Though we live in an era of rapid innovation, the United States has introduced comparatively few commercial innovations within the past decade. Innovation shortfall contributes to weaker trade performance, decreased productivity growth, lower wages and many other economic woes. This study...

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pt. 1. Understanding and measuring customer equity -- pt. 2. Identifying key drivers to augment customer equity -- pt. 3. Applying the customer equity concept to enhance firm performance -- pt. 4. Strategic management of customer equity -- pt. 5. Implementing customer equity in firms.

Though we live in an era of rapid innovation, the United States has introduced comparatively few commercial innovations within the past decade. Innovation shortfall contributes to weaker trade performance, decreased productivity growth, lower wages and many other economic woes. This study...