TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose– The aim of this study is to develop an applicable and detailed model for customer lifetime value (CLV) and to highlight the most important indicators relevant for a specific industry – namely the banking sector. Design/methodology/approach– This study compares the results of the least square estimation (LSE) and artificial neural network (ANN) in order to select the best performing forecasting tool to predict the potential CLV. The performances of the models are compared by the hit ratio, which is calculated by grouping the customers as “top 20 per cent” and “bottom 80 per cent” profitable. Findings– Due to its higher performance; LSE based linear regression model is selected. The results are found to be highly competitive compared with the previous studies. This study shows that, beside the indicators mostly used in the literature in measuring CLV, two additional groups, namely monetary value and risk of certain bank services, as well as product/service ownership-related indicators, are also significant factors. Practical implications– Organisations in the banking sector have to persuade their customers to use certain routine risk-bearing transaction-based services. In addition, the product development strategy has a crucial role to increase the CLV of customers because some of the product-related variables directly increase the value of customers. Originality/value– The proposed model predicts potential value of current customers rather than measuring current value considered in the majority of previous studies. It eliminates the limitations and drawbacks of the majority of models in the literature through simple and industry-specific method which is based on easily measurable and objective indicators.
VL  - 48
IS  - 3/4
SN  - 0309-0566
DO  - 10.1108/EJM-12-2011-0714
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/EJM-12-2011-0714
AU  - Ekinci Yeliz
AU  - Uray Nimet
AU  - Ülengin Füsun
PY  - 2014
Y1  - 2014/01/01
TI  - A customer lifetime value model for the banking industry: a guide to marketing actions
T2  - European Journal of Marketing
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 761
EP  - 784
Y2  - 2024/04/25
ER  -