TY - BOOK AU - Zeithaml, Valarie A. AU - Jo Bitner, Mary AU - Gremler, Dwayne D. AU - Mende, Martin TI - Services marketing : : integrating customer focus across the firm SN - 9781266287152 U1 - 658.8 SER PY - 2024/// CY - New York PB - McGraw Hill, KW - Services (Industrie) Marketing KW - Customer services KW - Managing service promises KW - Service design and standards N1 - Includes discussion questions and exercises at the end of each chapter; Includes index (p.518-531); Part 1: Foundations for Service Marketing1. Introduction to Services2. Conceptual Framework of the Book: The Gaps Model of Service Quality Part 2: Focus on the Customer3. Customer Expectations of Service4. Customer Perceptions of Service Part 3: Understanding Customer Requirements5. Listening to Customers through Research6. Managing Customer Relationships7. Service Recovery Part 4: Aligning Service Design and Standards8. Service Innovation and Design9. Customer-Defined Service Standards10. Physical Evidence and the Servicescape Part 5: Delivering and Performing Service11. Employees’ Roles in Service12. Customers’ Roles in Service13. Managing Demand and Capacity Part 6: Managing Service Promises14. Integrated Service Marketing Communications15. Pricing of Services Part 7: Service Trends: AI, Robotics, and the Bottom Line16. Artificial Intelligence and Robotics in Service17. The Financial and Economic Impact of Service ER -