Acerca do valor - parte I

Um artigo, "Exploring customer value formation: a customer dominant logic perspective", bom para reflectir e rever a forma como se pensa o valor:

"From a value perspective the discussions in the existing service marketing research is ontologically thin. The core of marketing has evolved from an objectivistic. production oriented perspective to a resource perspective, where value no longer is delivered, instead it is co-created. Value in use has passed over the traditional value in exchange and a focus on production attributes has been overridden with an emphasis of mutual value creation. the so called co-creation. Value is no longer seen as embedded in units of output and exchange but rather realized through the experience when the customer activates and uses the service provider's offering and resources.
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First, value cannot be considered to be always actively and mutually created: instead value is seen as formed in the cumulated reality of the customer. Second, value is not restricted to a cognitive or even a resource perspective, value is also socially interpreted and experienced in an experiential-phenomenological manner. Third, value need to be seen in a longitudinal and multi-contextual perspective encompassing multiple different personal and service related value frames. Fourth, value is not isolated since the reality of the customer is interconnected to the realities of others."

Preço é o que o cliente paga, valor é o que ele tem em mente. O valor está em permanente evolução, antes da compra pode existir algo na mente do cliente, esse algo evolui durante o uso, e continua a evoluir após o uso.
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A maioria das empresas concentra-se naquilo que pode oferecer, no serviço, no produto, em tudo o que acontece até ao momento da transacção.
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A magia começa quando uma empresa, um fornecedor, começa a pensar no que acontece antes e depois da transacção, não com o produto ou serviço, mas com a vida do cliente.