Publications & Case Studies

“Internet Inferno.”  Marketing Management, Volume 15, Number 1; Spring 2006, pp. 19-25.

“Communication Breakdown.”  Marketing Management, Volume 14, Number 6; Winter 2005, pp. 24-30.

Uncovering Customer Value: The value of variability: Are your processes in synch with your desired outcomes?”  Marketing Management, Volume 9, Number 4; Summer 2000, pp. 4-5.

“Uncovering Customer Value: Building customer centricity through extraordinary guarantees.”  Marketing Management, Volume 9, Number 1; Spring 2000, pp 4-5.

“Uncovering Customer Value: Customers are your business, but why is it so hard to stay customer-centric?”  Marketing Management, Volume 8, Number 4; Winter 2000, pp. 6-7.

“Uncovering Customer Value: Sacrificial Offerings.”  Marketing Management, Volume 8, Number 3; Fall 1999, pp. 6-7.

“Growing the Trust Relationship.”  Marketing Management, Volume 5, Number 2; Spring 1999, pp. 9-22. Co-authored with Michael Johnson, Ph.D.

Ostrom, Amy L. and Christopher W. Hart,  "Service Guarantees: Research and Practice," Handbook of Services Marketing and Management, Dawn Iacobucci and Terri Swartz (eds.) (Sage Publications, Inc. 2000)  pp. 299-313.

Extraordinary Guarantees: Achieving Breakthrough Gains in Quality and Customer Satisfaction (New York: AMACOM, Revised 1998).

“Made to Order.”  Marketing Management, Volume 5, Number 2; Summer 1996, pp. 10-22.

“Mass Customization: Conceptual Underpinnings, Opportunities and Limits.”  International Journal of Service Industry Management, Volume 6, Number 2, 1995.  pp. 36-47.

“Building the Trust Relationship.”  International Journal of Service Industry Management,Volume 6, Number 2, 1995.  pp. 36-47.

“The Power of Internal Guarantees.”  Harvard Business Review, January-February, 1995, pp. 64-73.  (Reprint #95106)

“Report Card on TQM.”  Management Review, January 1994, pp. 22.

“What’s Wrong—and Right—With the Baldrige Awards,” Chief Executive, November-December 1993, pp. 36.

“Guarantees Or Your Money Back,” Business Ethics November-December 1993, pp. 30.

“The Power of Guarantees as a Quality Tool,” CMA The Management Accounting Magazine, July-August 1993, pp. 28.

Extraordinary Guarantees: A New Way to Build Quality Throughout Your Company & Ensure Satisfaction for Your Customers  (New York: AMACOM, 1993. Revised 1998).

“Using Service Guarantees.”  Internal Service Quality Handbook,  (New York: AMACOM, 1993).

“Students Aren’t Learning Quality Principles in Business Schools.”  Quality Progress Vol. XXV, Number 1, January 1992, pp. 25-27.  Co-authored with Paul E. Morrison.

“A Retailing Approach to Quality.”  Retail Business Review, December 1992, pp. 18-24.

The Baldrige: What It Is, How It’s Won, How To Use It To Improve Quality In Your Company  (New York: McGraw-Hill, Inc., 1992).  Co-authored with Christopher E. Bogan.

“Guarantees Come to Professional Service Firms.”  Sloan Management Review, Spring 1992, Volume 33, Number 3.  pp. 19-29.  Co-authored with Leonard A. Schlesinger and Daniel J. Maher.  (Reprint #3332)

“Stand By Your Service.”  Automotive Executive, June 1991, pp. 19-20.  Co-authored with Charles A. Jaffe.

“Total Quality Management and the Human Resource Professional: Applying the Baldrige Framework to Human Resources.”  Human Resource Management, Winter 1991, pp. 433.  Co-authored with Leonard Schlesinger.

“Hampton Inns Guest Satisfied with Satisfaction Guarantee.”  Marketing News, February 4, 1991, pp. 7.

“Using the Baldrige Criteria for Assessment and Continuous Improvement.”  Human Resources: Policies and Practices.  (Boston:  Warren Gorham Lamont, 1991.)

"An Objective Look at Unconditional Service Guarantees."  The Bankers Magazine November/December 1990, pp. 80-83.

“Creating a Service Guarantee That Will Gain and Retain Customers for Your Company.”  Sound Business, July 1990, pp. 21-22.

Service Breakthroughs: Changing the Rules of the Game  (New York: The Free Press, 1990). Co-authored with W. Earl Sasser and James L. Heskett.

“The Profitable Art of Service Recovery.”  Harvard Business Review,  July-August 1990, pp. 148-156.  (Reprint #90407) Co-authored with James L. Heskett and W. Earl Sasser.

“The Power of Unconditional Service Guarantees.”  Harvard Business Review,  July-August 1988, pp. 46-62.  (Reprint #88405)  Winner of McKinsey Outstanding Article Award.

Strategic Marketing in the Lodging Industry (East Lansing, MI: Educational Institute of the American Hotel and Motel Association, 1986).  Co-authored with David A. Troy.

“Structural Forces Affecting the Competitive Environment of the Food service Industry.”  Hospitality Education and Research Journal 10 (2): 57-78.

“Future Evolution of the Foodservice Industry.”  Hospitality Education and Research Journal 10 (2): 119-136.  Co-authored with Gary Spizizen.

“Management Development in the Foodservice Industry.”  Accepted by the Hospitality Education and Research Journal. 10 (3): 56-86.  Co-authored with Gary Spizizen and Christopher Muller.

