly more positive attitude toward the blockchain-based loyalty program with respect to accrual, relevance, expiration, and transferability.

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  • Treiblmaier, Horst & Petrozhitskaya, Elena, 2023. "Is it time for marketing to reappraise B2C relationship management? The emergence of a new loyalty paradigm through blockchain technology," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 159(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:jbrese:v:159:y:2023:i:c:s0148296323000838
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2023.113725
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