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Business and Management
USA
2023

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Discipline name D-index D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines. Citations Publications World Ranking National Ranking
Business and Management D-index 68 Citations 72,667 144 World Ranking 184 National Ranking 100

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Awards & Achievements

2023 - Research.com Business and Management in United States Leader Award

2022 - Research.com Business and Management in United States Leader Award

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Marketing
  • Law
  • Management

Stephen L. Vargo mainly investigates Service-dominant logic, Marketing, Service, Knowledge management and Service design. His Service-dominant logic research incorporates themes from Viable systems approach, Value, Microeconomics, Service and Process. His study on Marketing research, Relationship marketing, Marketing management and Marketing mix is often connected to Value as part of broader study in Marketing.

His Marketing research research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Marketing strategy and Digital marketing. His research on Service focuses in particular on Service system. The Service system study combines topics in areas such as Service level objective and Business value.

His most cited work include:

  • Evolving to a New Dominant Logic for Marketing (9561 citations)
  • Service-dominant logic: continuing the evolution (4488 citations)
  • On value and value co-creation: A service systems and service logic perspective (2001 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Service-dominant logic, Service, Knowledge management, Marketing and Service design are his primary areas of study. While the research belongs to areas of Service-dominant logic, Stephen L. Vargo spends his time largely on the problem of Process, intersecting his research to questions surrounding Emerging technologies. The concepts of his Service study are interwoven with issues in Systems theory, Key and Public relations.

His studies in Knowledge management integrate themes in fields like Value proposition, Conceptual framework, Value cocreation, Service and Business value. His Marketing research integrates issues from Core and Parallels. His study looks at the relationship between Marketing management and fields such as Marketing research, as well as how they intersect with chemical problems.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Service-dominant logic (59.85%)
  • Service (38.69%)
  • Knowledge management (33.58%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2016-2021)?

  • Service-dominant logic (59.85%)
  • Service (38.69%)
  • Knowledge management (33.58%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Stephen L. Vargo focuses on Service-dominant logic, Service, Knowledge management, Marketing and Industrial organization. Stephen L. Vargo focuses mostly in the field of Service-dominant logic, narrowing it down to matters related to Process management and, in some cases, Systems theory. His research in Service intersects with topics in Bridging, Environmental economics and Environmental resource management.

The Knowledge management study combines topics in areas such as Business marketing, Public policy, Value proposition and Service. Stephen L. Vargo combines subjects such as Frame, Social structure and Applied research with his study of Marketing. His Industrial organization study also includes fields such as

  • Social system which is related to area like Stakeholder, Foundation, Institutional theory, Emerging technologies and Value,
  • Business model together with Production, Global value chain, Commerce, International business and Business value.

Between 2016 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Service-dominant logic 2025 (402 citations)
  • Converging on a New Theoretical Foundation for Selling (95 citations)
  • A Systems Perspective on Markets: Toward a Research Agenda (68 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Law
  • Marketing
  • Management

Stephen L. Vargo mainly focuses on Service-dominant logic, Knowledge management, Service, Industrial organization and Service. In his research, Stephen L. Vargo undertakes multidisciplinary study on Service-dominant logic and SAGE. His studies in Knowledge management integrate themes in fields like Business analysis and Business marketing.

His Service research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Bridging, Institutional theory, Convergence and Foundation. The various areas that Stephen L. Vargo examines in his Industrial organization study include Privilege, Diffusion process, Diffusion and Resource. His Service study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Management science, Public policy and Social sustainability.

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Best Publications

Evolving to a New Dominant Logic for Marketing

Stephen L. Vargo;Robert F. Lusch.
(2004)

19782 Citations

Service-dominant logic: continuing the evolution

Stephen L. Vargo;Robert F. Lusch.
(2008)

9117 Citations

On value and value co-creation: A service systems and service logic perspective

Stephen L. Vargo;Paul P. Maglio;Melissa Archpru Akaka.
(2008)

4115 Citations

Institutions and axioms: an extension and update of service-dominant logic

Stephen L. Vargo;Robert F. Lusch.
(2016)

2868 Citations

Service-dominant logic: reactions, reflections and refinements

Robert F. Lusch;Stephen L. Vargo.
(2006)

2711 Citations

Competing through service: Insights from service-dominant logic

Robert F. Lusch;Stephen L. Vargo;Matthew O’Brien.
(2007)

2481 Citations

The Four Service Marketing Myths Remnants of a Goods-Based, Manufacturing Model

Stephen L. Vargo;Robert F. Lusch.
(2004)

2085 Citations

It's all B2B…and beyond: Toward a systems perspective of the market

Stephen L. Vargo;Robert F. Lusch.
(2011)

1894 Citations

Service-Dominant Logic: Premises, Perspectives, Possibilities

Robert F. Lusch;Stephen L. Vargo.
(2014)

1481 Citations

The Service-dominant Logic of Marketing: Dialog, Debate, and Directions

Robert F. Lusch;Stephen L. Vargo;Ruth N. Bolton;Frederick E. Webster.
(2006)

1459 Citations

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