TY - JOUR AB - Spotlights US telecommunications firm MCI and how it tries to retain its most valuable customers, in spite of severe rivalry from its US competitors Sprint and AT&T, which involved targeting customer prospects with cheques for $75 or more to switch supplier. Details how MCI used a slightly different tack to improve retention, involving delaying the joining reward by some months — ‘customer first’. VL - 3 IS - 5 SN - 1363-8483 DO - 10.1108/EUM0000000006577 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/EUM0000000006577 AU - Gould B PY - 1998 Y1 - 1998/01/01 TI - The rise, fall and return or customer retention at MCI T2 - The Antidote PB - MCB UP Ltd SP - 40 EP - 40 Y2 - 2024/04/26 ER -