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And the advertising of service provider will affect the revenue. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effects of advertising on the optimal price, service rate and the optimal revenue of such service provider at different development stages.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec>\n<jats:title content-type=\"abstract-subheading\">Design\/methodology\/approach<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>This paper investigates the service strategies of service provider based on advertising effects. The authors first divide service provider into insufficient customers or sufficient customers according to the development stage, then analyze the impact of advertising at different stages. The authors focus on the formulation of the optimal price, service rate and the optimal revenue of service provider at different stages.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec>\n<jats:title content-type=\"abstract-subheading\">Findings<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>This paper finds that in the insufficient customers stage, the service provider\u2019s strategy of \u201csmall profits but quick turnover\u201d is conducive to quickly accumulating customers. With the development of service provider, the advertising indirectly increases the revenue of service provider by maintaining popularity. The result also shows that with the development of service provider, the initiative of such service market has gradually been mastered by service provider, from \u201cbuyer market\u201d to \u201cseller market.\u201d<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec>\n<jats:title content-type=\"abstract-subheading\">Originality\/value<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>The finding provides an alternative explanation for the impact of advertising on service provider\u2019s optimal strategies; it also solves the settings of service price and rate of customer-intensive service provider at different development stages. This study is essential to create the optimal revenue and solve supply\u2013demand conflicts (such as doctor\u2013patient conflict) between service provider and customers.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1108\/k-03-2020-0134","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,12,1]],"date-time":"2020-12-01T03:56:09Z","timestamp":1606794969000},"page":"2453-2470","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":8,"title":["The service strategy of customer-intensive services under advertising 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