TY - JOUR AB - The movement to benchmark best practices long ago crossed industry lines, but the strange, hybrid results can still startle the outside observer. Take the issue of how to deal with a client spending time on hold when telephoning a company. Unbelievably, in this age of technology, some corporations still put people on hold and leave them there—in silence. VL - 15 IS - 6 SN - 0275-6668 DO - 10.1108/eb039660 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/eb039660 AU - Wiesendanger Betsy AU - Voss Bristol AU - B.V. PY - 1994 Y1 - 1994/01/01 TI - SHORTTAKES T2 - Journal of Business Strategy PB - MCB UP Ltd SP - 6 EP - 9 Y2 - 2021/03/06 ER -