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...

In their 2004 article "Evolving to a new dominant logic for marketing," Vargo and Lusch established the related principles that value is always co-created and, thus, firms cannot deliver value, but only develop compelling value propositions. This perspective is now known as "service-dominant...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to respond to the criticism O'Shaughnessy and O'Shaughnessy made of service‐dominant logic in EJM , on behalf of both the paper and the worldwide community of scholars that have embraced S‐D logic as historically informed, integrative, transcending...

Purpose – This paper proposes a rejoinder to the O'Shaughnessy and O'Shaughnessy rejoinder to “Service dominant logic: a necessary step”, the commentary on their previous criticism of service‐dominant logic. Design/methodology/approach – This paper is a critical analysis of...

Globally a new wave of retailers are threatening the viability of many wholesalers, especially smaller more vulnerable wholesale distributors, as these new wave retailers aggressively compete for the business customer. To better understand this new form of competition, a theoretical model is...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine shopper marketing through service-dominant logic and service ecosystem lenses. In doing so, the authors reveal challenges and opportunities for supply chain management. Design/methodology/approach – The work is conceptual, drawing on...