We study the drivers of customer satisfaction for Intranet marketing applic
ation systems. Based on the existing literature on business value of inform
ation technology, we provide a framework to understand the drivers of overa
ll customer satisfaction with Intranet solutions, Our analysis based on dat
a collected from a survey of over thirty firms that use Intranet marketing
applications indicates that customers perceive features that lower total co
st of ownership and provide competitive benefits as critical drivers of ove
rall customer satisfaction with the systems. The implications of our findin
gs for providers of Intranet marketing services are discussed. (C) 1998 Els
evier Science B.V. All rights reserved.