This course suggests why companies should be customer centric. Customer centricity provides a number of competitive advantages including revenue growth and cost reduction. The key concept is customer lifetime value (CLV) For example, a typical household spends more than $500,000 over 15 years at nearby grocery stores. Customer centricity is important, but most organizations struggle to implement it properly. This is due to internal operations, processes, and most importantly, cost accounting systems. Since the industrial age, the cost accounting focus has been very product centric, and there needs to be a shift customer centric accounting. This course, taught by Professor Jagdish Sheth, 2020 Padma Bhushan Award winner for Literature and Education, offers videos, articles, and recommendations from senior industry leaders on how to successfully implement customer centricity.

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Customer Centricity as Competitive Advantage - Jagdish Sheth
This course is part of Customer Centricity with Professor Jagdish Sheth Specialization
Instructor: Jagdish Sheth
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- Value Propositions
- Customer Relationship Management
- Customer Insights
- Customer Retention
- Organizational Development
- Customer Advocacy
- Customer experience strategy (CX)
- Customer Analysis
- Culture Transformation
- Organizational Change
- Market Share
- Cost Accounting
- Customer Engagement
- Organizational Structure
- Innovation
- Brand Loyalty
- Customer Success Management
- Loyalty Programs
- Strategic Marketing
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Reviewed on Oct 21, 2025
Great insights by Mr.Jagdish Sheth and would like to engage in more courses.
Reviewed on Jun 3, 2025
Actually learnt a lot on customer service as great tool to sales and customer retention.
Reviewed on Jun 22, 2025
The course takes your mindset deep down on how to mainly maintain a customer.
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