Recently, academics have shown interest and enthusiasm in the development and implementation of stochasticcustomer base analysis models, such as the Pareto/NBD model and the BG/NBD model. Using the informationthese models provide, customer managers should be able to (1) distinguish active...

It has often been argued that word-of-mouth(WOM) can contribute significantly to a firm’s success in avariety of ways. Here, we analyze the functional linkagebetween customer satisfaction, WOM, and new customeracquisition. Using data from two empirical studies weconceptualize and test the...

Predicting a customer´s future behavior could provide many opportunities fora firm to manage its customer relationships. It could decide whether to concentrate on those customers who have a long predicted lifetime value or on those who are already high-value customers.[...]

Der vorliegende Projektbericht entstand im Rahmen des vom Bundesministerium fürBildung und Forschung (BMBF) geförderten Projekts „Transolve (Transformation vonProduzent und Händler zum Solution-Anbieter)“. Das grundlegende Ziel desVorhabens TRANSOLVE ist die Erarbeitung eines Konzeptes...