Chapter 10<br />
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Services<br />
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Objectives<br />
• Understand nature and importance of services<br />
• Identify characteristics of services that<br />
differentiate them from goods<br />
• Understand importance of service quality<br />
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The Nature and Importance of Services<br />
Relationship to economic growth<br />
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Group I: Singapore, Japan<br />
Group II: Thailand, Malaysia;<br />
Group III: China, India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Iran, Philipine<br />
Group IV: Cambodia, Vietnam, Lao, Bangladesh, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan<br />
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Overview<br />
• Formula:<br />
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• Product:<br />
Product = physical product (goods) +<br />
anything that<br />
service<br />
can be offered<br />
Product = tangible + intangible things<br />
to a market for<br />
Services are intangible products<br />
attention,<br />
Quá trình cung dịch vụ có thể liên<br />
acquisition,<br />
quan đến những yếu tố hữu hình<br />
use, or<br />
nhất định, nhưng về bản chất thì<br />
consumption<br />
dịch vụ thường là vô hình<br />
and that might<br />
satisfy a want<br />
or need.<br />
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What’s a Service?<br />
Service: any activity/benefit that one party can<br />
offer to another that is essentially intangible and<br />
does not result in the ownership of anything. Its<br />
production may or may not be tied to a physical<br />
product.<br />
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Services are<br />
Everywhere<br />
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