The role of proactive postsales services in supplier innovativeness and customer satisfaction

Drawing upon the service-dominant logic, this study investigates the effect of proactive postsales services (PPS) on supplier innovativeness and customer satisfaction. The study also explores the moderating roles of market mavenism and product category in these relationships. Results from structural equation modeling indicate that PPS has positive effects on both supplier innovativeness and customer satisfaction and that supplier innovativeness...