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Bibliographies of books in various subject areas where Great Brook has expertise
 Research Papers & Articles
Fred Van Bennekom is a charter member of the Service Insights management newsletter.  Below is an index by publication date of his articles, along with other articles by Fred.  By subscribing, we'll notify you when we publish new articles.
For a list of articles with synopsis organized by topic, please follow the link to our
"Complaint Identification: A Key Outcome of World Class CRM Surveys"
"Automated Phone Surveys: IVR Survey Administration Method"
"Service Recovery Turned Sour -- Then Sweet Again," August 2007.
"Tips for Selecting an Online Survey Software Tool," Service Insights, January 2007.
"How to Select a Web Survey Tool," Service Insights, January 2007.
"Home Depot Customer Satisfaction Survey," Service Insights, November 2006.
"Practical Points for an Event Survey," Service Insights, November 2006.
"Customer Experience Management -- By Design," Service Insights, September 2006.
"Misleading (or Lying) with Survey Statistics", Service Insights, December 2005.
"Spam Blocking Options" with Eric Johansson
"A Sporting Service Recovery," Insights, July 2005.  
"How Broad, How Deep: Lessons from a CRM Implementation" first published in the Cutter IT Journal, September 2000.
"Survey Sample Selection: The Need to Consider Your Whole Research Program," Insights, November 2004.
"What's My Line." Insights, June 2004.  
"True Customer Care," Insights, January 2004.
"Computer Owner's Bill of Rights," Insights, June 2003
"Customer surveying for small business -- why bother?" Insights, May 2003 and also printed in the July 26, 2002 print edition of the Boston Business Journal.
"Agathas in Our Midst (Can Lead to Better Products)," Insights, April 2003 and also published in the April 28 2003 edition of the Boston Business Journal
"Keys to a Successful Survey Project," Insights, November 13, 2002.
"Capturing the Value of Customer Complaints," Insights January 2003 and also published in the November 8, 2002 edition of the Boston Business Journal.
"Re-engineering the Support-Development Interface" a synopsis of Fred Van Bennekom's research.  
"The Color of Feedback." which was the "Viewpoint" in the November 1998 edition of ServiceNews. The unedited version is at the above link.  
"Challenging the Support Paradigm: Problem Rectification or Problem Prevention," which was the "Viewpoint" article in the February 1997 edition of ServiceNews.
"The Support Bullpen," chronicling the similar evolution of the role of relief pitchers in baseball with the role of support organizations.  

Harvard Management Communication Letter (October 2002) cites Fred Van Bennekom of Great Brook and his Customer Surveying book.
 Bibliographies
Listed below are links to a number of bibliographies in areas where Great Brook has expertise.
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