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product”
15.Serviceisalsocharacterizedby„[…]anactivity,benefitandsatisfac-
tion,whichisseparatelysoldordeliveredinrelationtothesaleofgoods”oras
“[…]separatelyoccurringactivity(nothavingatangiblenature),delivering
specificbenefits,whicharenotnecessarilyrelatedtothesaleofproductsor
otherservices”
16.
Thedevelopmentofinformationsocietyandinformationandcommunication
technologyaffectsthefunctioningofservicesectoraswellastheapproachof
theirdefinition.Asaresultofit,servicesmaybedefinedas„activitieswhich
aserviceproviderofferstoacustomer(individualorinstitutional),performedin
atraditionalorvirtualway,tosatisfyneeds(bydeliveringspecificbenefits),
comprisinganelementofintangibilityinitself”
17.
Servicesandtangiblegoodsdifferamongeachother,whichprofoundlyaf-
fectsthewayoffunctioningofserviceprovidersandcustomers’behaviors(par-
ticularlyincaseoftheso-calledpureserviceandpureproducts).Wemaydistin-
guishthefollowingtypesofproducts,offeredonthemarket,frompuretangible
goodstopureservice:
•pureproduct–lackofaccompanyingservices,
•pureproductwithaccompanyingservices–theoffercomprisestangible
goods,whichareaccompaniedbyservicesemphasizingcareaboutacustomer,
•hybrid–theofferconsistsofanequalpartofgoodsandservices,
•basicservicewithaccompanyingtangiblegoodsandgoodsoflesserimportance,
•pureservice
18.
Servicesdifferfromproductsnotonlyinthecontentoftangiblecomponents.
Theirfeaturescomprise:
•lackoftangibleeffect(serviceisactivity),
•non-separationofservicewiththepersonofprovider,
•theuseofserviceisgenerallyprovidedinparallelwithitsprovision,
•heterogenityofserviceactivity,
•difficultyofstandardizingservicesduetotheirdisparity,
•instabilityofservicesandimpossibilityofstoringrelatedtoit(storingbothser-
vicesandthepotentialoftheircreation),
•impossibilitytoownaservice(impossibilitytoacquirerightstoownaservice),
•complementarityandsubstitutabilityofservicesandtangiblegoods
19.
15Ph.Kotler:Marketing.Analiza,planowanie,wdrażanieikontrola.GebethneriSka,Warszawa
1994,p.426.
16M.Pluta-Olearnik:Marketingusług.Idee.Zastosowania.PWE,Warszawa1994,p.21.
17A.Dąbrowska:RozwójrynkuusługwPolsce.Uwarunkowaniaiperspektywy.SGH,Warszawa
2008,p.21.
18Ph.Kotler:Op.cit.,p.426-428.
19M.Pluta-Olearnik:Strategiamarketingowaprzedsiębiorstwusługowych.AE,Katowice1992,p.23.
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