E-health basically comprises health services and informationdelivered or enhanced through the Internetand related technologies (Eysenbach, 2001). The futurehealthcare system and its services, enabling e-health, arebased on the communication between all informationsystems of all participants of...

The fundamental paradigm shift from a product- to a service-oriented economy implies novel technical and organizational challenges. The value generated by a service is mainly represented by intangible elements exposed at execution (Hill 1977). Therefore, a service consumer expects a service to...

This book contains the refereed proceedings of the Third International Conference on Exploring Services Science (IESS) that was held in Geneva, Switzerland, in February 2012.At the conference, researchers from all over the world present innovative ideas, research, and applications in the design,...

Service science constitutes an interdisciplinary approach to systematic innovation in service systems, integrating managerial, social, legal, and engineering aspects to address the theoretical and practical challenges of the services industry and its economy. This book contains the refereed...

Um Serviceorientierung und Effizienz gleichermaßen zu verbessern, reorganisierenimmer mehr Unternehmen den telefonischen Kontakt mitihren KundInnen. Gleichzeitig erweitern bzw. verlagern sie ihr Dienstleistungsangebot.Dies geschieht häufig durch die Gründung so genannter„Call Center“...