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Moving to subscriptions: service growth through business model innovation in consumer and business markets 转向订阅:通过消费者和企业市场的商业模式创新实现服务增长
IF 10.6 2区 管理学
Journal of Service Management Pub Date : 2024-06-21 DOI: 10.1108/josm-10-2023-0438
Brenda Nansubuga, Christian Kowalkowski
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Exploring volunteers’ role in healthcare service ecosystems: value co-creation, self-adjustment and re-humanisation 探索志愿者在医疗服务生态系统中的作用:价值共创、自我调整和再人性化
IF 10.6 2区 管理学
Journal of Service Management Pub Date : 2024-06-11 DOI: 10.1108/josm-02-2023-0081
Laura Di Pietro, Veronica Ungaro, Maria Francesca Renzi, Bo Edvardsson
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A processual view on sustainability transitions in service ecosystems 从过程角度看服务生态系统的可持续性转变
IF 10.6 2区 管理学
Journal of Service Management Pub Date : 2024-06-10 DOI: 10.1108/josm-03-2023-0094
Debora Sarno, Bo Enquist, Francesco Polese, Roberta Sebastiani, Samuel Petros Sebhatu, Anna Maria Viljakainen
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Human–AI resource relations in value cocreation in service ecosystems 服务生态系统价值创造中的人与人工智能资源关系
IF 10.6 2区 管理学
Journal of Service Management Pub Date : 2024-05-28 DOI: 10.1108/josm-03-2023-0104
Valtteri Kaartemo, Anu Helkkula
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To do or not to do? A typology of ethical dilemmas in services (TEDS) 做还是不做?服务业道德困境类型(TEDS)
IF 10.6 2区 管理学
Journal of Service Management Pub Date : 2024-05-27 DOI: 10.1108/josm-11-2023-0471
Rodoula H. Tsiotsou, Sertan Kabadayi, Jennifer Leigh, Julia Bayuk, Brent J. Horton
{"title":"To do or not to do? A typology of ethical dilemmas in services (TEDS)","authors":"Rodoula H. Tsiotsou, Sertan Kabadayi, Jennifer Leigh, Julia Bayuk, Brent J. Horton","doi":"10.1108/josm-11-2023-0471","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/josm-11-2023-0471","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Purpose</h3>\u0000<p>This paper seeks to deepen and improve our understanding of business ethics in services by developing a typology that reconciles and integrates disparate and often conflicting ideas and viewpoints while providing practical guidance for ethical decision-making.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Design/methodology/approach</h3>\u0000<p>The paper examines current theoretical approaches in ethics to provide an understanding of the ethical theories, how they have been applied and how they have evolved in businesses and marketing. It discusses conceptual issues related to ethical dilemmas and the available typologies.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Findings</h3>\u0000<p>Based on the axioms of the Triple-A Framework for Ethical Service Research, the Typology of Ethical Dilemmas in Services (TEDS) is proposed. The typology identifies three types of dilemmas based on four dimensions considering all service interactions guided by normative ethics (virtue, deontological and consequentialism).</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Practical implications</h3>\u0000<p>The proposed DILEMMAS process illustrates the practical application of TEDS.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Originality/value</h3>\u0000<p>This paper extends the ethics and services literature by offering a novel theoretical and practical approach to addressing ethical dilemmas. TEDS is authentic, advances our knowledge and applies to all service organizations that aim to manage ethical dilemmas effectively.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->","PeriodicalId":48089,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Service Management","volume":"19 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":10.6,"publicationDate":"2024-05-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141085607","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Beyond apples and oranges: unraveling the complexity in corporate sustainability reporting 超越苹果和橘子:揭开企业可持续发展报告的复杂面纱
IF 10.6 2区 管理学
Journal of Service Management Pub Date : 2024-05-27 DOI: 10.1108/josm-12-2023-0505
Timothy Hedley, Barbara Porco, Timothy Lee Keiningham, Lerzan Aksoy, Leigh Anne Statuto, Muslim Amin
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RAISE: leveraging responsible AI for service excellence RAISE:利用负责任的人工智能提供卓越服务
IF 10.6 2区 管理学
Journal of Service Management Pub Date : 2024-05-22 DOI: 10.1108/josm-11-2023-0448
Linda Alkire, Anil Bilgihan, My (Myla) Bui, Alexander John Buoye, Seden Dogan, Seoyoung Kim
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The role of employee empathy in forming brand love: customer delight and gratitude as mediators and power distance belief as a moderator 员工的同理心在形成品牌热爱中的作用:顾客的喜悦和感激是中介,权力距离信念是调节剂
IF 10.6 2区 管理学
Journal of Service Management Pub Date : 2024-05-10 DOI: 10.1108/josm-09-2023-0391
Laee Choi, MiRan Kim, Soyeon Kim
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Understanding service ecosystem dynamics: a typology 了解服务生态系统动态:类型学
IF 10.6 2区 管理学
Journal of Service Management Pub Date : 2024-05-09 DOI: 10.1108/josm-07-2023-0322
Nabila As’ad, Lia Patrício, Kaisa Koskela-Huotari, Bo Edvardsson
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Understanding and managing engagement journeys 了解和管理参与旅程
IF 10.6 2区 管理学
Journal of Service Management Pub Date : 2024-05-07 DOI: 10.1108/josm-02-2024-0066
Elina Jaakkola, Matthew Alexander
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