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Test Bank For Services Marketing Concepts, Strategies, & Cases, 6th Edition by K.
Douglas HoffmanJohn E.G. Bateson All 1-15 Chapters Covered With Questions And
Verified Solutions With Detailed Rationales And Case Study.

, TABLE OF CONTENT


1. Part 1. An Overview of Services Marketing

2. Chapter 1. An Introduction to Services

3. 1-1. Introduction

4. 1-2. The Growing Dominance of Services

5. 1-3. The Anatomy of a Service

6. 1-3a. The Scale of Market Entities

7. 1-3b. The Economic Value of Transforming Goods into Services

8. 1-3c. The Molecular Model

9. 1-4. Creating and Managing Compelling Service Experiences

10. Lessons Learned

11. 1-4a. The Servuction Model: The Four Components of the Service Experience

12. 1-5. Why Study Services?

13. 1-5a. The Growth of the Global Service Economy

14. 1-5b. The Growth of the Global Service Labor Force

15. 1-5c. The Emergence of E-Service(s): Self-service Technologies, Robotics, and Artificial
Intelligence

16. 1-5d. Business for a Better World: Social Responsibility, Sustainability, and Transformative
Service Initiatives

17. Summary

18. Key Terms

19. Review Questions

20. Case 1. The Twins’ First Service Encounter

21. Chapter 2. The Fundamental Differences Between Goods and Services

22. 2-1. Introduction

23. 2-2. Intangibility: The Mother of All Differences

24. 2-2a. Marketing Challenges Created by Intangibility

25. 2-2b. Possible Solutions to Challenges Caused by Intangibility

26. 2-3. Inseparability: The Entanglements of the Service Experience

,27. 2-3a. Marketing Challenges Created by Inseparability

28. 2-3b. Possible Solutions to Challenges Created by Inseparability

29. 2-4. Heterogeneity: The Variability of Service Delivery

30. 2-4a. Marketing Challenges Created by Heterogeneity

31. 2-4b. Possible Solutions to Challenges Caused by Heterogeneity

32. 2-5. Perishability: Balancing Supply and Demand

33. 2-5a. Marketing Challenges Caused by Perishability

34. 2-5b. Possible Solutions to Challenges Created by Perishability

35. 2-6. The Relationship between Risk and Service Characteristics

36. 2-6a. Risk and Standardization

37. 2-6b. Coproducer Risk

38. 2-6c. Risk and Information

39. 2-7. Technology-based Solutions Relationship with Unique Service Characteristics

40. 2-7a. Technology-based Solutions and Intangibility

41. 2-7b. Technology-based Solutions and Inseparability

42. 2-7c. Technology-based Solutions and Heterogeneity

43. 2-7d. Technology-based Solutions and Perishability

44. Summary

45. Key Terms

46. Review Questions

47. Case 2. Quaker Steak & Lube: Making the Transition from Manufacturers to Service Providers

48. Chapter 3. Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) and Ethical Issues in Services
Marketing

49. 3-1. Introduction

50. 3-2. Environmental Considerations: Climate Change and Environmental Impacts of Service
Firms

51. 3-2a. Environmental Considerations: Environmental Impacts of Service Firms

52. 3-3. Social Considerations

53. 3-3a. Social Consideration: The Loss of Manufacturing Jobs

54. 3-3b. Social Consideration: Paying Employees a Living Wage

55. 3-3c. Social Consideration: The Aging of the World’s Markets

56. 3-4. Governance Considerations

, 57. 3-4a.d’Governanced’Considerations:d’Diversity

58. 3-4b.d’Governanced’Considerations:d’Executived’Pay

59. 3-4c.d’Governanced’Considerations:d’Conflictsd’ofd’Interest

60. 3-5.d’Serviced’Marketersd’asd’Sociald’Enterprises

61. 3-6.d’Ethicald’Considerationsd’ford’Servicesd’Marketers

62. 3-6a.d’Whatd’Ared’Ethics?

63. 3-6b.d’Thed’Opportunityd’ford’Ethicald’Misconductd’ind’Servicesd’Marketing

64. 3-6c.d’Issuesd’thatd’Created’Ethicald’Conflict

65. 3-6d.d’Thed’Effectsd’ofd’Ethicald’Misconduct

66. 3-6e.d’Controllingd’Ethicald’Decisiond’Making

67. Summary

68. Keyd’Terms

69. Reviewd’Questions

70. Cased’3.d’Starbucksd’Commitment—People,d’Planet,d’Coffee

71. Chapterd’4.d’Consumerd’Behaviord’ind’Servicesd’Marketing

72. 4-1.d’Introduction

73. 4-2.d’Thed’Consumerd’Decisiond’Processd’Model:d’And’Overview

74. 4-2a.d’Thed’Prepurchased’Stage:d’Thed’Stimulus

75. 4-2b.d’Thed’Prepurchased’Stage:d’Problemd’Awareness

76. 4-2c.d’Thed’Prepurchased’Stage:d’Informationd’Search

77. 4-2d.d’Thed’Prepurchased’Stage:d’Evaluationd’ofd’Alternatives

78. 4-2e.d’Thed’Prepurchased’Stage:d’Considerationsd’ford’Serviced’Marketers

79. 4-2f.d’Thed’Consumerd’Decisiond’Processd’Model:d’Thed’Consumptiond’Stage

80. 4-2g.d’Thed’Consumptiond’Stage:d’Considerationsd’ford’Servicesd’Marketers

81. 4-2h.d’Thed’Consumerd’Decisiond’Processd’Model:d’Thed’Postd’Purchased’Stage

82. 4.2i.d’Thed’Postd’Purchased’Stage:d’Satisfactiond’Models

83. 4.3.d’Consumerd’Decisiond’Making:d’Nonsystematicd’Approaches

84. 4.4.d’Consumerd’Decisiond’Making:d’Speciald’Considerationsd’Pertainingd’tod’Ageingd’Consumers

85. 4.4a.d’Consumerd’Decisiond’Makingd’ford’65+

86. Summary

87. Keyd’Terms

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