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DRSFC 2025 “Sustainable retail and services futures”

Designing Retail & Services Futures Colloquium 2024 14 – 15 May 2025 Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy Deadline: 2 February 2025 The Special Interest Group (SIG) Designing Retail & Service Futures from...

Service Articles in Non-Service-Specific Journals: Jul-Sep 24

Today, we identify service articles published in Marketing, Management, Operations, Productions, Information Systems, and Practitioner-Oriented Journals in the last months. For more information about the alert system methodology, go here For all previous...

Articles in Service Journals – Jul-Sep 2024

Considered Service-specific journals were Journal of Service Research, Journal of Service Management, Journal of Services Marketing, Journal of Service Theory and Practice, Service Industries Journal, Cornell Hospitality Quarterly, and Service Science. For...

Webinar: “The Next Generation of Organizational Frontlines Research” (with M. Brady)

28 October 2024 (1 pm CET) It is our pleasure to announce the next online seminar, by Mike Brady (Professor, Rockwood School of Marketing, Florida State University) with a Keynote Talk on...

Fighting Loneliness with Service Innovation

By Tor W Andreassen. The global epidemic of loneliness requires innovative solutions beyond traditional approaches. This essay explores the vital role of social entrepreneurs in addressing this issue, particularly through...

Bridging Robot Technology and Human Care: Insights from Groundbreaking Studies

Guest article by Cristina Mele and Gaby Odekerken-Schröder. In the evolving landscape of service innovation, introducing social robots represents a significant leap forward in providing emotional support and functional aid for...

Strategizing Responsible AI implementation: Aligning Technology with Humanity for transformative impact

Guest article by Hsin-Hsuan Meg Lee and Lorena Blasco-Arcas.* Imagine a global beauty brand that launches a campaign using a virtual influencer, “Eva,” created through advanced AI technology. Initially, Eva successfully...

Service Robots and Their Impact on Service Interactions: A Forward-Looking Perspective

Guest article by Jochen Wirtz, Werner Kunz, Stefanie Paluch, and Valentina Pitardi. The Rise of Service Robots As technology continues to advance, service robots are increasingly becoming integral to the...

Organizational frontlines in the age of robots: Let’s focus on the people!

Guest article by Jenny van Dorn. These are exciting times for people following the developments in the field of robotics. We are flooded with new robots coming out (for instance,...

PhD position: service innovation & customer experience (Linköping University, Sweden)

The Marketing Group, Division of Business Administration, Department of Management & Engineering, Linköping University, Sweden PhD Position Application deadline: 28 October 2024 Are you interested in how consumers perceive and evaluate...

CCIS-CE 2024

Co-creation in Service and Customer Engagement Symposium 2024 28-30th November 2024 Iron Creek Bay, Sorell, Tasmania, Australia  EOI Deadline: 30th September 2024 Registration Deadline: 3rd October 2024  Co-chairs– Dr. Gauri Laud,...

CFP JIM: Intelligent Automation and Artificial Intelligence in Marketing

Call for Papers for a Special Issue of the Journal of International Marketing “Intelligent Automation and Artificial Intelligence in Marketing” Guest Co-Editors: Bonfrer A, Laszlo Sajtos L, Wirtz J &...