The SAGE Handbook of Service-Dominant Logic, edited by Robert Lusch and Stephen Vargo, will be an authoritative guide to scholars across disciplines who are conducting or wish to conduct research on S-D logic. The handbook consists of ten sections and approximately 40 individual chapters: 1...

The theoretical basis of the current thinking on supplier-retailer communication is refined and an alternative model is offered and empirically tested. It is argued and empirically demonstrated that identification is an important mediator in bringing about relational outcomes in a...

Purpose – The purpose of this essay is to explore further the concept of value cocreation from a service-ecosystems view, by considering the importance of networks and the configuration of relationships and resources in markets. Methodology/approach – We use a conceptual approach to extend a...

In this introduction we clarify the nature and scope of value in service-dominant (S-D) logic, as well as briefly discuss how the essays in this volume relate to this framework. We also share some thoughts on the need for, and S-D logic's role in, the further theory development about value and...

The application of ecological concepts and principles to the study of organization design and system development is now commonplace. Population ecology is one biological perspective that has been especially influential within the organization design literature. In the current study, we...