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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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