TY - BOOK AU - Lovelock,Christopher H. AU - Wirtz,Jochen TI - Services marketing: people, technology, strategy SN - 9780136107217 AV - HF5415.13.L58 2011. U1 - 658.8 22 PY - 2011/// CY - Boston PB - Prentice Hall KW - Marketing KW - Management KW - Professions KW - Service industries KW - Customer services N1 - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; Content: Understanding service products consumers, and markets: New perspectives on marketing in the service economy -- Consumer behavior in a services context -- Positioning services in competitive markets -- Applying the 4Ps of marketing to services: Developing service products; core and supplementary elements -- Distributing services through physical and electronic channels -- Setting prices and implementing revenue management -- Promoting services and educating customers -- Managing the customer interface: Designing and managing service processes -- Balancing demand and productive capacity -- Crafting the service environment -- Managing people for service advantage -- Implementing profitable services Strategies: Managing relationships and building loyalty -- Complaint handling and service recovery -- Improving service quality and productivity -- Striving for service leadership ER -