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This surprised some observers in that, in 2005, some took the position that Blockbuster was poised to outperform Netflix as a result of a decision to integrate online and in-store rentals. Evidence that customer service is a core competence for this firm is provided by the fact that in February 2010, вЂњвЂ¦the American Customer Satisfaction Index named Netflix the number one ecommerce company for customer satisfaction.вЂќ From an operational perspective, Netflix notes that 90 percent of its members say they are satisfied with the firmвЂ™s service and that they recommend the company to family and friends.NetflixвЂ™s success was in stark contrast to BlockbusterвЂ™s fortunes. Supporting the firmвЂ™s success and continued growth was its customer service core competence (we identify other capabilities and core competencies below).

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The company had become the worldвЂ™s largest subscription service streaming movies and TV episodes over the Internet and shipping DVDs by mail.

To serve these customers, Netflix shipped an average of over 2 million DVDs per day. These actions were especially popular with customers who were disenchanted by the late fees they sometimes incurred when renting from firms such as Blockbuster.Fast-forward to late 2010 and we find that Netflix had 15 million subscribers. The firm grew rapidly, particularly beginning in 1999 when it eliminated due dates to return rented products and the вЂњlateвЂќ fees associated with returning items after the due date. 'Wintriness responded to wintriness.' Chills! It feels like I'm reading the book for the first time, and, though it's not getting my number up, I'm ok with that.This problem has been solved: Solutions for Chapter 4 Problem 2NQ: Entering a Brave New WorldThe Epix deal is an example of the innovative ways in which weвЂ™re partnering with major content providers to broaden the scope and freshness of choices available to our members to watch instantly over the Internet.Ted Sarandos, Chief Content Office, NetflixNetflix was founded in 1997 as a more conventional rental service with online offerings. Only from the yellow barrels of the microscopes did it borrow a certain rich and living substance, lying along the polished tubes like butter, streak after luscious streak in long recession down the work tables. The overalls of the workers were white, their hands gloved with a pale corpse-coloured rubber. Cold for all the summer beyond the panes, for all the tropical heat of the room itself, a harsh thin light glared through the windows, hungrily seeking some draped lay figure, some pallid shape of academic goose-flesh, but finding only the glass and nickel and bleakly shining porcelain of a laboratory. The enormous room on the ground floor faced towards the north. The second paragraph, describing the Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre, had me gasping in awe: It only took the first page for me to realize what I'd missed before. Thus I recently picked up a new copy, ready to try and finally appreciate and contextualize Huxley's satiric vision of a 'utopian' future where humans are genetically bred and pharmaceutically anesthetized to passively serve a ruling order. So much was lost on me when i first read it way back in high school, probably because a) it was an abridged version and b) I was an antsy teenager.

But, before I could get to any number of the novels I hadn't read, I had to revisit one I had: Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. Feeling demoralized and humbled, I recently printed out the list, determined to conquer them all. To my literary dismay, I'd only knocked down 36 of the 100. A former English major, I tallied up my own number, expecting that I had at least half of them on my bookshelf. Media Platforms Design Team Some time ago the BBC released a list of 100 books, classic and otherwise, and along with it a claim that most people have read only six of them.

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