@inproceedings{9f9da2c0a0794334bfe77edf11a71a01,
title = "Using a Judgemental Analysis System to Evaluate the International Mainframe and Computer Market",
abstract = "A judgemental analysis system that supports and facilitates the use of multi-criteria evaluation was used to evaluate the mainframe computer market. The work was conducted with a large systems vendor. The purpose of the research was to compare the relative perceptions of customers and the internal sales force for different computer platforms: mainframe, mid-range, Windows NT and Unix servers. The product attributes were defined by working with the mainframe supplier and each of the platforms was evaluated against each attribute. Data were collected from interviews with senior managers from fifteen customer organizations in a range of industries including banking, manufacturing, insurance and distribution. Data were also collected from six members of the European sales team to enable a dyadic comparison between customer evaluations and supplier perceptions of the same market. The key results are that significant differences exist between the relative importance of individual attributes between the customers and members of the supplier{\textquoteright}s sales team, and clear patterns emerge on the scoring of each platform against the attributes. The implications for using a multi-criteria tool for data collection and analysis are outlined, and the importance of the research results for managers and academics involved in the IT industry are described.",
author = "C.P. Holland and Peter Naude and Barrie Heptonstall",
year = "2017",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-319-50008-9_169",
language = "English",
series = "Developments in Marketing Science: Proceedings of the Academy of Marketing Science",
publisher = "Springer Nature",
booktitle = "The Customer is NOT Always Right? Marketing Orientationsin a Dynamic Business World",
address = "United States",
}