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  • 27 Jul 2022
  • News

Navigating Peer Relationships While Climbing the Ladder

  • July 2010
  • Supplement

Marketing Analysis Toolkit: Customer Lifetime Value Analysis (CW)

By: Thomas J. Steenburgh and Jill Avery
Customers are increasingly being viewed as assets that bring value to the firm. Customer lifetime value is a metric which allows managers to understand the overall value of their customer base and relate it to three customer strategies firms employ: asset acquisition -... View Details
Keywords: Competency and Skills; Customer Relationship Management; Customer Value and Value Chain; Decisions; Framework; Management Practices and Processes; Marketing; Marketing Strategy; Strategic Planning; Mathematical Methods; Value
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Steenburgh, Thomas J., and Jill Avery. "Marketing Analysis Toolkit: Customer Lifetime Value Analysis (CW)." Harvard Business School Spreadsheet Supplement 511-702, July 2010.
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Are Self-service Customers Satisfied or Stuck?

By: Ryan W. Buell, Dennis Campbell and Frances X. Frei
This paper investigates the impact of self-service technology (SST) usage on customer satisfaction and retention. Specifically, we disentangle the distinct effects of satisfaction and switching costs as drivers of retention among self-service customers. Our empirical... View Details
Keywords: Service Delivery; Information Technology; Customer Satisfaction; Competition; Cost; Banks and Banking; Behavior; Market Transactions; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques
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Buell, Ryan W., Dennis Campbell, and Frances X. Frei. "Are Self-service Customers Satisfied or Stuck?" Production and Operations Management 19, no. 6 (November–December 2010). (Awarded the Decision Sciences Institute Stan Hardy Award for Outstanding Paper Published during 2010 in the Field of Operations Management.)
  • January 2007
  • Case

Lou Pritchett: Negotiating the P&G Relationship with Wal-Mart

By: James K. Sebenius and Ellen Knebel
Describes several internal and external negotiations in the 1980s that led to a significant and growing partnership between Procter & Gamble (P&G) and Wal-Mart. From the perspective of Lou Pritchett, P&G's Vice President of Sales and Customer Development, the unfolding... View Details
Keywords: Marketing; Negotiation; Distribution Channels; Partners and Partnerships; Sales
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Sebenius, James K., and Ellen Knebel. "Lou Pritchett: Negotiating the P&G Relationship with Wal-Mart." Harvard Business School Case 907-011, January 2007.
  • 2008
  • Book

Managing Up

By: Linda A. Hill
Managing up is not political game playing. Rather, it's a conscious approach to working with your supervisor toward goals that are important to both of you. Through managing up, you build a productive working relationship with your boss and create a way to use the... View Details
Keywords: Interpersonal Communication; Employees; Managerial Roles; Alliances; Value Creation
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Hill, Linda A. Managing Up. Boston, MA: Harvard Business Press, 2008. (Mentor.)
  • 05 Aug 2010
  • What Do You Think?

What Is Customer Opinion Good For?

research and shoring up the weakest, all competitors' products take on the same characteristics. As she puts it, "Meanwhile, the very instruments that these managers are relying on to establish and reinforce differentiation—competitive... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Technology
  • December 2000 (Revised February 2007)
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Achieving Customer Satisfaction at Pizza Hut (A)

By: V.G. Narayanan and Preeti Choudhary
Describes how Pizza Hut measures and monitors customer satisfaction, customer complaints, and the quality of its retail locations. View Details
Keywords: Customer Satisfaction; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Management Systems; Risk Management; Franchise Ownership; Performance Evaluation; Problems and Challenges; Quality; Food and Beverage Industry; Service Industry
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Narayanan, V.G., and Preeti Choudhary. "Achieving Customer Satisfaction at Pizza Hut (A)." Harvard Business School Case 101-006, December 2000. (Revised February 2007.)
  • February 2001 (Revised June 2002)
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Customer Value Measurement at Nortel Networks--Optical Networks Division

By: Das Narayandas
Since 1995, Nortel Networks' Optical Networks (ON) division has been incorporating customer satisfaction and loyalty measures into its business practices to increase customer value. Over the years, key process owners in various parts of the organization have become... View Details
Keywords: Business Divisions; Customer Focus and Relationships; Customer Satisfaction; Management Teams; Marketing Strategy; Value Creation; Telecommunications Industry
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Narayandas, Das. "Customer Value Measurement at Nortel Networks--Optical Networks Division." Harvard Business School Case 501-050, February 2001. (Revised June 2002.)
  • December 2016
  • Article

Deal Process Design in Management Buyouts

By: Guhan Subramanian
Management buyouts (MBOs) are an economically and legally significant class of transaction: not only do they account for more than $10 billion in deal volume per year, on average, but they also play an important role in defining the relationship between inside and... View Details
Keywords: Management Buyout; Deal Structuring; Acquisition; Design; Fairness
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Subramanian, Guhan. "Deal Process Design in Management Buyouts." Harvard Law Review 130, no. 2 (December 2016): 590–658.
  • August 2016 (Revised June 2017)
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InsideSales.com (A)

