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ABSTRAKCustomer Equity (Ekuitas Pelanggan) merupakan suatu framework yang dapat
digunakan untuk menentukan aspek apa yang paling signifikan bagi customer dari
suatu perusahaan serta juga untuk mengidentifikasi kekuatan/kelemahan yang
dimiliki oleh suatu perusahaan. Lemon et al. (2001) menjabarkan 3 (tiga) penggerak
utama dari Customer Equity yaitu brand equity, value equity, dan relationship
equity. Penelitian ini bertujuan menganalisa pengaruh dari ketiga penggerak utama
ini terhadap loyalitas pelanggan, dengan ditambahkan variabel Trust sebagai
mediator, di dalam konteks sektor Business-to-Business (B2B) dari jasa layanan
I.T. di Indonesia. Hasilnya menunjukkan bahwa hanya Value Equity dan
Relationship Equity yang terbukti berpengaruh positif terhadap loyalitas pelanggan
akan tetapi seluruh ketiga penggerak tersebut terbukti mempengaruhi Trust secara
signifikan.
ABSTRACTCustomer Equity is a framework that can be used to analyze and determine which
aspect is most significantly influencing customers and also to identify company?s
stregths/weaknesses. Lemon et al. (2001) described 3 (three) key drivers of
Customer Equity, which are: Brand Equity, Value Equity, and Relationship Equity.
This research intends to analyze the effects of the 3 (three) drivers on customers?
loyalty, by adding trust as a mediating variable, in Business-to-Business (B2B) I.T.
Services context. The result shows that only Value Equity and Relationship Equity
that are statistically proven to be positively related with Customer Loyalty, but on
the other hand, the whole drivers are proven to be positively related with Trust, Customer Equity is a framework that can be used to analyze and determine which
aspect is most significantly influencing customers and also to identify company’s
stregths/weaknesses. Lemon et al. (2001) described 3 (three) key drivers of
Customer Equity, which are: Brand Equity, Value Equity, and Relationship Equity.
This research intends to analyze the effects of the 3 (three) drivers on customers’
loyalty, by adding trust as a mediating variable, in Business-to-Business (B2B) I.T.
Services context. The result shows that only Value Equity and Relationship Equity
that are statistically proven to be positively related with Customer Loyalty, but on
the other hand, the whole drivers are proven to be positively related with Trust]