Many Services-Marketing Experts Suggest That Creating and Delivering New Services

question 192

Multiple Choice

Many services-marketing experts suggest that creating and delivering new services is much more difficult than creating new tangible products and new services differ from product innovations in several important ways. Which of the following best illustrates these differences?

• A)most service companies focus on continuous innovation
• B)for labour-intensive, interactive services, the actual providers (the service delivery staff)are part of the customer experience and thus are part of the innovation
• C)most service companies focus on creating only incremental improvements
• D)the new-service development process is often easy for the service customer to observe

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Definitions:

Axons

Long nerve fibers that transmit signals from the body of a neuron to other cells.

Dendrites

The branched projections of a neuron that receive electrochemical signals from other neurons and conduct them toward the cell body.

Cell Wall

A rigid layer lying outside the plasma membrane of the cells of plants, fungi, and bacteria, providing structure and protection.

Nucleolus

A small, dense structure found within the nucleus of cells, involved in the production of ribosomes and ribosomal RNA.