Purpose – Partial least squares (PLS) path modeling has become a pivotal empirical research method in international marketing. Owing to group comparisons' important role in research on international marketing, we provide researchers with recommendations on how to conduct multigroup analyses in...

Purpose – Revisiting Fornell et al.'s (1996) seminal study, this chapter looks at the evidence for observed and unobserved heterogeneity within data underlying the American customer satisfaction index (ACSI) model. Examining data for two specific industries (utilities and hotels) reveals only...

Während im Produktbereich die Innovationsforschung bereits seit Jahren etabliert ist, blieb der Dienstleistungssektor weitgehend außen vor. Aber wie innovieren Dienstleistungsunternehmen? Welche Faktoren sind erfolgsentscheidend und welche Rolle spielt der Dienstleistungsanteil einer...

This study examines whether and how the process of updating and changing mental models (learning) helps to explain how performance measurement systems (PMS) affect individual performance. Although prior studies (e.g., Hall, 2008; Burney and Widener, 2007; Burney et al., 2009) highlight the important...