Curious about services, services research and the growing crowd of “service scientists”? Well, there are already quite some resources to access and networks to join.
As a first step you might want to look at the one or other of the following links that I would recommend you to consult:
- AIM Research,
- CITRIS and Services,
- CLIC Research,
- DL2100.de,
- MC+OI,
- serviceCLICs,
- ServINNO,
- SRII,
- Spohrer on Service,
- SSME at UC Berkeley,
- SSMEnetUK.
There are also some forthcoming events where you might find like-minded people. Have a look at the following:
- The “Service Innovation Journey Germany” starting with its first public event on September 17th, 2007, at Munich Airport and followed by a full series of service innovation events featuring most recent service research results with relevant impact on the real world. Further events shall happen in Stuttgart, Hamburg, Frankfurt, Aachen, Berlin, Nuremberg, and Leipzig. This is where you will meet the leaders in service innovation from academia and business practice in Germany (more … ).
- The “Frontiers in Service Conference” which takes place October 4-7, 2007, in San Francisco, California (16th Annual AMA). It is sponsored by IBM’s Almanden Research Center, USA, the Center for Excellence in Service of the University of Maryland, USA, and the American Marketing Association in cooperation with INFORMS (more … ).
- The MCPC 2007 – Innovation and Research Conference, which takes place October 7-10, 2007, at MIT Cambridge/Boston, and is followed by a Business Seminar at HEC Montreal on October 11-12, 2007. This event looks at service innovation from a personalization perspective and showcases mass customization innovations which represent a relevant subset of service innovations (more … ).
- The “Service Forum 07″, organized by the Tampere University of Technology, that will take place on October 29-30, 2007 at the Museum Centre Vapriikki, Tampere, Finland and focuses on knowledge-intensive service firms and their innovative business ideas (more … ).
- The “Compete Through Service Symposium” (the 18th annual!) that takes place November 7-9, 2007 at the Ritz Carlton Hotel Phoenix, organized by the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University (more … ).
You have more service research links, groups, events or activities to suggest? Let us know and join the conversation!
Yours …
Kathrin
www.wi1.uni-erlangen.de / www.clicresearch.de
