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Call for nominations for the SERVSIG Best Dissertation Award 2018

We would like to call for nominations for The 2018 SERVSIG Best Dissertation Award (granted by Maastricht University). Former winners can be seen here.  The Department of Marketing & Supply Chain...

Behind the scenes of LTAS

Everyone, who already attended LTAS, knows it is awesome. Learn in this video from the founder of LTAS, how everything started and what they plan for the next event. Attention:...

Can an Organization be a Cost-Leader and Quality Leader at the Same Time?

Guest article by Jochen Wirtz Actually yes, Cost-Effective Service Excellence is Doable! Service excellence and cost effectiveness are seen to be in conflict, yet there are organizations that achieve both.  What...

Christian Grönroos – I did it my way

The Journal of Historical Research in Marketing has published an article about the career of Christian Grönroos as student, teacher and scholar. The article contains personal reflections in an autobiographical approach and...

2018 Global Marketing Conference (GMC) in Tokyo

2018 Global Marketing Conference at Tokyo New date: July 26-29, 2018 !!! Submission Deadline: 31st January, 2018 Venue: Tokyo, Japan Homepage: http://gammaconference.org/2018/ CONFERENCE CO-CHAIRS Prof. Roland T. Rust, Professor, Department...

CfP JOSM & GMC: The New Frontiers in Digital Media Services

The New Frontiers in Digital Media Services Special Issue call for papers: Journal of Services Management Full Paper Deadline: October 31st, 2018 Editors: Werner Kunz, Gianfranco Walsh The digital revolution has...

Hotel Pre-Opening in a Remote Location – A Case Study

The Hotel Pre-Opening in a Remote Location Challenges, Opportunities, and Recommendations, Human Resources Perspective Case study by Vaibhav Garg Abstract Peace and silence comes with a price tag. Travelers choose...

What We Don’t Know

guest article by Timothy Keiningham, Christopher Lovelock Award Recipient 2018 I was thrilled when SERVSIG asked me, as the most recent Christopher Lovelock Career Contributions to the Services Discipline recipient, to...

What is Reviewer 2 Thinking?

Stages in the Initial Review of a Future Masterpiece Guest article by Mahesh Subramony, best reviewer 2017 of JSR.  It is “that letter” – you know the one I am talking about...

Firms’ investments in customer relationships reduce perceived innovativeness!

guest article by Tor W. Andreassen, Line Lervik-Olsen, and Seidali Kurtmollaiev from the CSI at NHH According to Harvard-professor Clayton Christensen, there are three types of innovations: Innovations that reduce costs and improve efficiency....

Video: What differentiates services from products?!

Have you ever asked yourself what differentiates services from products?! The following video by Sabine Benoit (née Moeller) answers this classical question in 3 minutes based on scientific research and can be nicely used...

1st Global Conference on Creating Value

1st Global Conference on Creating Value 23-24th May 2018 Leicester Castle Business School Deadline: Jan 31st, 2018 Confirmed Leading Thought-Developers and Speakers include: Prof Chris Baker – William Temple Professor of...