2010 Ninth International Conference on Mobile Business / 2010 Ninth Global Mobility Roundtable What factors contributed to the success of Apple’s iPhone? John Laugesen Yufei Yuan McMaster University‚ DeGroote School of Business Hamilton‚ Ontario CANADA laugesjd@mcmaster.ca McMaster University‚ DeGroote School of Business Hamilton‚ Ontario CANADA yuanyuf@mcmaster.ca Abstract — Unknown to most North American consumers‚ a mobile data and Internet service in Japan called i-mode has been highly successful
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Xiaoxuan Qu Bus490-01 Dr. Paul D. Maxwell September 3. 2014 Discuss Question 3 An industry’s key success factors (KSFs) are those things that most affect industry members’ ability to prosper in the marketplace-the particular strategy elements‚ product attributes‚ resources‚ competencies‚ competitive capabilities‚ and business outcomes that spell the difference between profit and loss and‚ ultimately‚ between competitive success or failure. KSFs by their very nature are so important that all
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Discuss the differences between service quality‚ perceptions of service quality and customer satisfaction (Section 1). Should sport service managers prioritize one of them? If yes‚ which and why (Section 2)? Support your arguments with sport examples. Section 1 In the current economic climate‚ affected by trade liberalisation and globalisation organisations face a highly competitive market. Due to such‚ there has been a shift from production-led philosophy to that of a customer-focused approach
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Customer Retention Strategies The easiest way to grow your customers is not to lose them The average business loses around 20 percent of its customers annually simply by failing to attend to customer relationships. In some industries this leakage is as high as 80 percent. The cost‚ in either case‚ is staggering‚ but few businesses truly understand the implications. Imagine two businesses‚ one that retains 90 percent of its customers‚ the other retaining 80 percent. If both add new customers
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Customer Satisfaction Strategies What is customer satisfaction? We are in the midst of a revolution in business. Some call it a customer revolution‚ others a quality revolution‚ others a service revolution. Organizations are attempting to obtain increased customer satisfaction by focusing on the quality of their products and the service provided. This movement toward quality has produced significant benefits but just like other business fads‚ joining and adopting the religion does not insure
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.................................10 1.Introduction: This assignment is done with an extract on "strategic alliance to offer integrated products and services". This article describes Hitech Services‚ Fujitsu and NetApp forge a strategy to expend cloud offering in Malaysia. They announced a strategic alliance‚ for Malaysia Company that provides integrated automatic warehouse management solutions. Fujitsu is a leading provider of IT-based business solutions for the global marketplace
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THE LEVEL OF CUSTOMER SATISFACTION OF DOK ALTERNATIBO PRODUCT USER’S IN BANSALAN An Undergraduate Research Presented to the Faculty of the College of Business Administration Program University of Mindanao Bansalan Campus Bansalan‚ Davao del Sur In Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements For the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Business Administration Major in Human Resource Management Major in Financial Management By: Lianne Mae P. Teves
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satisfaction is a central concept in modern marketing thought and practice. Referred to many as the "marketing revolution" of the 1970s‚ a sudden shift toward customer-oriented marketing became the newest "trend" in business—and it has held its ground since: Business starts with the customer. Customer satisfaction matters. It matters not only to the customer‚ but even more so to the business because it directly impacts a company’s bottom line profits. The marketing concept emphasizes delivering satisfaction
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been satisfied‚ if they had been in another field. The objectives of this research were to identify the various factors that actually triggered off or were responsible for the workers” satisfaction and to determine the major factor that made them satisfied with their jobs and their corresponding efficiency. This research was basically informed by the need to actually know the factors that motivated hotel workers to carry out their professional duties effectively. It was indeed necessary to know
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bottle necking to make sure customer/consumer fulfillment was met. The strategy that Reuben Sloan employed seemed basic yet very broad spanning. He spoke of there being 27 different dimensions to this supply chain turn around. While he didn’t name all of the 27 dimensions‚ Sloan made sure to highlight the essential components of his strategy. In accounting‚ all the components of a financial statement are important but the culmination of all the numbers and all the factors are denoted at the bottom
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