Corporate volunteering (CV) is known to be an effective employee engagement initiative. However, despite the prominence of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in academia and practice, research is yet to investigate whether and how CV may influence consumer perceptions of CSR image and...

This paper investigates the Critical innovation characteristics that influence the acceptability of a new pharmaceutical product format as perceived by medical service providers. Professional service providers act as quot;surrogate adoptersquot; as they decide about the adoption of a product...

Summary This paper studies the practices of "service productization" by analyzing the discourse used by practitioners in small professional service firms. The study makes a contribution by describing practices that managers draw upon to cope with the abstract, elusive nature of the professional...