Exam 1: Marketing in the service economy

The role of frontline employees is particularly important because of the ___________ when customers and service personnel come face to face or make contact through media such as telecommunication and mail.

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Question 21

Lovelock (2015) suggests services can be grouped into clusters based on which of the following marketing-relevant characteristics?

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Question 22

Supplementary services can either be bundled into the initial purchase price or priced separately.

(True/False)

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Question 23

Service marketers only need to be concerned with the traditional four Ps of product/service, place, price and promotion.

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Question 24

Customers have little interest in what happens 'backstage'.

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Question 25

Booms and Bitner suggest three additional elements in marketing strategy for services.Discuss the three elements as they apply to a bank or a university.

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Question 26

Which of the following elements of a service business are visible to customers in low contact services?

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Question 27

A useful way to distinguish between goods and services is to place them on a continuum from to .

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Question 28

Which of the following could a retailer of flat screen televisions offer as supplementary services?

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Question 29

In a service encounter, customers obtain value from without any .

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Question 30

Although many services require customers to be present for the production and consumption of those services to take place, which of the following services does NOT require customers to be present?

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Question 31

Discuss why service customers are often described as 'partial employees'.

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Question 32

One of the characteristics that makes services different is that customers have a:

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Question 33

Which of the following types of value is NOT provided by services?

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Question 34

Characteristics of a service that consumers find hard to evaluate even after purchase and consumption are called:

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Question 35

Services involve actions and performances and as such can easily be inventoried.

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Question 36

According to Vargo and Lusch's service-dominant logic, customers for services are co-creators of value.Which statement best expresses what this means?

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Question 37

In a service encounter, value is created only by the seller.

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Question 38

A service is 'something that may be bought and sold but cannot be dropped on your foot'.Discuss how well this humorous definition expresses the full meaning of services.

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Question 39

People, other than the service provider, do not affect customer satisfaction ratings.

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The role of frontline employees is particularly important because of the ___________ when customers and service personnel come face to face or make contact through media such as telecommunication and mail.

Lovelock (2015) suggests services can be grouped into clusters based on which of the following marketing-relevant characteristics?

Supplementary services can either be bundled into the initial purchase price or priced separately.

Service marketers only need to be concerned with the traditional four Ps of product/service, place, price and promotion.

Customers have little interest in what happens 'backstage'.

Booms and Bitner suggest three additional elements in marketing strategy for services.Discuss the three elements as they apply to a bank or a university.

Which of the following elements of a service business are visible to customers in low contact services?

A useful way to distinguish between goods and services is to place them on a continuum from to .

Which of the following could a retailer of flat screen televisions offer as supplementary services?

In a service encounter, customers obtain value from without any .

Although many services require customers to be present for the production and consumption of those services to take place, which of the following services does NOT require customers to be present?

Discuss why service customers are often described as 'partial employees'.

One of the characteristics that makes services different is that customers have a:

Which of the following types of value is NOT provided by services?

Characteristics of a service that consumers find hard to evaluate even after purchase and consumption are called:

Services involve actions and performances and as such can easily be inventoried.

According to Vargo and Lusch's service-dominant logic, customers for services are co-creators of value.Which statement best expresses what this means?

In a service encounter, value is created only by the seller.

A service is 'something that may be bought and sold but cannot be dropped on your foot'.Discuss how well this humorous definition expresses the full meaning of services.

People, other than the service provider, do not affect customer satisfaction ratings.

Customer behaviour, culture and service encounters

Positioning services in competitive markets

Developing service products: core and supplementary service elements

Distributing services through physical and electronic channels

Understanding costs and developing pricing strategy

Balancing productive capacity and demand

Integrated services marketing communications

Managing people for service advantage

Crafting the service environment

Managing the customer service function

Customer satisfaction and service quality

Managing relationships and building loyalty

Handling customer complaints and managing service recovery

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Exam 1: Marketing in the service economy

The role of frontline employees is particularly important because of the ___________ when customers and service personnel come face to face or make contact through media such as telecommunication and mail.

Lovelock (2015) suggests services can be grouped into clusters based on which of the following marketing-relevant characteristics?

Supplementary services can either be bundled into the initial purchase price or priced separately.

Service marketers only need to be concerned with the traditional four Ps of product/service, place, price and promotion.

Customers have little interest in what happens 'backstage'.

Booms and Bitner suggest three additional elements in marketing strategy for services.Discuss the three elements as they apply to a bank or a university.

Which of the following elements of a service business are visible to customers in low contact services?

A useful way to distinguish between goods and services is to place them on a continuum from ____________ to ____________.

Which of the following could a retailer of flat screen televisions offer as supplementary services?

In a service encounter, customers obtain value from __________ without any __________.

Although many services require customers to be present for the production and consumption of those services to take place, which of the following services does NOT require customers to be present?

Discuss why service customers are often described as 'partial employees'.

One of the characteristics that makes services different is that customers have a:

Which of the following types of value is NOT provided by services?

Characteristics of a service that consumers find hard to evaluate even after purchase and consumption are called:

Services involve actions and performances and as such can easily be inventoried.

According to Vargo and Lusch's service-dominant logic, customers for services are co-creators of value.Which statement best expresses what this means?

In a service encounter, value is created only by the seller.

A service is 'something that may be bought and sold but cannot be dropped on your foot'.Discuss how well this humorous definition expresses the full meaning of services.

People, other than the service provider, do not affect customer satisfaction ratings.

Customer behaviour, culture and service encounters

Positioning services in competitive markets

Developing service products: core and supplementary service elements

Distributing services through physical and electronic channels

Understanding costs and developing pricing strategy

Balancing productive capacity and demand

Integrated services marketing communications

Managing people for service advantage

Crafting the service environment

Managing the customer service function

Customer satisfaction and service quality

Managing relationships and building loyalty

Handling customer complaints and managing service recovery

Filters

A useful way to distinguish between goods and services is to place them on a continuum from to .

In a service encounter, customers obtain value from without any .