Available online at www.sciencedirect.com Industrial Marketing Management 37 (2008) 120 – 130 Customer relationship management: Finding value drivers Keith A. Richards a‚⁎‚ Eli Jones b‚1 a b University of Houston‚ Bauer College of Business‚ 334 Melcher Hall‚ Room 375L‚ Houston‚ TX 77204-6021‚ United States Sales Excellence Institute‚ University of Houston‚ Bauer College of Business‚ 334 Melcher Hall‚ Room 375D‚ Houston‚ TX 77204-6021‚ United States Received 5 October 2005; received
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[pic] INTRODUCTION 1.1 ‘Banking’ on CRM’ “Competition and globalization of banking services are forcing banks to be productive and profitable. To retain High Net Worth individuals‚ banks should focus strongly on relationship management with customers. Innovative Customer Relationship Management (CRM) strategies and cutting edge software can help‚ to a great extent‚ in achieving the desired results. To provide customized services‚ banks are opening Personalized Boutiques which
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This article deals with the cause of driving while black which black people living in Evergreen Park refer to as blatant racial profiling. Evergreen Park is a neighborhood in Chicago’s Southwest Side. I believe that it’s ethically wrong to pull over more minority drivers than white drivers. If officers are going to pull over minorities they should do similar with white drivers. According to Cherry Tops and Minority Stops‚ “But the suburb’s widening gulf between the number of white and minority traffic
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* Introduction Meaning of customer relationship management (CRM) 1. A management philosophy according to which a company’s goals can be best achieved through identification and satisfaction of the customers’ stated and unstated needs and wants. 2. A computerized system for identifying‚ targeting‚ acquiring‚ and retaining the best mix of customers. Customer relationship management helps in profiling prospects‚ understanding their needs‚ and in building relationships with them by providing the
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Hilton Hotels is one the biggest lodging company worldwide and has been recently acquired by Blackstone Group. In 2007 Hilton’s portfolio characteristics are: • close to 3‚000 hotels between all its brands; • Properties can be: a) directly owned; b) managed; c) franchised. The latter is the most common solution; • covers almost the possible spectrum of lodging. The IT function is considered part of the core business and the IT is considered as a source to increase revenues instead of a merely
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A Project Report On “CRM practices in Retail Sector” Submitted to: Prof. Sushil Chaurasia Tolani Institute of Management Studies Submitted by: Neha Das Retail sector is one of India’s fastest growing sectors with a 5% compounded annual growth rate. Retail is India’s largest industry. It accounts for over 10% of the India’s GDP and around 8% of the employment. Driven by changing lifestyles‚ strong income growth and favorable demographic patterns‚ Indian retail is
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Customer Relationship Management or CRM is a strategy and processes used to learn more about customers’ needs and behaviors in order to develop stronger relationships with them. Today marketers consider retaining of customers as much more challenging job than acquiring customers in context of growing competitive forces. The traditional transactional approach of marketing became insufficient to achieve the marketing goals. The focus of transactional marketing is on individual transaction and doesnât
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IBM Business Consulting Services CRM done right: executive handbook for realizing the value of CRM deeper Reference guide By: Steve LaValle and Brian Scheld Contributors: Adam Klaber‚ Ralph Schuler‚ Rod Bryan‚ Christian Petross‚ Therese McNicholas‚ and Christopher Nickerson Introduction Contents Customer Relationship Management (CRM) has changed dramatically throughout its dynamic transformation from a conceptual framework to a core business function. The imperative to understand
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.6 Research Methodology:..............................................................................................7 Limitations of the Study:.............................................................................................8 CRM and E-CRM implementation:...............................................................................9 Major Findings:.........................................................................................................13 Conclusion:...........
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Business environment of CRM When a person or an organization entrusts with their investment or any kind of input then they are a “CUSTOMER”. Also the individual or the organization is customer of some individual or an organization. Now managing the relationship between these two parties is known as customer relationship management. Few examples to state would be: Tourist and government People and government Consumer and corporate The business environment affecting these two parties is of importance
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