PART ONE: FOUNDATIONS FOR SERVICES MARKETING Chapter 1: Introduction to Services Chapter 2: Conceptual Framework of the Book: The Gaps Model of Service Quality PART TWO: FOCUS ON THE CUSTOMER Chapter 3: Consumer Behavior in Services Chapter 4: Customer Expectations of Service Chapter 5: Customer Perceptions of Service PART THREE: UNDERSTANDING CUSTOMER REQUIREMENTS Chapter 6: Listening to Customers through Research Chapter 7: Building Customer Relationships Chapter 8: Service Recovery PART FOUR: ALIGNING STRATEGY, SERVICE DESIGN, AND STANDARDS Chapter 9: Service Innovation and Design Chapter 10: Customer-Defined Service Standards Chapter 11: Physical Evidence and the Servicescape PART FIVE: DELIVERING AND PERFORMING SERVICE Chapter 12: Employees' Roles in Service Delivery Chapter 13: Customers' Roles in Service Delivery Chapter 14: Delivering Service through Intermediaries and Electronic Channels Chapter 15: Managing Demand and Capacity PART SIX: MANAGING SERVICE PROMISES Chapter 16: Integrated Services Marketing Communications Chapter 17: Pricing of Services PART SEVEN: SERVICE AND THE BOTTOM LINE Chapter 18: The Financial and Economic Impact of Service CASES |