REVIEW QUESTIONS (after chapter 1 lectures) 1. What is so distinctive about services marketing that it requires a special approach‚ set of concepts‚ and body of knowledge? Services are defined in as “deeds‚ processes and performances”. None of these physical objects are physical objects in which a customer can take ownership of‚ because it is so different from products‚ service marketing requires a special approach‚ set of concepts and body of knowledge. 2. What do you mean by variability
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DOING BUSINESS IN NIGERIA This is a guide to doing business in Nigeria. It is a general overview of the Nigerian political‚ economic and legal environment. It is by no means an exhaustive work on investment in Nigeria. It simply sets out the basic information on business in Nigeria and recourse to other research materials is encouraged. We disclaim any responsibility for any loss or damage suffered by any person on account of reliance on this work. I INTRODUCTION 1. A General Overview 2. Political
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The relationship between customer loyalty and customer satisfaction John T. Bowen University of Nevada‚ Las Vegas‚ Nevada‚ USA Shiang-Lih Chen University of Nevada‚ Las Vegas‚ Nevada‚ USA Keywords Customer loyalty‚ Customer satisfaction‚ Database marketing‚ Hotels Abstract Develops and implements a method for hotels to identify attributes that willincrease customerloyalty. Otherhotels can replicate the methodology used in this study. The study makes
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The Factors affecting Sainsburys objectives Sainsburys are a private sector organisation whose main interest is in gaining financial reward‚ such as profit and shareholder value. Sainsburys are a particular public limited company whose securities are traded on a stock exchange and can be bought by anyone. (Business dictionary 2008). So the strategic plan would therefore be particularly concentrated on generating profit although this can be balanced against the needs of the stakeholders. There are
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Chapter 1 Marketing: Managing Profitable Customer Relationships GENERAL CONTENT: Multiple-Choice Questions 1. Central to any definition of marketing is _____. a. demand management b. transactions c. customer relationships d. making a sale e. making a profit (Answer: c; p. 5; Easy) 2. All of the following are accurate descriptions of modern marketing today‚ except which one? a. Marketing is creation of value for customers. b. Marketing is customer satisfaction at a profit
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activities of the customers (Ngai‚ 2005; Chen & Popovich‚ 2003; Mendoza‚ et al.‚ 2006 cited in Mosadegh & Behboudi‚ 2011). The processes and the technologies in the traditional CRM is designed to maintain relationships for potential repeat purchases. Customer management is based on the operational responses‚ which is from the sales‚ marketing and customer services sections. Data and information collected from the customers are processed in the CRM system to create better customer ’s strategy (Mosadegh
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Sundström Västerås‚ 2010-06-04 Customer Relationship in Tourism Industry --- A case study of Swedish travel agency Group 2546: Yanfei Yan Jie Yang Abstract Title: Customer Relationship in Tourism Industry – A case study on a Swedish Seminar date: 4th of June‚ 2010 Level: Bachelor thesis in Business Administration‚ Basic level 300‚ 15 ECTS Authors: Yanfei Yan‚ Jie Yang Supervisor: Angelina Sundtröm marketing mix‚ service quality‚ customer satisfaction‚ customer retention. travel agency‚ Resia
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THE IMPACT OF CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT IN CUSTOMER RETENTION AND CUSTOMER LOYALTY IN HOTEL INDUSTRY TSANG‚ WAI KIT MATRICULATION NUMBER: 53624975 EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY EDINBURGH Dissertation submission for the award of BA (Hons) Marketing Management Date: November 2014 Supervisor: Margaret Chui Word count: 1620 Table of contents Selection Title Page 1. The Background of the Study and Overall Research Aim 3 2. Research Objectives 4 3. Initial
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References……………………….. Page 11‚12 Appendix…………………………..Page 13 Introduction The role given for this report is to show a financial analyst acting on behalf of a large institutional investor advising them on their future investment in Sainsbury plc. This report will explore calculations of the financial ratios‚ such as gross margin which measures the performance of how suitable a company manages its costs (Campbell R.Harvey‚ 2004a). For Sainsbury’s this report will investigate the ratios
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This article considers customer services in a business to business relationship. This essay will summarise they key findings and methodology‚ and People aspect of services marketing. The article identifies the importance of customer service within a service provider’s organisation‚ areas in which customer service may be affected by the marketing mix and additional three P’s. The article defines that it isn’t just one specific P‚ that has an effect on customer service but all of them are inclusive
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