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My academic role model: Yves Van Vaerenbergh

Guest article by Yves Van Vaerenbergh. When I was asked to write about my role models, I was flattered. That feeling of flattery quickly changed into feelings of uncertainty. There...

Climbing a New Mountain: Seeking to Serve Humanity

Guest article by Ray Fisk. In 1980, I began my career as a marketing scholar obsessed with improving the fairness of services. Now, 42 years later, I am starting a...

Reflections on solutions development from a relational standpoint

Guest article by Laura Colm, finalist of the 2022 SERVSIG Best Dissertation Award. Due to increased competition and commoditization threats, a growing number of manufacturing firms is turning to solution-offerings, with the...

Get to know the Poznan School of Services

Guest article by Marek Gnusowski for our Service Centers series. More than 25 years The services research team in Poznan (Poland) officially began its work in 1996, when the Department...

CfP JBR: Unanticipated and Unintended Consequences of Service Robots in the Frontline

Special Issue of Journal of Business Research Unanticipated and Unintended Consequences of Service Robots in the Frontline Guest Editors: Heirati N, Pitardi V, Jayawardhena C, Kunz W, Stefanie Paluch S...

Call for JSTP Social Media Editor

Job purpose The Social Media Editor (SME) will be a member of the JSTP Editorial Team, with a two-year renewable appointment subject to favourable job performance. In general, the SME will...

Reflections on Conducting Frontline Services Research

Guest article by Riley Krotz, finalist of the 2022 SERVSIG Best Dissertation Award. The traditional service environment is swiftly changing, and this fundamental shift in landscape provides marketers with both great challenges...

When Digitalisation Destroys the Value Proposition

Guest article by Tor W. Andreassen. Everything that can be digitized will be digitized – they say. But should everything that can be digitized, be digitized? What can we learn...

Getting to know: Maria Holmlund(-Rytkönen) — Part 2

For our “Getting to know” series, Hugo Guyader interviewed Maria Holmlund. This is the second part of the interview (read part 1 here). Since 2018, Maria has devoted half of...

Associate Professor position at Victoria University of Wellington (New Zealand)

School of Marketing and International Business Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand Associate Professor of Marketing (Permanent Full Time Position) Application deadline: 20 June 2022. Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University...

Articles in Service Journals – Feb – Apr 2022

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...

5th Global Conference on Creating Value

5th Global Conference on Creating Value Kanazawa, Japan 2-4 September 2022 Deadline: 15 May 2022 This year the 5th Global Conference on Creating Value is at Kanazawa, Japan between September...