PEOPLE, TECHNOLOGY, STRATEGY
Sixth Edition
CHRISTOPHER LOVELOCK JOCHEN WIRTZ
Services Marketing
People, Technology, Strategy
S I X T H E D I T I O N
Christopher Lovelock
Yale University
Jochen Wirtz
National University of Singapore
Upper Saddle River, New Jersey 07458
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Lovelock, Christopher H. Services marketing : people, technology, strategy / Christopher Lovelock, Jochen Wirtz.—6th ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-13-187552-3 (alk. paper) 1. Marketing—Management. 2. Professions—Marketing. 3. Service industries— Marketing. 4. Customer services—Marketing. I. Wirtz, Jochen. II. Title. HF5415.13.L5883 2007 658.8—dc22 2006024219
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References: Source: Why Customers Are More Profitable Over Time from Frederick J. Reichheld and W. Earl Sasser Jr. “Zero Defections: Quality Comes to Services,” Harvard Business Review 73 (Sep.–Oct. 1990): p. 108. Reprinted by permission of Harvard Business School.