__NOTOC__ Evert Gummesson (born 1936) is Professor Emeritus of Service Marketing and Management at the Stockholm Business School, where he was formerly the Director of Research. He received his Ph.D. from

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. He is a Fellow and Honorary Doctor of

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, Helsinki, Finland, and a Fellow of the

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, Finland.

Research

Gummesson's research interest include

services marketing Services marketing is a specialized branch of marketing which emerged as a separate field of study in the early 1980s, following the recognition that the unique characteristics of services required different strategies compared with the marketin ...

, relationship marketing,

service-dominant logic Service-dominant (S-D) logic, in behavioral economics, is an alternative theoretical framework for explaining value creation, through exchange, among configurations of actors. It is a dominant logic. The underlying idea of S-D logic is that huma ...

organizational structure An organizational structure defines how activities such as task allocation, coordination, and supervision are directed toward the achievement of organizational aims. Organizational structure affects organizational action and provides the foundat ...

grounded theory Grounded theory is a systematic methodology that has been largely applied to qualitative research conducted by social scientists. The methodology involves the construction of hypotheses and theories through the collecting and analysis of data. G ...

case study A case study is an in-depth, detailed examination of a particular case (or cases) within a real-world context. For example, case studies in medicine may focus on an individual patient or ailment; case studies in business might cover a particular fi ...

methodology, and other research methodologies.

Professional Activities

He is a Senior Advisory Board member for the European Journal of Marketing.

Publications

* Gummesson, E. Montserrat, D-M. Saren, M. (2022). Improving the Evaluation of Scholarly Work. Springer Int Publ. AG. * Gummesson, E. (2017). Case theory in business and management: Reinventing case study research. Sage. * Gummesson, E. (2011). Total relationship marketing. Routledge. * Lovelock, C., & Gummesson, E. (2004). Whither services marketing? In search of a new paradigm and fresh perspectives. Journal of service research, 7(1), 20-41. * Gummesson, E. (2002). Relationsmarknadsföring i tjänsteföretag: från 4 P till 30 R. Liber. * Gummesson, E. (2000). Qualitative methods in management research. Sage. * Gummesson, E. (1984). Resultatinriktad marknadsföring. Norstedts Juridik.

Awards

* S-D Logic Award (June 2011), * Christopher Lovelock Career Contributions to the Service Discipline Award (2000),

References

External links

ResearchGate

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