Books · 1994–Present

Books by Timothy Keiningham

Authored books

Six authored books on loyalty.

Why Loyalty Matters book cover
2009

Why Loyalty Matters

Timothy Keiningham and Lerzan Aksoy, with Luke Williams · BenBella Books
Nielsen Bookscan bestseller · Translated into Korean · Audible audiobook

Grounded in the landmark Ipsos Loyalty Study, the book demonstrates that loyalty is essential not only to business success but to satisfying relationships and overall happiness, drawing on research across philosophy, sociology, psychology, economics, and management.

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2005

Loyalty Myths

Hyped Strategies that Will Put You Out of Business
Timothy L. Keiningham, Terry G. Vavra, Lerzan Aksoy, and Henri Wallard · John Wiley and Sons
Berry-AMA Book Prize finalist for best book in marketing · Globe and Mail #4 Best Business Book of the Year · Translated into Chinese, Korean, Russian, and Turkish

Assembles 53 widely held beliefs about customer loyalty and tests each against actual customer records from multinational corporations, revealing most to be wrong or misconceived, and identifying the tactics the data actually support.

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2001

The Customer Delight Principle

Exceeding Customers' Expectations for Bottom-line Success
Timothy L. Keiningham and Terry G. Vavra · McGraw-Hill / American Marketing Association
Translated into Spanish

Shows that merely satisfied customers defect, and how leading companies move customers beyond satisfaction to delight, with measurable effects on repeat purchase, retention, and loyalty.

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1996

Service Marketing

Roland T. Rust, Anthony J. Zahorik, and Timothy L. Keiningham · HarperCollins

A comprehensive treatment of the marketing and management of services, integrating service quality, customer satisfaction, and profitability.

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1994

Return on Quality

Measuring the Financial Impact of Your Company's Quest for Quality
Roland T. Rust, Anthony J. Zahorik, and Timothy L. Keiningham · Irwin Professional Publishing
Translated into Brazilian Portuguese

Introduced the Return on Quality (ROQ) framework for making service quality financially accountable, the foundation of the Journal of Marketing award-winning ROQ research stream.

Edited books

Three edited volumes on customer relationship marketing and customer lifetime value.

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2007

Profit Maximization through Customer Relationship Marketing

Measurement, Prediction, and Implementation
Lerzan Aksoy, Timothy L. Keiningham, and David Bejou, editors · Haworth Press
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2006

Customer Lifetime Value

Reshaping the Way We Manage to Maximize Profits
David Bejou, Timothy L. Keiningham, and Lerzan Aksoy, editors · Haworth Press
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1996

Readings in Service Marketing

Roland T. Rust, Anthony J. Zahorik, and Timothy L. Keiningham, editors · HarperCollins