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Title:
The quest for loyalty
Publication Information:
Boston, MASS : Harvard Business Review, 1996
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9780875847450
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30000003844127 HF5415.5 Q83 1996 Open Access Book Book
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This collection of articles and interviews from the Harvard Business Review, should help business leaders understand, integrate and manage the various dimensions of loyalty in their compaines. The book also features contributions from authors such as Hamel, Prahalad, Porter, Handy and Drucker. It demonstrates a need for understanding loyalty from customers, investors, employees and strategists.


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As U.S. consumers are turning inward to rediscover spiritual values, major U.S. corporations seem to be undertaking a similar journey in quest of old-fashioned virtues. Banished to a production process is the once-golden concept of reengineering; in its place stand the issues of loyalty and, yes, trust, both within and without the organization. Consultant Reichheld edits a distinguished collection of well-considered essays by some of the world's best business thinkers. Philosopher Charles Handy, for instance, speaks simply yet elegantly of trust, pulling case histories from both homespun and sophisticated business lives. Sir Colin Marshall, CEO of British Airways, explains in interview format exactly why his airline, alone among all the competition, enjoys profits year after year. Accepting customer loyalty blindly is no longer enough, most agree; what must be added are intelligent evaluations, valuable services, and an organization-wide understanding of what each customer means in dollars and cents and in impact. --Barbara Jacobs