CENTER FOR SERVICES LEADERSHIP

FEATURED ARTICLES FROM Knowledge@W. P. Carey 

A Key to Service Innovation: Services BlueprintingThe Customer:  An Overlooked Component of the Innovation Process

Keeping the Customer Dissatisfied?  How Businesses Can Recover from Service Failure 

The Evolving Science of Services

All the Job's A Stage: Role Playing in the Services Industry

Keeping Promises: Closing the Services Gap

Making it Personal: IBM's Customer Obsession Program

The Neglected Moneymaker: Customer Retention

Service As Innovation: China's Coming Service Revolution

Customer Service and the Purpose-Driven Organization



ADDITIONAL ARTICLES 

The Evolution and Discovery of Services Science in Business Schools
by Mary Jo Bitner, and Stephen W. Brown, from Communications of the ACM

New Effort to Tap Technology to Aid the Service Economy
from the New York Times

'Service' That's Anything But
From The Washington Post

Service Excellence - Mary Jo Bitner, "Eye of the Beholder" 
From "Realtor Magazine", with permission from the National Association of Realtors, Copyright 2005

Syndicated Columnist Dale Dauten - Big Brother to Big Mom

Syndicated Columnist Dale Dauten - The Oh (BLEEP!) Moment

Syndicated Columnist Dale Dauten - Great Service Companies Know It's Not The Sale That Matters

Practicing Best in Class Service Recovery
by Stephen Brown, from Marketing Management Magazine

Getting More and Better Business from Service Customers
by Steve D. Wood, from Marketing Management Magazine


PRESS RELEASES

March 29, 2007
New Consortium Formed To Address Critical Gap In Services Research, Innovation And Education

May 24, 2005
Center for Services Leadership Selected Among Elite Universities to Partner with IBM on Services Curriculum

November 2, 2004
The Compete Through Service Symposium, November 3-5, 2004

March 10, 2004
J. W. Marriott chosen for Global Services Leadership Award

February 4, 2002
ElectronicNews Online article About CSL Member Firm Avnet's Move to Services

May 21, 2001
ASU Business announces new name for leading center: Introducing the Center for Services Leadership