"How do you sell a totally new kind of product to a market that does not yet exist? Entrepreneurial businesses often create products and services based on radically new technology that has the power to change the marketplace. This means that existing market research will have produced data about...

Defining marketing and the marketing process -- Marketing : creating and capturing customer value -- Company and marketing strategy : partnering to build customer value and relationships -- Understanding the marketplace and customer value -- Analyzing the marketing environment -- Managing...

CRM theory and development -- Introduction to customer relationship management -- The history and development of CRM -- Relationship marketing and CRM -- Organization and CRM -- Data management and technology -- CRM and data management -- Technology and data platforms -- Database and customer...

"This text is for students and business people who recognize the vital role that services play in the economy and its future. The advanced economies of the world are now dominated by services, and virtually all companies view service as critical to retaining their customers today and in the...