Service business accounts for more than 75 per cent of the wealth and employment created in most developed market economies. This interdisciplinary Handbook provides a critical and multi-disciplinary review of current service business processes and practices. Broadening our understanding of...

1. Reading and Managing Service Businesses -- 2. Service Research and Service Theory -- 3. Business Models and Service Strategy -- 4. Techno Service Worlds? Digitization of Service Businesses -- 5. Service Operations and Productivity -- 6. Service Personnel and their Management -- 7. Process and...