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Unusual bedfellows

In 1993 Girobank decided to embark upon a mystery shopper exercise to provide information as input to its Total Quality management system. Girobank had already undertaken regular monitoring of its customer service through continuous customer surveys...

Catalogue: Seminar 1994: The Changing Faces Of Panel Research

Authors: John Buckle, Sarah McKee

Company: MSS Research

June 15, 1994

Market research for mergers and acquisitions

The number of M&A transactions involving German firms has risen sharply since the mid-1980s. An important influencing factor was the development of the internal market of the European Community. The demand for professional services in the area of...

Catalogue: Seminar 1992: Banking And Insurance- Pressure On Profits, Pressure On Research

Author: Hans-Jürgen Kräh

June 15, 1992

Through the eyes of the customer

In the UK, the re-design of bank and building society branches is currently in vogue. Many financial institutions are re-evaluating the role of their branches as a distribution channel and beginning to consider themselves as financial retailers with...

Catalogue: Seminar 1992: Banking And Insurance- Pressure On Profits, Pressure On Research

Authors: David Riley, Patricia A. Knott

June 15, 1992

Added value products

The Spanish Financial Sector is undergoing a big process of change and mergers and in the future far fewer financial entities will offer a far wider range of products. Customers are losing their loyalty to the financial institution and establishing...

Catalogue: Seminar 1992: Banking And Insurance- Pressure On Profits, Pressure On Research

Author: Felix Serrano Alda

June 15, 1992

Home banking versus personal banking in the retail market

Technology is a key resource of profound importance for corporate profitability and growth. One specific form of technology in retailing is self-service technology. The services industry, however, could be viewed as different from the product...

Catalogue: Seminar 1992: Banking And Insurance- Pressure On Profits, Pressure On Research

Authors: Norman E. Marr, Gerard P. Prendergast

June 15, 1992

Managerial implications of relationship banking

Competitive pressures as well as the search for fee based incomes, mainly derived from cross-selling, have forced financial institutions to re-define their marketing strategies. Relationship banking has been perceived as a solution to these changes....

Catalogue: Seminar 1992: Banking And Insurance- Pressure On Profits, Pressure On Research

Authors: Jean Perrien, Line Ricard

June 15, 1992

Small business banking

The paper argues that the small business market is a key sector for banks, providing the future base for the important corporate middle market and that there are opportunities for hunks to increase their business profitability in this sector while at...

Catalogue: Seminar 1992: Banking And Insurance- Pressure On Profits, Pressure On Research

Author: Mervyn Flack

June 15, 1992

Monitoring the customer base to achieve profitability

This paper deals with profitability enhancement in retail banking. More explicitly we will focus on how banks can gain understanding of customer bases in order to enhance profits. We will argue for proper segmentation approaches, where profitability...

Catalogue: Seminar 1992: Banking And Insurance- Pressure On Profits, Pressure On Research

Authors: Mikael Paltschik, Kaj Storbacka

June 15, 1992

Customer satisfaction management in the banking sector

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the importance of the proper management of Customer Satisfaction, in a sector, such as banking, that has seen enormous development in competition over the past few years. The paper will initially examine one or...

Catalogue: Seminar 1992: Banking And Insurance- Pressure On Profits, Pressure On Research

Authors: Patrick G. M. Standen, Stefano M. Castellani

Company: Burke, Inc.

June 15, 1992