Introduction -- Part One: Technology Application in the Asian Tourism Industry: Concepts and Applications -- Part Two: Technology Application in the Asian Tourism Industry: Marketing Contexts -- Part Three: Technology Application in the Asian Tourism Industry: The Purposes of Social Media --...

1 Introduction -- 2 Conceptual Background -- 3 Method -- 4 Study 1: A Service Robot Acceptance Model: Customer Acceptance of Humanoid Robots During Service Encounters -- 5 Study 2: A Cross-Country Comparison of Attitudes toward Humanoid Service Robots -- 6 Study 3: Beyond the Call of Duty: The...

This book examines the drivers of inbound medical tourism in Germany. In light of growing international trade of medical services, it provides a quantitative analysis of the determinants of international patients’ choice of destination. It develops coherent definitions of medical tourism and...

This book investigates intercultural service encounters (ICSEs) in light of the rapidly globalizing world economy, examining the extant literature on the topic and identifying areas which require further exploration. With a focus on intercultural communication and competence, the author analyses...

Introduction -- Technology in Service Management -- Theoretical Foundations -- Study A: The Impact of Technology on Frontline Employees’ Process Deviance -- Study B: A 360-degree View of Technology Deployment -- Study C: A Dyadic Study on Employees’ Technostress and Customer Responses --...

Einführung -- Humorvolle Kommunikation: Humor aus kommunikationstheoretischer Perspektive -- Identifikation des psychologischen Wirkmechanismus von Humor in der persönlichen Kommunikation zwischen Anbieter und Konsument im Kontext von Service-Fehlern und Service-Recovery -- Analyse der...

Chapter 1: Service Design within a Multiplicity Logics in Healthcare -- Chapter 2: Service design for hybrid market constellations in healthcare - From VUCA 2 VUCAR -- Chapter 3: Towards a conceptual framework of hybrid strategies in healthcare: Co-alignment of market and non-market activities...

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Healthcare in the 4.0 Era of Digitization -- Chapter 3: One Digital Health.-Chapter 4: Value-Based Healthcare -- Chapter 5: Value Co-creation and Stakeholders’ Engagement -- Chapter 6: The Evolution to Patient Centricity -- Chapter 7: Patient Experience --...