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Determining The Critical Elements Of The Customer Intimacy Framework, Frank Raymond Jasper
Determining The Critical Elements Of The Customer Intimacy Framework, Frank Raymond Jasper
Theses: Doctorates and Masters
Currently the field of marketing is undergoing a transformation concerning the appropriate marketing model to use in business. This transformation arose due to the mounting problems of the existing 4Ps Marketing Model, the heightened importance of customer retention, the requirement to continually add value to business processes and recent advancements in Internet technology. An alternate approach to the 4Ps Marketing Model began to emerge in the 1970's and was termed relationship marketing. This study is exploratory in nature and investigates consumer perceptions concerning customer intimacy. A self-administered mail questionnaire was employed to gather the necessary data from 300 solely external …