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Evolution and Mission of INFORMS Service Science

The Evolution and Mission of INFORMS Service Science guest article by Paul P. Maglio The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) has published Service Science since 2012....

Impact and What It (Could) Mean(s) for Us

guest article by Christof Backhaus.  On the Quest for “Making a Difference”: Impact and What It (Could) Mean(s) for Us Impact – used in an academic context, it’s a big...

Transformative Service Research: A Multidisciplinary Perspective on Service and Well-being

An interview from Darima Fotheringham, ASU Center for Service Leadership, with Laurel Anderson and Amy Ostrom about their special issue in JSR on Transformative Service Research. The entire issue will be available free...

Big Data = Big Service Research?

How Big Data Transforms Service Management and Stimulates Opportunities for Service Research guest article from Dominik Mahr and Martin Wetzels, Maastricht University, Host of SERVSIG 2016 The Big Data gold rush...

Enhancing The Impact Of Service Research(ers): Supersizing The Service Umbrella

Guest article by K. Sivakumar. Siva received together with Mei Li and Beibei Dong the SERVSIG Best Service Paper Award 2015 for “Service Quality: The Impact of Frequency, Timing, Proximity, and Sequence...

Dig In! Let the Hard Work Begin! Exciting Opportunities in Service Research

Thoughts from Kay Lemon, 2015 Lovelock Award Recipient  Katherine (Kay) Lemon is the Executive Director of the Marketing Science Institute. At Boston College’s Carroll School of Management, Kay holds the...

The Necessity To Better Understand Multi-Channel Integration Quality

a guest article by Sertan Kabadayi With the advancement of technology and the proliferation of mobile devices, consumers interact with service providers through numerous channels every time they research a product...

Making a Contribution: when does context and replication matter?

a guest article by Rebekah Russell-Bennett and Steve Baron The question of ‘what makes a theoretical contribution’ is discussed around water coolers, tea rooms, at conferences and in journal articles. It...

“Choose Wisely, Scholar!” – Three Recommendations from an Old Knight

guest article by Dwayne D. Gremler In one of my favorite movies, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, several people pursue attainment of the Holy Grail, a cup that is supposed...

Services Management Research – Review, Integration, and Future Directions

Interview by Linda Nasr with Mahesh Subramony. Mahesh Subramony and S. Douglas Pugh published this year in the Journal of Management: Services Management Research – Review, Integration, and Future Directions, vol. 41, no....

The Evolution and Future of Marketing

guest article by V Kumar, JM Editor-in-Chief The discipline of marketing has been in continuous evolution over the last few decades. To understand the forces that have stimulated these changes...

The Nepalese Earthquake(s) and the Service Economy

guest article by Mark Rosenbaum By now, the world has seen the devastation of the April 25 earthquake, as well as its related aftershocks and tremors. Interestingly, journalists tend to...