help plan a “human side of service engineering” conference

Prof. Lou Freund (US SJSU) is at the Frontiers in Service conference in Sweden this week.   Frontiers is one of the top service research conferences in the world, and was established almost 20 years ago by Prof. Roland Rust (US UMaryland).    Lou and I are collecting up a group of people to help us plan …

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Book “Good Boss, Bad Boss..”

Prof. Robert Sutton (US Stanford) has a new book Good Boss, Bad Boss: How to be the best… and learn from the worst    Looking forward to reading that soon.    The title reminds me of a very interesting New Scientist article I read – “To Be The Best… Learn From the Rest.”     Service system entities use …

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SERVSIG now on Facebook

Will you be at Porto in June?  I will! SERVSIG 2010 has now a facebook page. You can access it through the facebook link at the SERVSIG 2010 webpage (www.servsig2010.org) or at http://www.facebook.com/pages/SERVSIG2010/112382552131601. You are welcome to visit the facebook page and become a SERVSIG 2010 fan. In our facebook page you can find more …

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New book by Carl Chang – University at Buffalo

“Service Systems Management and Engineering: Creating Strategic Differentiation and Operational Excellence,” John Wiley (2010) ISBN: 978-0-470-42332-5, Hardcover — the flier Already responsible for employing the bulk of the U.S. workforce, service-providing industries continue to increase their economic dominance. Because of this fact, these companies are looking for talented new service systems engineers to take on …

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Invitation to Exploring Co-Creation Conference, Univeristy of Pannonia, Veszprém, Hungary

From:  Professor Alan Clarke; Chair of the Scientific Committee Exploring Co-Creation 2010 September 16 – 18, 2010 The topic has emerged from the success of the first conference last year and explores the lessons for Central and Eastern Europe from best practices and new approaches to tourism development. Papers are welcomed from a variety of …

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Karlsruhe Service Research Institute 1st Summer School on Service Research (July 18-22 2010)

The event will bring together international experts in the field of Service Research with PhD students, young scientists and practitioners from industry. Through lectures, tutorials and social events, the Summer School will provide a forum for participants to discuss and learn about Service Research. Participants can benefit from the expertise of the lecturers and share …

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Case Studies in Service Innovation June 14th to 15th

To SSMEnetUK members Open Registration now available for SSMEnetUK members Case Studies in Service Innovation June 14th to 15th http://www.ssmenetuk.org/netactivity.asp?pid=18 We have had an excellent response to our call for Case Studies, and are now looking forward to an exciting event with panel sessions, distinguish keynote speakers, two workshops and an afternoon of hot topics …

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The registration process for the International Summer School in Service Engineering and Management, SEM2010 is now open.

*SEM2010 Invitation letter* Dear PhD-candidates, Researchers, Friends and Colleagues. The registration process for the International Summer School in Service Engineering and Management, SEM2010 is now open. The PhD-level course is organized by the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management at Aalto University School of Science and Technology and takes place in Espoo, Finland Sept 26 …

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1st International Conference on Services in Emerging Markets (http://www.isb.edu/ICSEM2010/) Date: September 23-24, 2010; Venue: Indian School of Business, Gachibowli, Hyderabad

Call for Papers 1st International Conference on Services in Emerging Markets (http://www.isb.edu/ICSEM2010/) Date: September 23-24, 2010; Venue: Indian School of Business, Gachibowli, Hyderabad Under the auspices of the SRII (http://thesrii.org) India Chapter