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Record Nr.

UNINA9910140900603321

Autore

McKean John <1956->

Titolo

Managing customers through economic cycles / / John McKean

Pubbl/distr/stampa

West Sussex, England : , : Wiley, , 2010

©2010

ISBN

0-470-66238-7

1-119-20857-2

1-282-88889-7

9786612888892

0-470-68821-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (266 p.)

Disciplina

658.8/12

658.812

Soggetti

Customer relations

Consumer behavior

Business cycles

Recessions

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Managing Customers Through Economic Cycles; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Predicting/Preparing for Economic Transitions; 3. Science of How Consumers' Buying Changes over Cycles; 4. Consumer Loyalty Strengths/Vulnerabilities in Cycles; 5. B2C Approaches for Dynamic Consumer Needs/Value Tradeoff; 6. B2B Approaches for Different Economic Cycles; 7. Mastering Information across Economic Cycles; 8. Managing the Employee Factor through Cycles; 9. Leveraging the Power of the Community (Physical and Online); 10. Summary; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Whether you are a global Fortune 500 organization or a small business Managing Customers Through Economic Cycles show you how to optimize your business's sales and marketing approaches specific to survive and thrive in each economic cycle and transition. ""The business



case for continuing to invest in service and innovation can be compromised by an economic downturn. McKean clearly lays out the case for weathering the economic storm by achieving a careful balance of investment in the areas that truly matter - and continually using data to reinforce the idea that business can be more s