Designing a new industry award for service excellence competition in retailing
Designing a new industry award for service excellence competition in retailing

Author: Lars Merle

Publisher: diplom.de

Published: 2003-10-22

Total Pages: 157

ISBN-13: 3832473580

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Inhaltsangabe:Abstract: This thesis resolves the need for an industry award for service excellence in retailing, based on a comprehensive framework to foster management quality. A service excellence framework is developed and the design for a new service excellence award is proposed. The proposed framework is based on the Industrial Excellence Award. In addition to the original four fundamental processes a fifth component is introduced: the customer. To complete the framework, the seven components of management quality known from the IEA are adopted. This framework is the structure for the self-assessment questionnaire that will be the core of the new Best Retailer service excellence award. Through an extensive literature review, success factors and empirically tested items for questionnaires were identified and assigned to the corresponding sections in the questionnaire. The result is a collection of questions that - if appropriately considered by management can help introducing service excellence in the retailing industry. The modus operandi of a possible future award competition is suggested to stay close the example of the IEA in order to leverage the existing brand. This should help to popularize the new award, to create outstanding showcases quickly, and to disseminate excellent management quality in the industry. Inhaltsverzeichnis:Inhaltsverzeichnis: AcknowledgementsII List of abbreviations:3 Executive Summary5 1.Introduction6 2.Retailing8 2.1Developments and Trends8 2.1.1Modern History of Retailing and Retailing Formats8 2.1.2Past and Future Trends11 2.2Strategies & Concepts18 2.2.1Retailing Classifications18 2.2.2Positioning20 2.2.3Strategies for Competitive Advantage21 2.2.4Scientific Concepts in Retailing23 2.3Success Factors in Retailing28 2.3.1Employees29 2.3.2Technology32 2.3.3Customer Service33 3.Service37 3.1Strategies and Concepts39 3.1.1Service Business Classifications39 3.1.2Strategies for Service firms41 3.1.3Excellence42 3.1.4Service Concepts in Literature49 3.2Service Management57 3.2.1Service Management Functions59 3.2.2The Service Process61 3.2.3The Service System61 3.3New Service Design & Development63 3.3.1The Service Concept64 3.3.2The Service Positioning Matrix64 3.3.3NSD Process Cycle66 3.3.4NSD-Innovation Matrix67 3.3.5Service Blueprinting68 3.4Service Quality and Customer Satisfaction69 3.4.1Overall Service Quality69 3.4.2Service Process Quality72 3.4.3Perceived Service [...]

Transcultural Marketing for Incremental and Radical Innovation
Transcultural Marketing for Incremental and Radical Innovation

Author: Christiansen, Bryan

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2013-11-30

Total Pages: 588

ISBN-13: 1466647507

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As technology continues to drive innovation and impact societies across multiple national boundaries and cultures, new approaches towards marketing products must be created and implemented to be successful in an era of hypercompetition. Transcultural Marketing for Incremental & Radical Innovation provides in depth discussion on tactics for improving existing products while inventing completely new products and product categories. This publication will prove to be helpful for scholars, practitioners, and university students who wish to better understand the importance of marketing products and services across different cultures and multiple languages.

Proceedings of the 1994 Academy of Marketing Science (AMS) Annual Conference
Proceedings of the 1994 Academy of Marketing Science (AMS) Annual Conference

Author: Elizabeth J. Wilson

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2015-01-21

Total Pages: 491

ISBN-13: 3319131621

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This volume includes the full proceedings from the 1994 Academy of Marketing Science (AMS) Annual Conference held in Nashville, Tennessee. The research and presentations offered in this volume cover many aspects of marketing science including marketing strategy, consumer behavior, international marketing, marketing education, among others. Founded in 1971, the Academy of Marketing Science is an international organization dedicated to promoting timely explorations of phenomena related to the science of marketing in theory, research, and practice. Among its services to members and the community at large, the Academy offers conferences, congresses and symposia that attract delegates from around the world. Presentations from these events are published in this Proceedings series, which offers a comprehensive archive of volumes reflecting the evolution of the field. Volumes deliver cutting-edge research and insights, complimenting the Academy’s flagship journals, Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science (JAMS) and AMS Review. Volumes are edited by leading scholars and practitioners across a wide range of subject areas in marketing science.

Developing a Market Orientation
Developing a Market Orientation

Author: Rohit Deshpande

Publisher: SAGE

Published: 1999-04-13

Total Pages: 330

ISBN-13: 0761916938

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Market orientation is best defined as an organization-level culture, a set of shared values and beliefs about putting the customer first in business planning. This book demonstrates the importance of market orientation on organizational culture (the shared set of values for putting customers first), on strategy (the creation of superior value for a firm's customers), and on tactics (the set of cross-functional activities directed at creating and satisfying customers).

Business in Africa in the Era of Digital Technology
Business in Africa in the Era of Digital Technology

Author: James Baba Abugre

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2021-06-28

Total Pages: 174

ISBN-13: 3030705382

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This book covers various aspects of business such as Entrepreneurship, HR management, Supply chain management, Marketing, Finance, and Globalization within the Africa Context, especially as digital technology changes the African society. Private and NGOs are emerging with greater capabilities and affecting the development of Africa, and this volume explores the impact of such change. This edited volume honours the exemplary contribution of Professor William Darley to the creation and development of the Academy of African Business and Development (AABD). The book is intended for graduate students and researchers interested in business development and practices in Africa.

New Meanings for Marketing in a New Millennium
New Meanings for Marketing in a New Millennium

Author: Melissa Moore

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2014-11-10

Total Pages: 331

ISBN-13: 3319119273

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Founded in 1971, the Academy of Marketing Science is an international organization dedicated to promoting timely explorations of phenomena related to the science of marketing in theory, research, and practice. Among its services to members and the community at large, the Academy offers conferences, congresses and symposia that attract delegates from around the world. Presentations from these events are published in this Proceedings series, which offers a comprehensive archive of volumes reflecting the evolution of the field. Volumes deliver cutting-edge research and insights, complimenting the Academy’s flagship journals, the Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science (JAMS) and AMS Review. Volumes are edited by leading scholars and practitioners across a wide range of subject areas in marketing science. This volume includes the full proceedings from the 2001 Academy of Marketing Science (AMS) Annual Conference held in San Diego, California, entitled New Meaning for Marketing in a New Millennium.

Performance Excellence in Marketing, Sales and Pricing
Performance Excellence in Marketing, Sales and Pricing

Author: Marc Helmold

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2022-09-06

Total Pages: 286

ISBN-13: 3031100972

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The increasing interconnection and the unlimited exchange of data and information has led to a maximized transparency of globally offered and sold products and services. The desires, needs and wants of the consumer are the critical issues today in creating new or offering existing products and services. This book outlines successful marketing and sales strategies with a clear focus on practical relevance. It provides a systematic overview and description of selling, pricing and negotiation concepts which enable the reader to apply the best-case scenario in their company. Tools such as the marketing mix or marketing strategies are well explained for practical application in industry. The book also integrates elements of change, lean and innovation management as drivers for performance excellence. Featuring industry case studies, this book is a practical guide for marketing professionals, academics and policy makers to enable enterprises to achieve long-term competitive advantages through best-in-class marketing, sales and pricing activities.