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.
Voice commerce creates unprecedented opportunities for consumers and vendor firms to interact, engage, and relate. With artificial intelligence-powered voice assistants, consumers can make technology-mediated purchases without using their tactile...
Technology infusion in the service encounter is profoundly altering the workplace of frontline service employees. As digitalization increasingly enables data-driven transparency of employee conduct, this paper argues for a more employee-centric...
Service research acknowledged that frontline employees have a key role in making service better. Frontline employees have leverage on different aspects of service. In their roles as facilitators, information distributors, and value-co-creators they...
Embodied social robots-robots providing services for and in cocreation with consumers-are expected to profoundly change the way services are delivered. Yet, their integration in customer service poses a challenge: their adoption by frontline...