Table of contents : The author......Page 5 Introduction......Page 11 ONE Why service? Fostering the firm’s most valuable asset......Page 16 TWO What is a service?......Page 40 THREE The why and where of service......Page 56 FOUR Competing in time (CIT)......Page 68 FIVE The service product and its positioning......Page 82 SIX Service is a people business......Page 110 SEVEN Making the service tangible......Page 122 EIGHT Process (delivering the service)......Page 150 NINE Managing service resources......Page 176 TEN Segmenting a service market......Page 192 ELEVEN Promoting a service......Page 210 TWELVE Pricing a service......Page 234 THIRTEEN Seriously seeking the feedback......Page 252 INDEX......Page 265 Contents......Page 7