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Superior Customer Value in the New Economy: Concepts and Cases, Vol. 0 » (2nd Edition)

Book cover image of Superior Customer Value in the New Economy: Concepts and Cases, Vol. 0 by William C. Johnson

Authors: William C. Johnson, Art Weinstein
ISBN-13: 9781574443561, ISBN-10: 1574443569
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Taylor & Francis, Inc.
Date Published: January 2004
Edition: 2nd Edition

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Author Biography: William C. Johnson

Book Synopsis

Great companies consistently meet and exceed customer desires. Superior Customer Value in the New Economy: Concepts and Cases, Second Edition offers a blueprint for responding effectively to customer demands and for creating the benchmarks common to world-class service companies. The Second Edition elaborates on the latest perspectives of the business and academic communities, exploring leading marketing and managing developments in the crucial area of customer value (CV). It delivers expert guidance on designing, implementing, and evaluating a CV strategy that benefits e-service and information-based organizations.

Building upon concepts, cases, and in-chapter applications, the book addresses best practices, organizational responsiveness, market orientation, and the planning and strategy issues that result in high rates of customer satisfaction in e-service and information-based organizations. It concludes with 18 detailed, "hands-on" examples of companies attempting to create customer value. Each case study delivers an in-depth look at major CV themes such as responding to change, being customer oriented, customer loyalty, and more. Each of these real-world examples provides excellent learning opportunities to model effective customer value behavior and practices.

Table of Contents

Pt. ICustomer value - the building blocks
1Customers want top value3
2Being customer oriented17
3Process and customer value33
Pt. IICreating value through services and e-commerce
4The service sector and the new economy61
5Defining and managing service quality75
6Managing e-service quality101
Pt. IIIPlanning and implementing a winning value proposition
7Defining and refining the value proposition117
8Communicating value through price139
9Strategies for adding and promoting value163
Pt. IVDelivering long-term superior value to customers
10Maximizing value through retention marketing183
11Creating value through customer and supplier relationships201
Pt. VCustomer value cases : a primer and questions for analysis
Case 1Boston market - process flow outcomes233
Case 2Delicato Family Winery - building and communicating value241
Case 3Dow Corning - customer value and segmentation261
Case 4Edward Jones - managing customer relationships275
Case 5FedEx corporation - a customer value funnel assessment281
Case 6The Grateful Dead - creating Deadheads by providing drop-dead customer service289
Case 7Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. - loyalty management297
Case 8"Herding cats" across the supply chain305
Case 9JetBlue Airways - adding value315
Case 10Lexmark International - creating new market space327
Case 11Nantucket Nectars - perceived quality335
Case 12Rubbermaid - market orientation347
Case 13Office Depot goes online - e-service quality357
Case 14Pizza Hut - a customer loyalty program365
Case 15Publix Super Markets, Inc. - achieving customer intimacy375
Case 16StatePride Industrial Laundry - value chain analysis393
Case 17Time Insurance - a study of process quality improvement401
Case 18Walgreens - customer orientation407

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