TY - BOOK AU - Zeithaml,Valarie A. AU - Bitner,Mary Jo TI - Services marketing SN - 0070782504 (acidfree paper) SN - 978007078 AV - HD9980.5 .Z45 PY - 1996/// CY - New York PB - McGraw Hill KW - Service industries KW - Marketing KW - Customer services N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction to services -- Key competitive trends and conceptual framework of the book -- Consumer behavior in services -- Customer expectations of service -- Customer perceptions of service -- Understanding customer expectations through marketing research -- Building customer relationships through segmentation and retention strategies -- Customer-defined service standards -- Leadership and measurement systems for market-driven service performance -- Service design and positioning -- Employees' roles in service delivery -- Delivering service through intermediaries -- Customers' roles in service delivery -- Managing demand and capacity -- International services marketing -- The role of advertising, personal selling, and other communication -- Pricing of services -- The physical evidence of service -- Cases ER -