By: Frank V. Cespedes
This case focuses on growth requirements for a company moving from its base in SMB customers (Small and Mid-Sized businesses) to Enterprise customers (companies with more than 500 employees). It examines the differences in buying processes, product requirements,... View Details
Keywords: Business Organization; Customer Relationship Management; Marketing Strategy; Organizational Change And Adaptation; Organizational Design; Talent; Talent Management; Organizations; Growth Management; Sales; Salesforce Management; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Technology Industry; United States
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Cespedes, Frank V. "InsideSales.com (A)." Harvard Business School Case 817-018, August 2016. (Revised June 2017.)
  • June 2013
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Olympic Rent-A-Car U.S.: Customer Loyalty Battles

By: John Deighton and James T. Kindley
The marketing and operations managers for Olympic Rent-A-Car meet to decide how to respond to changes in the loyalty rewards program at the market-leading competitor. The competitor's program gives awards based on dollars spent instead of days rented and eliminates... View Details
Keywords: Customer Relationship Management; Competitive Strategy; Marketing; Operations; Auto Industry; Service Industry
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Deighton, John, and James T. Kindley. "Olympic Rent-A-Car U.S.: Customer Loyalty Battles." Harvard Business School Brief Case 913-568, June 2013.
  • February 1988
  • Case

General Electric: Customer Service

By: Frank V. Cespedes
Keywords: Customer Focus and Relationships
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Cespedes, Frank V. "General Electric: Customer Service." Harvard Business School Case 588-059, February 1988.
  • 01 Jul 2002
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Mismanagement of Customer Loyalty

Keywords: Werner Reinartz, V. Kumar
  • April 1995 (Revised April 1995)
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Pillsbury: Customer Driven Reengineering

By: Robert S. Kaplan
Pillsbury is transforming itself from an integrated producer of flour and bakery products to a value-added supplier of premium branded products. After initial successes applying activity-based costing to manufacturing operations, two senior executives decide to... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Production; Cost Management; Activity Based Costing and Management; Customer Value and Value Chain; Food and Beverage Industry
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Kaplan, Robert S. "Pillsbury: Customer Driven Reengineering." Harvard Business School Case 195-144, April 1995. (Revised April 1995.)
  • May 16, 2016
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Food Safety Economics: The Cost of a Sick Customer

By: Dina Gerdeman and John A. Quelch
Chipotle Mexican Grill’s ongoing struggle to win customers back months after a contaminated food crisis highlights the challenges companies face with keeping food safe.

Chipotle has seen its shares tumble and recently reported its first-ever quarterly loss... View Details
Keywords: Food Safety; Organic Food; Supply Chain Management; Globalization Of Food Business; Mérieux NutriSciences: Marketing Food Safety Testing; Food Safety Modernization Act 2011; Plant-Based Agribusiness; Transition; Economic Systems; Food; Health; Supply and Industry; Logistics; Practice; Problems and Challenges; Quality; Safety; Business Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Customization and Personalization; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Insurance Industry; Public Administration Industry; Public Relations Industry; Retail Industry; Service Industry; Mexico; North America; United States; Canada
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Gerdeman, Dina, and John A. Quelch. "Food Safety Economics: The Cost of a Sick Customer." Harvard Business School Working Knowledge (May 16, 2016).
  • 01 Sep 2008
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Stanford Lets Students Customize

EXCHANGING IDEAS: HBS Dean Jay Light talks with Stanford Dean Robert Joss. Stanford describes its new MBA curriculum, launched last fall, as a “revolutionary change in management education.” It aims to remedy what the school viewed as a... View Details
Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 17 Nov 2010
  • News

Putting the Customer First

Keywords: Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction; Construction; Specialty Trade Contractors; Construction
  • March 31, 2023
  • Article

What Is the Optimal Pattern of a Customer Journey?

By: Julian De Freitas
Even though customer experience (CX) leaders are becoming increasingly focused on optimizing their firms’ customer journeys, they face a clear challenge: Which touchpoints along the journey should they invest in? That is, which moments when the customer interacts with... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Behavior; Customers; Brands and Branding
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De Freitas, Julian. "What Is the Optimal Pattern of a Customer Journey?" Harvard Business Review (website) (March 31, 2023).
  • April 2004 (Revised June 2004)
  • Teaching Note

Starbucks: Delivering Customer Service (TN)

By: Youngme E. Moon and John A. Quelch
Teaching Note to (9-504-016). View Details
Keywords: Customer Relationship Management; Food and Beverage Industry
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Moon, Youngme E., and John A. Quelch. "Starbucks: Delivering Customer Service (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 504-089, April 2004. (Revised June 2004.)
  • October 2001 (Revised October 2017)
  • Supplement

Pilgrim Bank (B): Customer Retention

By: Frances X. Frei and Dennis Campbell
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Customer Relationship Management; Banking Industry
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Frei, Frances X., and Dennis Campbell. "Pilgrim Bank (B): Customer Retention." Harvard Business School Supplement 602-095, October 2001. (Revised October 2017.)
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