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  • March 1997
  • Background Note

Note on Customer Behavior

By: Gerald Zaltman
A review of selected key concepts that are useful for understanding customers. The importance of understanding customers is also discussed, along with a short description of new frontiers in the study of customer behavior. View Details
Keywords: Knowledge; Marketing; Consumer Behavior
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Zaltman, Gerald. "Note on Customer Behavior." Harvard Business School Background Note 597-057, March 1997.
  • June 2002
  • Background Note

Note on Customer Management

By: Das Narayandas
Lays out a framework for the management of customers using examples of forms in a variety of industries. View Details
Keywords: Customer Relationship Management; Framework
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Narayandas, Das. "Note on Customer Management." Harvard Business School Background Note 502-073, June 2002.
  • 2019
  • Working Paper

The Customer May Not Always Be Right: Customer Compatibility and Service Performance

By: Ryan W. Buell, Dennis Campbell and Frances X. Frei
This paper investigates the impact of customer compatibility – the degree of fit between the needs of customers and the capabilities of the operations serving them – on customer experiences and firm performance. We use a variance decomposition analysis to quantify the... View Details
Keywords: Customer Compatibility; Satisfaction; Profitability; Customer Relationship Management; Service Operations; Customer Satisfaction; Banking Industry; Retail Industry
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Buell, Ryan W., Dennis Campbell, and Frances X. Frei. "The Customer May Not Always Be Right: Customer Compatibility and Service Performance." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 16-091, February 2016. (Revised December 2019.)
  • October 2000 (Revised December 2002)
  • Background Note

Note on Customer Management

By: Das Narayandas
Describes a process for managing customers for profit. View Details
Keywords: Customer Relationship Management; Customer Value and Value Chain; Value
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Narayandas, Das. "Note on Customer Management." Harvard Business School Background Note 501-044, October 2000. (Revised December 2002.)
  • 2012
  • Chapter

Focusing on Strategy to Govern Effectively

By: Krishna G. Palepu
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Palepu, Krishna G. "Focusing on Strategy to Govern Effectively." In The Future of Boards: Meeting the Governance Challenges of the Twenty-First Century, edited by Jay W. Lorsch. Boston, MA: Harvard Business Review Press, 2012.
  • 01 Jun 2000
  • News

New York Club Focuses on Entrepreneurship

As interest in entrepreneurship grows, so too does the number of alumni events focused on this hot topic. The HBS Club of Greater New York, for instance, recently hosted its second annual America's... View Details
  • 01 Apr 1999
  • News

WSA Conference Focuses on Reaching Goals

arbiter of domestic decorum, Stewart said her business owes its success to the "respectability and trust" she has built with her audience over the years. From rewiring a vintage lamp to baking the perfect pie shell, "we're intent on... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
  • 2014
  • Other Teaching and Training Material

Marketing Reading: Creating Customer Value

By: Sunil Gupta
This Reading explores how firms can create value for their customers. The goal of any business is to delight customers by understanding its customers' needs and to provide products and services to meet those needs. As a result, it is critical to understand what... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Behavior; Consumer Marketing; Customer Experience; Network Effects; Service Profit Chain; Total Customer Value
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Gupta, Sunil. "Marketing Reading: Creating Customer Value." Core Curriculum Readings Series. Boston: Harvard Business Publishing 8176, 2014.
  • March 2021
  • Article

The Customer May Not Always Be Right: Customer Compatibility and Service Performance

By: Ryan W. Buell, Dennis Campbell and Frances X. Frei
This paper investigates the impact of customer compatibility – the degree of fit between the needs of customers and the capabilities of the operations serving them – on customer experiences and firm performance. We use a variance decomposition analysis to quantify the... View Details
Keywords: Customer Compatibility; Satisfaction; Profitability; Service Operations; Customer Relationship Management; Customer Satisfaction; Performance
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Buell, Ryan W., Dennis Campbell, and Frances X. Frei. "The Customer May Not Always Be Right: Customer Compatibility and Service Performance." Management Science 67, no. 3 (March 2021): 1468–1488.
  • June 2019
  • Case

