SMR is a platform for the academic dialog between service researchs from different economic disciplines. It offers critical depictions of the newest developments in the central areas of service research. Thereby SMR dedicates itself particularly to interdisciplinary research agendas. For more information for authors and subscribers, see rsw.beck.de/zeitschriften/smr.
One of the main challenges of investigating consumers’ perceptions and acceptance of emergent technologies is that respondents have not had any experience with them. This posits the question of how such technologies can be effectively presented to...
With smart voice-interaction technology (SVIT) augmenting consumers’ lives, its commercial application, e.g., in voice commerce, increases. Here, SVIT can offer consumers convenience during the shopping process by giving personalized product...
Data-driven business models are becoming increasingly important and have been applied successfully in the service sector. However, due to the challenges associated with utilizing data-driven technologies to identify service innovations, these have...
Ultimately, it is the software that makes and keeps products smart. Accordingly, the peculiarities of the provision of service updates (i.e., regular software updates allowing all functions of a smart product to work properly) can affect...