Description:

"This textbook on CRM, a new approach to marketing, is comprehensive and managerially very useful. Its case studies with a mixture of Indian and non-Indian cases, are extremely interesting and will be fun for students to learn and for instructors to teach." JAGDISH N. SHETH, Professor of Marketing,Emory University

This straightforward and easy-to-read text provides students of manage-ment and business studies with a thorough understanding of fundamental abilities and strategies that lead to the successful implementation of practice of CRM (Customer Relationship Management), regarded as the wonder solution to all the problems encountered by marketers.

To cope with the increasing intensity of competition, necessitating a drive towards enhancement of customer satisfaction, the book emphasizes the need for integration and coordination along the value chain to effectively and efficiently manage customers. The book focuses on best practices in CRM and illustrates along the way through several interesting case studies how CRM has been used in various industries to build relationships with customers.

The book also provides a solid grounding in tools, techniques and technologies used in CRM and explains in detail the power of eCRM to help companies make their vision of CRM a reality.

The text is intended for students of MBA, PGDM (Postgraduate Diploma in Management), and PGPBA (Postgraduate Programme in Business Administration). Besides, this book is a useful reference for managerial and marketing professionals.

KEY FEATURES

Provides insight into contemporary developments in CRM

Cites Indian as well as global examples

Offers case studies on Indian and global companies to highlight the use of CRM