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Why Satisfaction Surveys Fail
Reichheld, FredBook Chapter HBS-8177BC-EStrategyThis chapter looks at why you cannot build an effective customer-feedback system based on the shaky foundation of current satisfaction-survey methods and practices. This chapter was originally published as Chapter 5 of "The Ultimate Question: Driving Good Profits and True Growth."Starting at €8.20
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Bad Profits, Good Profits, and the Ultimate Question
Reichheld, FredBook Chapter HBS-8185BC-EStrategyBad profits choke off a company's best opportunities for true growth, they endanger its reputation, and alienate customers and demoralize employees. This chapter shows companies how to tell the difference between good and bad profits and asks the ultimate question that will determine the future of your business. This chapter was originally published as Chapter 1 of "The Ultimate Question: Driving Good Profits and True Growth."Starting at €8.20
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From Score to System: How the Net Promoter Score (NPS) Grew from a Metric to a Management System
Reichheld, Fred; Markey, RobBook Chapter HBS-8573BC-EIn 2003, when loyalty economics expert Fred Reichheld created the Net Promoter Score (NPS) as a new way of measuring how well an organization generates customer loyalty, no one could have predicted how swiftly this easy-to-understand, open-source metric would catch on. Thousands of innovative companies--Apple, American Express, Zappos, Intuit, eBay, Southwest Airlines, and Facebook, to name just a few--adopted the Net Promoter Score as a way to t...Starting at €8.20
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The Measure of Success: How Intuit Became a "Net Promoter" Company--And Boosted Its Profits Through Increased Customer Loyalty
Reichheld, Fred; Markey, RobBook Chapter HBS-8575BC-EBack in the days when every business was a small business, proprietors knew what their customers thought of their products by the looks on their faces: they knew them all personally. But in today's world of giant corporations and big-box stores, most managers never see their customers. Instead, they are laser-focused on how much these customers are spending. If the bottom line is growing, that's good, right? Not necessarily. In this chapter, worl...Starting at €8.20
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How NPS Drives Profitable Growth: The Economic Payoff of High-Quality Customer Relationships--And the Net Promoter System
Reichheld, Fred; Markey, RobBook Chapter HBS-8576BC-EIn today's Web-savvy, customer-driven world, where negative word of mouth about your company's products and services is instantly broadcast over a global PA system, you're smart to focus more closely on your customers as you fight to stay competitive. But building up legions of enthusiastic, loyal customers requires investment. And it requires reducing your company's reliance on "bad profits"--profits earned at the expense of customer relationshi...Starting at €8.20
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The Enterprise Story--Measuring What Matters: How Enterprise Rent-A-Car Set the Industry Standard for Winning Customer Loyalty
Reichheld, Fred; Markey, RobBook Chapter HBS-8577BC-EAt its senior management retreat in 1996, Enterprise Rent-A-Car executives should have been rejoicing: the company was growing fast and had just overtaken Hertz as the number one rental-car agency in the United States. But the festive mood of the retreat was shattered by one slide in an otherwise rosy-looking presentation--customer satisfaction scores were flatlining. In this chapter, world-renowned expert on loyalty economics Fred Reichheld and ...Starting at €8.20
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Komatsu in China
Palepu, Krishna G.; Kanno, Akiko; Sato, NobuoCase HBS-114004-EAccounting and ControlKomatsu built a very successful business in China over the last two decades. But it is now facing rising competition from lower cost domestic Chinese companies, which are themselves trying to become global players. Facing the same situation, Caterpillar is implementing a two-brand strategy. What should Komatsu do to retain its leadership position in China?Starting at €8.20
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Ricoh Company, Ltd.
Eccles, Robert G.; Edmondson, Amy C.; Iansiti, Marco; Kanno, AkikoCase HBS-610053-EService and Operations ManagementRicoh, the Japanese copier manufacturer, is committed to reducing its environmental impact to one-eighth of its 2000 levels by 2050. It has already introduced three stages of environmental awareness to its operations, and its recycled copier business broke even in 2006. The company developed environmental accounting methods and produces annual environmental and sustainability reports, but Ricoh is concerned that investors may not take these effor...Starting at €8.20
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Sony
Thomke, Stefan; Osanai, Atsushi; Kanno, AkikoCase HBS-618045-EKnowledge and CommunicationSony used to be synonymous with "innovation" and "cool products". The case reveals how the company lost its edge and describes the leadership initiatives to restore its former glory. In 2012, Kazuo (Kaz) Hirai becomes CEO and successfully transforms Sony, including a relentless focus on differentiation through "wow" products instead of chasing scale. How should he organize and manage the company's response to digital opportunities, such as virtua...Starting at €8.20
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Godiva Japan: Think Local, Scale Global
Deshpande, Rohit; Cekin, Esel; Kanno, AkikoCase HBS-517056-EMarketingThis case tracks Jerome Chouchan's strategies and execution for a successful turn around of Godiva Japan's operations which was experiencing a decline in sales when he became the managing director of the company in 2010. Through various initiatives and innovations, Godiva Japan had targeted a variety of demographic segments in different sales points, acquired new customers and created a moment of luxurious consumption for all ages. Accordingly, w...Starting at €8.20