Examining Amazon.Com's Relentless Customer Advocacy
Bruce Temkin, one of the speakers at the Compete Through Service Symposium, shares his takeaways from the presentation by Mike Gathright, Director of Americas Customer Services at Amazon.com
Bruce Temkin, one of the speakers at the Compete Through Service Symposium, shares his takeaways from the presentation by Mike Gathright, Director of Americas Customer Services at Amazon.com
Compete through Service Symposium is an annual event hosted by the Center for Services Leadership at W. P. Carey School of Business, ASU. It brings insights from inspirational business and academic thought leaders on competing profitably through service.
To kick off the 2014 Compete Through Service symposium, we would like to introduce you to our team. We look forward to connecting with you this week at the symposium! Meet Mary Jo Bitner: What is your favorite place to visit in Arizona? Flagstaff, in the summer or fall. Other than ASU, what college team …
By Phil Klaus The employee, the forgotten asset? Forgotten is a day and age when the consumer calls the shots and consumer to consumer (C2C) interactions seemingly rule the business world (Klaus 2013a; 2013b)? Or, has the tide turned again, and managers do recognize that employee retention is crucial from both a primary (think cost of …
By Phil Klaus Over the next few weeks, I’ll be sharing insights from my research and consulting work in a series of posts, which will discuss critical aspects to delivering successful CX experience. You can read the first post, Demystifying The Black Box – How To Design, Manage, And Measure The Most Profitable Customer Experience (CX) …
click on the slide to begin the webcast Leaders of product-based companies are under an enormous pressure to stay competitive by shifting revenues from selling goods to delivering services and solutions. Yet few executives realize the extent to which they must change their organizations to succeed in growth through services. In this webcast, Dr. Mary …
This November in Scottsdale Arizona, business executives, academic faculty and students from a wide variety of industries and backgrounds will come together to be part of the 25th Annual Compete Through Service Symposium, hosted by the Center for Services Leadership (CSL). 25 years ago, it started with humble beginnings – the CSL had crafted a …
By Robert F. Lusch There is no other Business than a Service Business Ingrained in our mindset, through schooling, industry practices and government accounting is the belief that the economy consists of primary or extractive industries such as mining, fishing, forestry and farming; secondary industries such as manufacturing which takes the outputs from primary industries …
By Nancy J. Sirianni It is increasingly rare for customers to complete retail or service transactions without swiping their own credit cards or engaging with point-of-sale terminals. From hotel check in kiosks to tableside tablet computers in restaurants, firms are implementing customer-facing devices in service situations in landmark numbers. It’s no wonder, as frontline technology …
Earlier this year Solutions Insights Inc. conducted a benchmarking survey designed to better understand the issues that B2B companies face in developing new solutions. The survey explored the following questions: • Current importance and relevance of solutions • Identification of the stakeholders who are involved • Key processes required • The level of process standardization …