Service-Dominant Logic

'Lusch and Vargo's new volume is a radical innovation in marketing thinking. The volume brilliantly advances and consolidates the S-D logic initial research proposal, intriguingly suggesting an interdisciplinary scientific paradigm which will engage numerous scholars across various knowledge domains.' Sergio Barile, Professor of Business Management, University of Rome 'La Sapienza'

'In Service-Dominant Logic: Premises, Perspectives, Possibilities, Bob Lusch and Steve Vargo bring us to an elevated understanding of service as the foundation of value and exchange in modern society. The book provides in one place a compendium of existing S-D logic knowledge and, at the same time, takes us to new levels of possibilities achievable through adopting a service mindset. The book should be required reading for all students of business and society, old and young. Bravo!' Mary Jo Bitner, Professor and Executive Director, Center for Services Leadership, W. P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University; and Editor of the Journal of Service Research

'If you are a business practitioner or academic who has been following, either casually or carefully, the development of service-dominant (S-D) logic, you should read this book, for it pulls together the foundations, structure, and implications of S-D logic for business practice and theory. If you have not been following the development of S-D logic, you should definitely read this book, for it will alert you to a transformational framework for thinking about economic activity.' Shelby D. Hunt, The Jerry S. Rawls and P. W. Horn Professor of Marketing, Rawls College of Business Administration, Texas Tech University

'This is the most seminal contribution to management and economic thinking that I have encountered during the whole of my career. Lusch and Vargo offer theory and concepts that unite the exponentially growing volume of data and research fragments from our complex modern society. Still, it is not the hard sell of yet another magic management bullet. The book should be read by everyone in management and economic disciplines: students, practitioners and politicians.' Evert Gummesson, Emeritus Professor, Stockholm University, Sweden

'Ten years ago, Lusch and Vargo turned upside down more than 200 years of economic thought, advancing the view that capabilities rather than goods are fundamental to economic exchange, and setting the stage for the emergence of a new science of service. Now they have distilled their argument to its essence in a remarkable new book that is sure to become required reading for service scientists everywhere.' Paul P. Maglio, Professor of Technology Management at the University of California, Merced and Editor-in-Chief of Service Science

'Service-Dominant Logic: Premises, Perspectives, Possibilities draws together nearly two decades of pioneering work and thought leadership by the authors. This scholarly and provocative text provides a penetrat...

Robert F. Lusch is the James and Pamela Muzzy Chair in Entrepreneurship at the Eller College of Management, University of Arizona. He is past editor of the Journal of Marketing and Chairperson of the American Marketing Association. Professor Lusch's research focuses on marketing strategy and theory with a major focus on the service-dominant logic of marketing. He is the recipient of many awards including the 2013 AMA/Irwin Distinguished Marketing Educator Award. Stephen L. Vargo is a Shidler Distinguished Professor and Professor of Marketing at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa. Prior to entering academia, Professor Vargo had a career in entrepreneurial business and consulted with many corporations and governmental agencies. Professor Vargo's primary areas of research are marketing theory and thought, and consumers' evaluative reference scales. He has been awarded honorary professorships and has held visiting positions at many leading universities worldwide and is the recipient of major awards for his contributions to marketing theory and thought.

Foreword; Preface; Part I. Premises: 1. The service-dominant mindset; 2. Roots and heritage; 3. Axioms and foundational premises; 4. Service as a guiding framework; Part II. Perspectives: 5. It's all actor-to-actor (A2A); 6. The nature, scope, and integration of resources; 7. Collaboration; 8. Service ecosystems; Part III. Possibilities: 9. Strategic thinking; 10. Conclusions and considerations; Appendix; Index.