1.0 Introduction: The spectrum of competition ranges from perfectly competitive markets where there are many sellers who are price takers to a pure monopoly where one single supplier dominates an industry and sets price. We start our analysis of market structures by looking at perfect competition. Firms operate within their market‚ which consists of: Supply side: all of the firms producing similar products Demand side: all buyers willing to purchase the products Markets differ; the
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The Customers’ Revenge Atida Motors’ decades-old complaint policy may be no match for unhappy customers who threaten to take their case to YouTube. by Dan Ariely J IM MCINTIRE‚ vice president of customer service at Atida Motor Company‚ was just about to shut down for the day when he received an e-mail from his brother. “Go to Hell‚ Angel!” the subject line shouted. The message linked to a YouTube video. In “A Letter for Bill Watkins‚ CEO‚ Angel Airlines‚” two stolid executives – “Jeff”
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in the figure below‚ the recent turmoil in Europe & US has resulted in slowing demand in BFSI segment. Source: Business Standard 2. Protectionist measures: There have been periodic threats of the US stopping all outsourcing work. Rising US rhetoric against shipping of jobs to low cost locations ahead of US presidential elections in November might result in lower market shares for Indian IT companies. The US Senate will be looking into a bill backed by the Democratic party popularly known as
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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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Ethics and Target Marketing: The Role of Product Harm and Consumer Vulnerability Author(s): N. Craig Smith and Elizabeth Cooper-Martin Reviewed work(s): Source: Journal of Marketing‚ Vol. 61‚ No. 3 (Jul.‚ 1997)‚ pp. 1-20 Published by: American Marketing Association Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1251786 . Accessed: 12/03/2013 16:10 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms
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What Is Customer Service? Customer service has been defined in many ways. The challenge is that appropriate service means different things to different people. It is often easier for customers to identify inappropriate service‚ than to define what they should experience. Some Common Definitions of Customer Service “Customer service is a commitment of all employees in a company to make being a customer a completely positive experience one that everyone customer will want to experience time
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transportation service‚ recreation service‚ public service‚ security service and so on… (Encarta Premium 2009) The key component of business is providing quality service for its customers. Quality service requires one way of follow up of the dynamic in the internal and external business environment through information gathering and analyzing to increase customer satisfaction. Customer satisfaction with service quality can be evaluated by comparing presumption of service received with expectation of the service
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journey to make Customer Centricity the business model for how we operate. You would have recently gone through the Customer Centricity Training. Customer Centricity is a continuous journey to keep Customers at the center of everything we do. By seeing PNB MetLife through our customers’ eyes and reducing the effort they have to expend‚ PNB MetLife will create competitive advantage as targeted customers come to us‚ stay with us and buy more from us What is Customer Centricity? Customer Centricity
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Customer service is vital in today business industry. Customer service‚ by definition‚ is about serving people; it should be genuine‚ personalised and compassionate. They are a valuable resource to business because their feedback helps to shape and improve the business. Our aim is to ensure that the customer feels good but as well as having a memorable experience. This can be achieved by providing and delivering a professional‚ helpful‚ high quality service and assistance before‚ during and after
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THIS SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT is entered into on this [●] day of [March]‚ 2008 at [Mumbai / New Delhi] AMONGST 1) ______________ an individual‚ residing at _____________(hereinafter referred to as a “Seller No. 1” which expression shall‚ unless repugnant to the context thereof‚ means and includes his legal heirs‚ executors‚ administrators‚ and permitted assigns) of the FIRST PART; AND (2) _________ having its principal place of business at _______052‚ (hereinafter referred to as a
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