Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to show that the categorization of elderly patients as vulnerable is affected by health-care service interactions with caregivers, which may increase, reduce or even negate entirely elderly patients’ vulnerable status. Design/methodology/approach: The...

Over the past twenty years, relationship marketing has represented a renaissance in marketing and even a paradigmatic change according to some. The shift has had uncertain effects, however, and its applications have faced some serious challenges. Questions are being asked about the future of...

Cet article discute la notion de co-création de valeur portée par le courant de la Logique Dominante de Service (S-DL) et le concept de compétence du consommateur qu'elle suggère. Cette approche critique est illustrée par les résultats d'une étude longitudinale basée sur des entretiens...

This paper discusses the concept of “consumption competence” at the heart of Service-Dominant Logic and the co-creation process of value. In order to examine the issues related to this emerging concept, the research methodology was divided in two parts. In the first one, we introduced a...