Introduction |
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ONE Why service? Fostering the firm's most valuable asset |
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The 'relationship concept' |
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The traits of 'excellence' |
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Marketing - a useful definition |
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Customers: The key questions |
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TWO What is a service? |
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The characteristics that differentiate a service |
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THREE The why and where of service |
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The service spectrum: Classifying a service |
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The proportion of 'service' in the 'product' |
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FOURE Competing in time (CIT) |
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Time - the only objective measure |
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The five flavours of time |
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Technology: Pull versus push |
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FIVE The service product and its positioning |
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Positioning the service product |
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Introducing the 'Levitt Construct Tool' |
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The model applied elsewhere |
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The fundamentals of positioning a service product |
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SIX Service is a people business |
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SEVEN Making the service tangible |
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How to 'tangibilise' a service |
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The dimensions of physical evidence |
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EIGHT Process (delivering the service) |
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NINE Managing service resources |
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Resource dilemma - capacity constraint |
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TEN Segmenting a service market |
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General approach - the method |
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ELEVEN Promoting a service |
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Generating editorial publicity |
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Communication channels for editorial publicity |
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Networking and making connections |
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TWELVE Pricing a service |
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Executive multiplier considerations |
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Price as an indicator of service quality |
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Specific strategies for service pricing |
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Cost structure considerations for pricing services |
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Implications of the overhead to variable cost ratio (OHNC) |
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Implications of OH/VC ratios on resource capacity strategies |
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THIRTEEN Seriously seeking the feedback |
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Categories of information |
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Secondary data via 'desk research' |
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Primary information via field research |
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Market/customer information systems |
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INDEX |
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