relation: http://eprints.ishik.edu.iq/142/ title: A Benchmarking of Service Quality in Telecommunication Services: Case Study in Kurdistan Region of Iraq creator: Demir, Ahmet Demir subject: H Social Sciences (General) subject: HE Transportation and Communications description: This study aims to evaluate the comparative advantages of each GSM firm toward one another via applying benchmarking methods. To do this, a survey questionnaire has been conducted on 514 GSM service users in Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Collected data has been analyzed proposing analytic hierarchy process and VIKOR method. Based on the evaluations of the GSM service users, better and worse performing firms have been identified based on each criterion. Finally, minimum utility regret providing firm has been determined. Finally, strategic suggestions have been given to the firms according to the analysis results. The benchmarking can be used by the different policy influencing and making agencies to develop future policies for the improvement. The industry can also use the benchmarking for its peer performance improvement. publisher: Ishik University date: 2019-03 type: Article type: PeerReviewed format: text language: en rights: cc_by_nc_nd_4 identifier: http://eprints.ishik.edu.iq/142/1/ijsses.v5i3p216.pdf identifier: Demir, Ahmet Demir (2019) A Benchmarking of Service Quality in Telecommunication Services: Case Study in Kurdistan Region of Iraq. International Journal of Social Sciences & Educational Studies, 5 (3). pp. 216-231. ISSN 24091294 relation: http://dx.doi.org/10.23918/ijsses.v5i3p216 relation: doi:10.23918/ijsses.v5i3p216