Higher market complexity and increasing competitive intensity are forcing traditional product-manufacturing companies to change their position in the goods–services continuum by continuously extending the service business. However, the existing literature tends to be somewhat vague in defining service strategies for manufacturing companies wishing to move along the continuum. The purpose of thi...

BACKGROUND This study assessed the impact of kilojoule (kJ) labelling alone or accompanied by a social marketing campaign on food sales and selection of less energy-dense meals by young adults from a university food outlet. METHODS There were two kJ labelling intervention phases each of five weeks: (1) kJ labelling alone (2) kJ labels with marketing materials ("8700 kJ campaign"). Food sales ...

With SDL (Service-Dominant Logic), we developed a conceptual framework and conducted an empirical research with medical, financial-related, software and logistics industry. The study aims to explore how companies’ competence can help to develop mobile service innovation, and to what extent service co-innovation can influence innovation performance. Self-administered questionnaires were adopted ...

Introducing and innovating services is advocated as a means by which manufacturing firms in advanced economies can retain or enhance their competitiveness. But little is known about how manufacturers innovate services, nor about the impact of service innovation on manufacturers’ performance. Using two consecutive waves of the UK Innovation Survey, this paper first examines how manufacturers inn...

repeat breeding (rb) is a syndrome and several factors have been identified as its causes. luteal insufficiency is a known cause of embryonic mortality. the aim of this study was to assess the effect of two periods of p4 therapy on the second service and also their effects on the first plus the second service conception rates (cr) of repeat breeder dairy cows. cows included in the study were in...

We demonstrate how bullwhip reduction principles generated through generic supply chain modelling have been used to tackle the bullwhip problem within Tesco, the largest UK grocery retailer. In the context of bullwhip research, this bridging between theory and practice has not been extensively demonstrated previously. The research involved examining the automated store ordering system, through ...

We examined the relationship of high emotional demands and low job control to suicidal ideation among service and sales workers in Korea. A total of 1,995 service and sales workers participated in this study. Suicidal ideation and level of emotional demand and job control were assessed by self-reported questionnaire in 4th Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Gender-specific...