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It is quite easy to put it in a nutshell what customers basically want: low prices, fast and reliable delivery routes and as large a selection of products or services as possible. I know several consultants who claim that you can breed customers like obedient sheep. But in my opinion, breeding only works with three variants.

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  1. 1.

    Cf. Drucker (1954).

  2. 2.

    Drucker (1954), p. 52.

  3. 3.

    Drucker (1954), p. 53.

  4. 4.

    Theses should always be underpinned by studies, methods and sources.

  5. 5.

    Popper (1996).

  6. 6.

    Cf. Milgram (1967).

  7. 7.

    Cf. Kanning et al. (2004).

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Hermanni, AJ. (2023). Customers. In: Business Guide for Strategic Management. Springer, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-41367-5_14

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