Airbnb, Etsy, Uber: Expanding from One to Many Millions of Customers

By: Thales S. Teixeira
By 2019, two-sided online platforms (or marketplaces) were among the highest-growing internet startups around. These marketplaces sought to match suppliers of assets for rent, physical products, or services with customers demanding them. Among the most notable... View Details
Keywords: Airbnb; Etsy; Uber; Growth Hacking; Two-Sided Markets; Digital Marketing; Customer Acquisition; Two-Sided Platforms; Growth Management; Marketing Strategy; Customers; Acquisition; Organizational Change and Adaptation
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Teixeira, Thales S. "Airbnb, Etsy, Uber: Expanding from One to Many Millions of Customers." Harvard Business School Case 519-087, June 2019.
  • December 2009
  • Article

Closing the Customer Feedback Loop

By: Rob Markey, Fred Reichheld and Andreas Dullweber
Realizing that customer retention is more critical than ever, companies have ramped up their efforts to listen to customers. But many struggle to convert their findings into practical prescriptions for customer-facing employees. Some companies are addressing that... View Details
Keywords: Customer Centric Initiative; Customer Satisfaction; Customer Focus and Relationships; Customer Value and Value Chain
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Markey, Rob, Fred Reichheld, and Andreas Dullweber. "Closing the Customer Feedback Loop." Harvard Business Review 87, no. 12 (December 2009): 43–47.
  • March–April 2019
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Operational Transparency: Make Your Processes Visible to Customers and Your Customers Visible to Employees

By: Ryan W. Buell
Conventional wisdom holds that the more contact an operation has with its customers, the less efficiently it will run. But when customers are partitioned away from the operation, they are less likely to fully understand and appreciate the work going on behind the... View Details
Keywords: Operational Transparency; Customers; Services; Operations; Customer Focus and Relationships; Employees; Customer Satisfaction; Behavior; Service Industry
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Buell, Ryan W. "Operational Transparency: Make Your Processes Visible to Customers and Your Customers Visible to Employees." R1902H. Harvard Business Review 97, no. 4 (March–April 2019): 102–113.
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The Impact of Forward-Looking Metrics on Employee Decision-Making: The Case of Customer Lifetime Value

By: Pablo Casas-Arce, Asis Martinez Jerez and V.G. Narayanan
This paper analyzes the effects of forward-looking metrics on employee decision-making. We use data from a bank that started providing branch managers with the customer lifetime value (CLV)—an estimate of the future value of the customer relationship—of mortgage... View Details
Keywords: Customer Lifetime Value; Forward-looking Metrics; Employees; Decision Making; Information; Customer Value and Value Chain; Banks and Banking; Mortgages; Outcome or Result
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Casas-Arce, Pablo, Asis Martinez Jerez, and V.G. Narayanan. "The Impact of Forward-Looking Metrics on Employee Decision-Making: The Case of Customer Lifetime Value." Accounting Review 92, no. 3 (May 2017): 31–56.
  • 10 Dec 2012
  • News

In Beyoncé Deal, Pepsi Focuses on Collaboration

  • 01 Dec 2000
  • News

Global Leadership Initiative's Director Focuses on Technology

graduate of Harvard Law School and a former consultant in management and negotiation strategy, Price says that HBS is interested in developing "technologically appropriate" approaches that will reach an optimum number of people with useful and engaging material at a... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services
  • Jun 21 2016
  • Testimonial

Focusing on the Core Business to Create

  • 14 Dec 2010
  • News

A Career Focused on Innovation and Manufacturing

Keywords: Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Manufacturing
  • July 2021
  • Case

New Director Dilemmas: Focusing on Special Interests

By: John J-H Kim
Keywords: Educational Policy And Politics; Education; Policy; Organizational Culture; Interests; Education Industry
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Kim, John J-H. "New Director Dilemmas: Focusing on Special Interests." Harvard Business School Case 322-013, July 2021.
  • 01 Dec 2020
  • News

What Are Disease Foundation Leaders Focused On

  • 2023
  • Working Paper

The Customer Journey as a Source of Information

By: Nicolas Padilla, Eva Ascarza and Oded Netzer
In the face of heightened data privacy concerns and diminishing third-party data access, firms are placing increased emphasis on first-party data (1PD) for marketing decisions. However, in environments with infrequent purchases, reliance on past purchases 1PD... View Details
Keywords: Customer Journey; Privacy; Consumer Behavior; Analytics and Data Science; AI and Machine Learning; Customer Focus and Relationships
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Padilla, Nicolas, Eva Ascarza, and Oded Netzer. "The Customer Journey as a Source of Information." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 24-035, October 2023. (Revised October 2023.)
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