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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820801703321

Titolo

Global trends and challenges in services / / guest editors: Marianna Sigala and Evangelos Christou

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bradford, England, : Emerald Group Publishing, c2006

ISBN

1-280-70594-9

9786610705948

1-84663-057-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (97 p.)

Collana

Managing Service Quality, an international journal ; ; 16, no. 4

Altri autori (Persone)

SigalaMarianna

ChristouEvangelos

Disciplina

658.8

Soggetti

Marketing

Service industries

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; CONTENTS; EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD; Global trends and challenges in services; Student satisfaction and quality of service in Italian universities; The importance of service quality in bank selection for mortgage loans; Bank service quality: evidence from five Balkan countries; Mass customisation implementation models and customer value in mobile phones services; Investigating the impact of business-process-competent information systems (ISs) on business performance; Book review;

Sommario/riassunto

The objective of this e-book is to identify the emerging trends and challenges that face businesses within the service sector, as well as examine and discuss ways by which service firms try to address the former. Overall, three papers are focusing on the important issue of service quality and its different dimensions and implications (e.g. cross-cultural understanding, experiences, relations and emotional issues), while two papers concentrate on the exploitation of information and communication technologies and their role in enhancing business performance through the creation of personal servi