“Quality Improvement Basics:  Detecting, Analyzing, and Eliminating Errors.”  Quality Assurance Manual.  (Lansing, MI: The Educational Institute of the American Hotel & Motel Association).  1986.

“Quality: A Brand New, Time Tested Strategy.”  The Cornell Hotel and Restaurant Administration Quarterly, November 1985, pp. 52-63.  Co-authored with Gregory Casserly.  Winner of 1985 H.B. Meek Article-of-the-Year Award.

“Active Learning and the Case Method: Theory and Practice.”  The Cornell Hotel and Restaurant Administration Quarterly, August 1985, pp. 63-66.  Co-authored with Gary Spizizen.

“A Winning Strategy: Quality Assurance.”  Vacation Industry Review, May 1985, pp. 28-36.

“Resort Timeshare Financing.” Chapter 29 in The Handbook of Mortgage Banking, James M. Kinney, editor (IL: Dow Jones-Irwin).  1985.  Co-authored with Robert E. Adams.

“The Product Life Cycle: How Useful?”  The Cornell Hotel and Restaurant Administration Quarterly, November 1984, pp. 54-63.  Co-authored with Greg Casserly and Mark Lawless.

The Case Method: Learning Theory, Process, and Implementation (June 1984).  Cornell School of Hotel Administration.  Co-authored with Gary Spizizen.

“Scale Economies and the Experience Curve: Is Bigger Better for Restaurant Companies?”  The Cornell Hotel and Restaurant Administration Quarterly, May 1984, pp. 90-103.  Co-authored with Gary Spizizen and D. Daryl Wyckoff.

“Timeshare Projects and Resort Hotels: A Comparison of Utility Provided and Industry Cost Structure.”  Proceedings of World Hospitality Congress II (March 1984).

“The Nature of the Timesharing Industry: A Descriptive Analysis.”  Proceedings of World Hospitality Congress II (March 1984).

“Forces That Shape Restaurant Demand.”  The Cornell Hotel and Restaurant Administration Quarterly, November 1983, pp. 7-17.  Co-authored with Mark Lawless.  Winner of 1984 H.B. Meek Article of the Year Competition.

“Floating Time Gains Consumer Enthusiasm.”  Timesharing Industry Review, October 1983, pp. 14-15.  Co-authored with Joan S. Livingston.

“Past, Present, and Future Trends in the Foodservice Industry and Their Implications for Hospitality Education”  (September 1983).  129 pages.  Co-authored with Gary Spizizen and Joan S. Livingston.  Internal School report for curriculum-review task force.

“Lead Generation Taken 13 Ways.”  Timesharing Industry Review, September 1983, pp. 16-17.

“Consumer Decision to Purchase at a Specific Project.”  Timesharing Industry Review, August 1983, pp. 13-14; 15.  Co-authored with Joan S. Livingston.

Timeshare Developer Study.  Sponsored by Bank of California, 1983. 334 pages.

“Designing a Feasibility Study.”  Timesharing Industry Review, December 1982, pp. 12A-14A.

“The Commercial Condominium Hotel: Considerations for Developers.”  The Cornell Hotel and Restaurant Administration Quarterly, November 1982, pp. 50-57.  Co-authored with Peter M. Gunnar and C. Starr Atwood.

“Financing the Time-Share Project.”  Real Estate Review, Fall 1982, pp.72-79.  Co-authored with Sara Pfrommer.

“The Perceived Value Approach to Pricing.”  Resort Timesharing Today, June 1982, pp. 19-22.

“A Theoretical Model of the Financial Performance of Timeshare Projects.”  Ph.D. dissertation, Cornell University, 1982.

“The Timeshare Feasibility Study: Forecasting Sales Performance.”  The Cornell Hotel and Restaurant Administration Quarterly, May 1982, pp. 18-30.

“A Method for Valuing Timeshare Intervals.”  Timesharing Industry Review, April 1982, pp. 30-31; 34.

“The Market for High End Timeshares.” Resort Timesharing Today, September 1981.

“Timesharing: Part of the Hotel Equation.”  The Cornell Hotel and Restaurant Administration Quarterly, November 1980, pp. 49-57.  Winner of 1980 H.B. Meek Article-of-the-Year Award.

“Selling Condo Conversions: The Sizzle Sell.”  The Condominium, October 1980.

“A Method for Valuing Timesharing Intervals.”  Real Estate Review, Summer 1980, pp. 107-113.

“Success Depends Upon Good Sales and Marketing.”  The Condominium, July/August 1980.

CASE STUDIES

(Harvard Business School Case numbers follow titles)

The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award  9-690-001

American Repertory Theatre  9-688-120

Westlake Cinemas  9-689-004

The Customer Complaint (A)  0-687-040

The Customer Complaint (B)  0-688-012

The Paul Revere Insurance Company (A)  9-687-013

The Paul Revere Insurance Company (B)  9-687-033

The Quality Question  9-688-042

Florida Power and Light's Quality Improvement Program  9-688-043

The Quality Improvement Story Exercise  9-688-039

GSG Hotel Corp.  9-688-054

Club Med (A)  9-687-046; and Club Med (B)  9-687-047

Caruso’s Pizza: Express Delivery (A)  9-687-024

Caruso's Pizza: Express Delivery (B)  9-687-025

Caruso’s Pizza:  Express Delivery (condensed)  9-687-071

Americana (A)  9-687-016

Americana (B)  9-687-017

The Galleon 9-685-082

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